Caracas, Venezuela: Alter Ego, Grupo Editor, 1986. First edition. Square 4to., 69 pages, 28 full-page b&w plates after photographs, printed recto only on folded glossy chromecoat stock. A tiny crease to the upper tip affects the last half of the leaves; else a fine copy in the plain paper dust..... More
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2010. First edition. 8vo., 73 pp., b&w illustrations, plus 1 CD-ROM. Color illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. With dogged determination, Roberto A. Ferrari tracked down Daguerre's copy of his original contract with Niépce, which was housed in the..... More
Buffalo: Media Study / Buffalo, 1982. First edition. 4to., 48 pp., 30 plates. Pictorial stiff wrappers, slightly toned. Fine. A concise history, which includes little know facts, such as " [Platt] Babbitt, the true source of photography at Niagara, ironically died in a three-foot creek." Limited to 1000 copies... More
[Andalusia]: Junta de Andalucia, Consejería de Cultura, 1988. First edition. Square 8vo., 63 pp., b&w, tinted and color plates from photographs. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with inner flaps. Fine. The catalogue for the exhibition of pinhole photographs by, Joan Lyons, Martí Llorens, Eric Renner, Chris Wainwright, Manuel Serra, Paolo Gioli..... More
Strassburg [France]: Druk der Elsass-Lothringischen Druckerei und Lithographie-Anstalt, [1906]. First edition. 4to., [124 pp.] including monochrome plates from photographs, printed on various color stock or in various color inks, some tipped-in. Bound in contemporary quarter pebble-grained cloth and marbled paper over boards. The remnants of a paper shelf label are..... More
Ostfildern: Cantz Verlag, 1995. First edition. 4to., 144 pp., principally illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with inner flaps. Light wear to the wrappers. Very good. The catalogue for the exhibition of 26 international photographers, curated by Thomas Weski and Ulrich Bischoff, with texts in German..... More
København: Nationale Fotomuseum, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2002. First edition. 8vo., 103 pp., illustrated from b&w and color photographs and paintings. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with a photographically illustrated over wrapper. Fine. Published as the catalogue for the exhibition at the Nationale Fotomuseum, Denmark, August 29 - October 26, 2002. The..... More
[Saskatoon: Association of Canadian Archivists], 1978. First edition. 8vo., 256 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers, which are lightly rubbed; very good. Articles include: The Photographic Record of Pre-Confederation British Columbia by Joan M. Schwartz; Alexander Henderson: Nineteenth-Century Landscape Photographer by Stanley G. Triggs; Photographic Documentation and Buildings..... More
circa 1970. A unique 8vo. [19.5 x 14.5 cm] maquette of 13 leaves of card stock, plus covers; there are 6 leaves of single images facing a blank opposite page, and 5 double page pairs totaling 16 vintage silver gelatin photographs. The front cover has a sheet of Japanese grass..... More
circa 1968. A unique 12mo. [11.5 x 9 cm] maquette of 17 leaves of card stock, plus covers; there are 7 leaves of single images facing a blank opposite page, and 7 double page pairs totaling 21 vintage silver gelatin photographs, produced by the mordançage process, and 1 smaller silver..... More
Hamburg: Fachhochschule Hamburg In Zusammenarbeit Mit Der Hochschule Für Bildende Künste Hamburg, 1980. First edition. 4to., [11], [1], 12 leaves printed recto only, each containing 4 b&w plates from photographs. Printed stiff wrappers which are toned; neat gift inscription on the first blank leaf. Very good. Texts in German by..... More
Paris: GLM, 1936. Bellmer, Hans. First French edition. Small 4to., [13] pp., with two illustrations from drawings by the artist and ten mounted gelatin silver photographs. Original printed wrappers. A fine, bright, and near new copy with the photographs showing full and rich tonal quality, measuring approximately 3 1/8 x...... More
Buenos Aires: Sociedad Impesora Americana, 1943. First edition. Tall 8vo., 136 pp., with 12 full-page plates from photographs, printed in a variety of monochrome inks, including blue and rose. Blind embossed paper over boards, titled in gilt and black. Light chipping to the paper at the base of the spine..... More
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1887. First edition. 8vo., 136 pp., frontispiece portrait, plus xxvi pp. illustrated adverts. Publisher's brown cloth decorated in gilt and black, slightly rubbed at the front hinge and the base of the spine and tips. Handwritten on front pastedown is "Orange Camera Club" with no other..... More
London: W. Kent & Co., and James Newman, 1859. Second edition. 12mo., xi, 98 pp., 22 illustrated adverts. Gilt-titled and decorated cloth over boards. The cloth is faded and is mildly worn at the tips, with a one inch separation at the spine, which extends to the front flyleaf; text..... More
NY: Columbia University Press, 1937. First edition. 8vo., [109] pp., original illustrated yellow front wrapper. With: AUTHORS AND SHORT TITLE INDEX (TO THE) EPSTEAN COLLECTION: BOOKS ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN THE GRAPHIC ARTS IN THE RARE BOOK DEPARTMENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. [NY: Columbia University Library, 1938]. Corrected..... More
New York: Office of the Photographic and Fine Art Journal, 1854. First U.S. edition. 12mo., [iv], 67 pp. New calf-backed cloth over boards, with printed paper label on the upper cover. Light chipping to the foredge of the title page; a few upper tips are creased; very good. A manual..... More
London: John Joseph Griffin & Co. and Richard Griffin and Co., Glagow, 1853. Third edition, enlarged. 8vo., hand-colored frontispiece with tissue guard, x, 321 pp., [18] pp. catalogue of instruments, illustrated with numerous engravings. Later binding of half calf and marbled paper over boards, new endpapers. Very good. Robert Hunt..... More
London: Bland & Long, 1857. First edition. 16mo., 75 pp., [plus 24 pp. adverts]. Gilt-titled and blind embossed blue cloth over flexible boards. The covers and the first and last few leaves are dampstained; the front hinge partially cracked and moderate wear. Very good. Housed in a cloth clamshell box..... More
London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, 1854. Fourth edition, revised. 8vo., [ix] adverts, series title page, chromolithograph frontispiece, xii, 329 pp., [2] pp. adverts, 87 b&w engraved figures, 1 b&w engraved chapter vignette. May, 1854 CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS bound into rear and partially loose Publisher's blind embossed cloth..... More
Eston, Pa., Printed and For Sale by Mack Printing Company, 1939. First American edition. 8vo., xiv, (2), 204 pp., portrait frontispiece, 40 portraits. Gilt-titled cloth with printed glassine dust jacket, which is edgeworn and chipped. There are a few small spots along the blank top edge. Fine. With publication notice..... More
Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1850. Daguerre. First American edition. 12mo., 388 pp., [24] pp. adverts. Decoratively blind-embossed cloth; gilt-titled spine is lacking the top and bottom inch and been laid-down on new cloth. Ex-library and withdrawn from an academic library with their bookplate affixed to the front pastedown and..... More
Paris: Leiber Éditeur, 1862. First edition. 8vo., 212 pp., illustrated. New facsimile paper wrappers. Staining and toning to several leaves,with some tips mildly chipped with no loss of text. A good copy. Housed in a newly made clamshell box with a facsimile of the title page affixed to the upper..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Imprimeurs Libraires, Éditeurs de la Bibliothèque Photographique, 1889. First edition. 12mo., vi, 26 pp., (12) pp. publisher's catalog. Newly added facsimile wrappers. A fine copy. Sewn in at rear is the publisher's "Catalogue de Photographie." Roosens and Salu No. 3047. More
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1858. First edition. 4to., [3], 198 pp. The cloth binding is lightly faded; lacking front endpaper, front hinge slightly loose, board tips curled, and lightly foxed. Good. Provides a brief history of the "discovery of the beautiful art of photography"; Wedgwood, Niépce, Daguerre and Talbot..... More