NY: International Center of Photography, 1981. Freeman, Roland L. First edition. Oblong small 4to., unpaged 13 b&w photos. Catalogue listing for 107 photographs included in the exhibition. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. Prepared to accompany the traveling exhibition by this noted African-American photographer, which was organized and circulated by the..... More
Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag and Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977. Renger-Patzsch, Albert. First edition. Square 8vo., 136 pp., over 60 full-page b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Prepared as the catalogue for the exhibition which was held at the Rheinsches Landmuseum Bonn, January 1 through February 2, 1977. Includes bibliography, short..... More
Roudnice nad Labem: Galerie výtvarného um ni, 1973. First edition. 8vo., 24 unnumbered pages, largely illustrated from b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Moderate soiling and light creasing to the wrappers; very good. Checklist of photographs laid in. The catalog is organized into portfolio sections with biographical data and several images..... More
Chicago: Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, 1980. Uelsmann, Jerry. First edition. 4to., [12] pp., and 75 b&w plates from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A fine copy. SIGNED by the photographer. Produced in conjunction with an exhibit at Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago Illinois 60605. January..... More
NY: International Center of Photography, 1984. Kepes, Gyorgy. First edition. 4to., [10] pp., plus 41 b&w and color photos, and [2] pp. checklist. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A near fine copy. Additional related materials laid-in. SIGNED, dated and inscribed by the photographer. Hungarian born painter, photographer, designer and educator who joined..... More
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1972. First edition. 4to., [4] pp., 11 full-page b&w plates from photographs. Housed in a card portfolio with a printed flap that lists biographic and bibliographic references. Minor creases to the portfolio, else very good. Laid-in is the printed announcement for the exhibition. Published upon the occasion..... More
San Francisco: Grapestake Gallery, 1979. Misrach, Richard. First edition. 4to., 54 full-page b&w photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. Issued without title page or text, presumably for an exhibition held at the Grapestake Gallery. The images are from the Desert Cantos series, many at night using open flash. An..... More
Museum Folkwang: Museum Folkwang, 1961. Erfurth, Hugo. First edition. Small 4to., 17 pp., plus 16 full-page b&w photos. Illustrated self wrappers. Near fine. Erfurth (1874-1948) was especially noted for his portraiture; the sitters here include Max Planck, Heinrich Zille, Walter Gropius, and others. Includes list of ninety portraits with dimensions..... More
NY: Witkin Gallery, 1980. MacRae, Wendell. First edition. 8vo., [16] pp., plus 28 b&w photos, [2] pp. chronology, addenda laid in. Blue cloth, titled in gilt on the spine and upper cover. Housed in gilt-titled cloth slipcase. Slight fading along the spine and open end of the slipcase, else a...... More
Rochester: The Photographic Historical Society, 1974. First edition. 4to., 13 pp. Stapled into hole-punched printed wrappers. Slight toning. Near fine. A chronological survey of the various camera and lens manufacturers, which were founded in Rochester, New York. Often these companies were started by former employees of one company and later..... More
[New York]: Reprinted by the Photographic Historical Society of New York, with Permission of U. S. Camera, c. 1970. 4to., [16] pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Stapled into printed paper wrappers. Near fine. 73 miniature cameras and 50 larger format cameras are illustrated and analyised by picture size, shutter type..... More
London: The Fountain Press, 1938. First edition. Tall 8vo., 80 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is slightly worn along the top edge, one image is scraped, and light soiling. A practical manual covering all aspects of successful portraiture, with examples by..... More
Folio album of 10 leaves on cloth hinges measuring 13 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches, containing 19 dry-mounted gelatin silver photographs, 13 1/4 x 10 inches, or the reverse. The album is bound in full red calf and titled in gilt on the front cover. There is a slight bruise..... More
Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques; London: Country Life; NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Brandt, Bill. First edition. Small 4to., 64 full-page captioned photogravures. Pictorial stiff wrappers, which are moderately rubbed and spotted. A very good copy. The plates are a lush photogravure, inspired by Brassai's Paris de Nuit. This is..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1877. First edition. 12mo., vi, 191, [1] pp. Contemporary quarter morocco gilt and blindstamped cloth over boards; cloth slightly rubbed. Aside from a faint dampstain to the upper tip of the first few leaves and to the foredge of the last few leaves, this is a near..... More
[Tempe, AZ: School of Art, Arizona State University], 1985. First edition. History of Photography Monograph Series Special Edition No. 1. 8vo., ix, 114 pp. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. A collection of essays from 1853 - 1878 by: George B. Ayres, Cuthbert Bede, Valentine Blanchard, Sir David Brewster, Robert Hunt, Sir..... More
Washington, D. C. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1976 - 1980. First editions. From 1976 through 1981, the Corcoran Gallery of Art regularly held exhibitions of photography, generally by a single photographer. Offered here is a collection of 14 catalogues, of varying paginations and illustrations, in uniform size of 8..... More
Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1873. First American edition. 12mo., 119; 120 - 128 are adverts. Illustrated with diagrams and charts. Occasional faint foxing and faint toning at the edges. Remant of paper label on the rear pastedown. Spine ends and tip slightly worn. A very good copy. This is the..... More
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1938. Evans, Walker. First edition. Small 4to., 200 pp., 87 photographic plates, errata slip. Original cloth with printed spine label. The faintly toned printed dust jacket is lacking a small chip at the top of the spine and another at the upper tip. There is..... More
Paris: A. Texier, 1854. First edition. 12mo., 235 pp. Contemporary quarter morocco gilt and marbled paper over boards. An early and popular manual on the contemporary processes. Roosens and Salu No. 6523. Bellier de la Chavignerie, Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe Francais, 1863, No. 78. More
Paris: Leiber, 1864. First edition. 12mo., vii, 287 pp., illustrated from engravings. Contemporary half morocco gilt and marbled paper over boards. Slight rubbing at the tips with the previous owner's ink signature on the first blank leaf; the owner has also written his name "C. CABOCHE" across the top edge..... More
Paris: J. Dumaine, 1866. First edition. 8vo., [vi], 75 p., 2 large folded plates, including a panoramic plan of the polygon at Versailles. Wrappers printed in facsimile. Short tape repair to the blank reverse of the final folding plate. Housed in a new card pamphlet case with printed paper labels..... More
London: John Churchill, 1855. Second edition. 12mo., xvi, 344 pp., errata, figures in text. Recased and rebacked in the publisher's gilt and blind-embossed cloth, original spine cloth laid-down. Faint dampstains on the front and rear free endpapers; slight bump to one lower board tip. Very good. First published in 1855..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars; Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1886, 1888. First editions. Small 4tos., [vol. I] xv [1], 467 pp., mounted carbon frontispiece, 1 full-page b&w collotype after a photo, with tissue guard, 120 text illustrations (including mounted color chart); [vol. II] xiii, 573 pp., photogravure frontispiece with printed tissue guard, 1 folding..... More
Paris; Leipzig: A. Franck, 1847 [vol. 1 & 2]; 1850 [vol. 3 & 4]. First editions. 4 volumes. 8vos., [vol. 1] [viii], iv, 404 pp.; [vol. 2] [vi], 401-902 pp.; [vol. 3] [iv], 903-1301 pp.; [vol. 4] [iv], 1297-1856 pp.; illustrated with diagrams and figures, formulas, etc. Later quarter calf..... More