London: British Periodicals; Philadelphia: Frank V. Chambers, [1928]. Second impression. 12mo., 44 pp., adverts. Printed stiff wrappers. The covers were repaired with cellophane tape which aged and cracked, leaving the wrappers detached. A good copy. A practical manual on the Oil, Bromoil, and their derivatives, Oil and Bromoil Transfer. Roosens and... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1901. First edition. 12mo., vi, 27 pp., frontispiece, adverts. Printed paper wrappers which are slightly scuffed on the front, with an illegible small ink stamp on the rear. Blindstamped "Homage" on the half-title page. Very good. Publisher's promotional flyer laid in. Roosens and Salu No. 1171. More
![DISINTEGRATING FIGURE.; [Self Portrait]. Keith Smith.](/pictures/thumb/52903.jpeg?v=1543349362)
[n.p. Keith Smith], March 1966. Edition 8 of 11. Original photo-etching, 4 in. (10 cm.) height x 3 in. ( 7.5 cm.) width, printed on square woven paper 7 1/4 in. Tipped to a heavier Strathmore paper with a window. SIGNED, titled and dated in pencil beneath the image. Fine... More
Each photograph measures 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) width x 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm.) height. Each has a printed paper label from the Ministry of Information affixed to the blank verso; beneath it is stamped "Cecil Beaton Photograph." Slight silvering to each at the bottom right corner; one print... More
[San Francisco]: Sun in Scorpio/ Flash Publications, 1993. Gatewood, Charles. First edition. 4to., 64 unnumbered pages, full-page b&w plates from photos. Fine, as new in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Limited to 2000 numbered copies, SIGNED. A compilation from Gatewood's various "bodies" of work: Sidetripping in New Orleans, pierced bodies, tattoos, and... More
Revere, Pennsylvania: Lodima Press, 1981. Smith, Michael A. First editions. Volume I: Oblong 4to. [11 1/4 x 13 inches], mounted original silver photograph frontispiece, [13] pp. introduction and photographer's statement, 42 b&w offset lithographic plates from photographs tipped to hinged leaves with captions on the opposite leaf, colophon Volume II... More
Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique De Roret, 1858. First edition. 12mo., vi, 456 pp., 90 pp. adverts., illustrations in text. Recent calf backed marbled paper over boards with the spine in six compartments and titled in gilt, illustrated original wrappers bound-in, with the top corner of the rear wrapper expertly replaced... More
New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1904. Four pages of a bifolium, 7 x 6 inches, on the letterhead of The Photo-Secession, dated May 20 - 04. Slight smudging to the 0 in the date line; an early fold and a few light creases; otherwise near fine. In the December 1903, Obrig... More
Paris: Amyot, [1861]. First edition. 8vo., 330 pp., 65 illustrations in text. Contemporary quarter leather with title and decorations in gilt with marbled paper over boards; edges and hinges rubbed; contents clean and very good. Presented in nine parts: the first part offers a comprehensive history starting with Euclid to... More
[Hollywood]: Jacques de Langre, 1967. Mortensen, William. New, expanded edition. Folio, [67] pp., with 26 b&w, tinted and full color plates from photographs with opposite page technical data and justification. There is a stain to the blank opposite page margin from a color plate; else, a near fine copy in... More
Paris: Alexis Gaudin, 1861. First edition. 12mo., 212 pp. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, original printed wrappers bound-in. Occasional staining which is more pronounced on the last 15 pages. A very good copy. This manual provides a short history of the discovery and instructions for making daguerreotypes, glass... More
![SELF-PORTRAIT.; [Notice of change of address]. Keith Smith.](/pictures/thumb/52882.jpeg?v=1543349356)
[Rochester, NY: Keith Smith], 1975. Circular photo-etching, diameter of 4 1/8 inches on woven paper 7 7/8 in. height x 6 3/8 in. width Fine. SIGNED and inscribed in pencil beneath the image " change of address / to Alan / Keith / July 1975." Etched into the image is... More
Wien: K.K. Graphische lehr- und versuchsanstalt, 1917. First edition. 4to., [iv], 79 pp., 4 leaves of plates printed in photogravure and mounted to heavier paper, (3 portraits, 1 facsimile). Printed stiff wrappers. The wrappers show moderate toning and light handling. Internally, a near fine copy, housed in a newly made... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862. First edition. 8vo., half-title page, title page, iv, 244 pp. Cased in newly made binding of paper over boards, with a facsimile of the title page applied to the upper cover. Scattered foxing; unopened and untrimmed. Good. The authors, the Parisian photographic firm of... More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1859. First edition. 8vo., 191, [1] pp., diagrams and charts in text, 1 engraved plate. Later quarter morocco and marbled boards. Occasional light foxing and faint dampstain, lightly rubbed at the tips, neat library stamp on the blank margin of several pages. Very good. A compendium of... More
Halle a. S. Wilhelm Knapp, 1912. First edition. 8vo., 52 pp. Printed wrappers. Very good. Emil Mayer (1871 - 1938) born in Bohemia, earned his juris doctorate in Vienna. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was an active amateur photographer, and member of several Viennese photographic societies. His... More
[Rochester, NY]: Photographic Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Co., 1990. First edition. 8vo., 196 pp., illustrated with full-page plate from b&w photographs. Faux leather over boards. A fine copy in publisher's decorative paper over boards slipcase. Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1882–1960) was a British-American physicist and photographic researcher. His researches were... More
[London: Headley Brothers, printers, 1961. First edition - Offprint. 8vo., 173-197 pp., portrait. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled. Light creasing. Very good. A biographical tribute to Dr. Mees, who joined the Eastman Kodak Company in 1912 and created and directed their research laboratories. Contains a bibliography of 4... More
Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun-sya, 1975. Narahara, Ikko. First edition. Square folio, (226) pp., 101 full-page photographs, with titles on opposite leaves. A fine copy aside from a few tiny flecks of blue ink, which lifted from the spine; housed in the publisher's near fine paper over boards slipcase with paper spine... More
Paris: J. Dumaine, 1866. First edition. 8vo., [vi], 75 p., 3 leaves of plates, 2 of which are large folded plates, including a panoramic plan of the polygon at Versailles. Printed paper wrappers. Occasional light foxing, owner's stamp on title page, else very good, and unopened. As the title suggests... More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1903. First edition. 8vo., 271 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations from photos, t.e.g. The publisher's cloth is faded; slight bruise to the upper board tip, and there is foxing, primarily on the first and last few leaves; else very good. Thomas Wedgwood (1771 - 1805)... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1904. First edition. Small 8vo., viii, 96 pp., illustrated with figures and charts. Printed paper wrappers which are lightly toned and have a soft crease. Stamped in blind "Hommage" on the half-title. Very good. An early manual on pinhole photography; discusses how-to-do-it, theory of image formation using different... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1898. First edition. 12mo., 169 pp., 6 adverts, illustrated from engravings and halftones. Blue cloth illustrated with black and gilt. Occasional foxing, else very good. An excellent book in which the author surveys the history of the medium, and details the various printing processes. He also... More
Paris: A. Gaudin et Frère, 1855. First edition. 8vo., 107 [1] pp., illustrated from wood engravings. Bound in new facsimile wrappers with the original rear printed wrapper included. Ink stamp of the Société Française de Photographie and their release stamp on the title page, with soiling and tears along the... More
London: John W. Davies, [1863]. Second edition. 16mo., vi, 135 pp., illustrations in text. Original gilt-titled cloth. A very good copy. The author introduced this process for coating dry collodion plates with a tannin solution; he discusses the problems of obtaining uniform sensitivity across coating surface and increasing speed to... More