Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique De Roret, 1857. First French edition. 12mo., xi, 492 pp., illustrated from engravings. Contemporary quarter morocco gilt and marbled paper over boards. Edges rubbed, light foxing on a few pages. A very good copy. A comprehensive manual to date. Translated from the Italian with notes by..... More
Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique De Roret, 1861. First edition. 12mo., errata, 308 pp., illustrations in text. Contemporary quarter calf gilt, which is chipped with a worm hole at the base of the spine; text is fine and bright. Near fine. An excellent general manual of contemporary photographic processes. Roosens and..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, [1857]. First edition. 8vo., III, 276 pp. Contemporary quarter calf, titled in gilt and marbled paper over boards. Tips rubbed and light chipping at the joints. Laid-in is a 2 page holograph sheet of items purchased from Belloc. Very good. Auguste Belloc, born in Paris in 1800..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1877. First edition. 8vo., vi, 210 pp., illustrated. Contemporary quarter morroco gilt and cloth over boards, with the Arms of the Ville de Paris, Collége Municipal Chaptal, in gilt on the upper cover. An occasional spot of foxing; near fine. Provides a detailed review of the latest photographic..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. First edition. 8vo., vi, 152 pp. Contemporary quarter calf gilt and marbled paper over boards. Light scattered foxing to the text. Tips and edges slightly rubbed. A very good copy. The premiere research on the conservation of the photographic print. Eder, HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY p. 538, "The way..... More
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, [1880]. First edition. 8vo., xx, 493, [1] pp., 27 b&w and color plates with tissue guards, text illustrations. Quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, tips rubbed. Ownership stamp of nineteenth century French photographer Hubert Bretin on the front and rear free endpapers and an occasional..... More
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1858. First edition. 8vo., x, 256 pp., engravings in text and 4 pp. adverts. Rebacked in the publisher's cloth binding with the original spine laid-down; tips rubbed. The text is moderately toned and soiled. A very good copy. The Arno Press reprinted this in 1973..... More
Paris: Librairie des Arts Décoratifs, [1931]. First edition. Folio, [4] preliminary leaves and 54 b&w plates. Loosely laid-in a cloth-backed printed gold foil over boards portfolio with ribbon ties. The foil is moderately scuffed with moderate wear to the cloth at the spine ends; occasional light foxing at the blank..... More
London: J. & W. Chester, 1919. Coburn, Alvin Langdon. First edition. 4to., [8] pp. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. The cover design by Coburn shows four dragons and decorative text. The words by L. Cranmer-Byng were set to music by Granville Bantock, who collaborated with Coburn once again in 1938, setting..... More
Paris: Henri Colas, Éditeur; Bordeaux: Rousseau Frères, [1946]. Albin-Guillot, Laure. First edition. Folio, [42] pp., with 12 b&w hand-pulled photogravures. Loose sheets, as issued, contained in a printed paper portfolio and housed in the publisher's plain paper over boards slipcase. The paper portfolio is lightly toned from contact with the..... More
Eveux: Imprimerie de Charles Herissey, [1902]. First edition. 8vo., 22 pp., illustrated with engravings and chronophotographs. Plain paper wrappers. Unopened. Slight chipping to the wrappers. Very good. An offprint from the Bulletin de la Société Française de Photographie, which describes photography and radiography, as well as chronophotographic apparatus applied to..... More
Lyon: Société Anonyme des Plaques et Papiers Photographiques A. Lumière & Ses Fils, 1910. 8vo., 36 pp., illustrated by tables and a diagram. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. The latest investigations from the laboratory of the Lumière brothers; it includes the effect of artificial light on autochromes plates, and research..... More
Lausanne: Le Musée de l'Elysée, 1982. First edition. 8vo., 77 pp., 28 b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. The principle concern of this exhibition is the photomechanical print, specifically, the evolution of the photogravure. Essays by Florian Rodari, Jon Goodman; essay and detailed exhibition list by André Jammes. Text..... More
Paris: [The Author?] 44, rue du Chateau-D'Eau, [1884]. Expanded third edition. 12mo., (iv), 242 pp., over 100 illustrations, adverts. Printed paper wrappers; the printed spine and top left corner of the front panel has been expertly repaired, with slight loss of text on the spine. Very good. Molteni, an instrument..... More
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Germer Baillière; Félix, Alcan, Éditeur, [1887]. First edition. 16mo., 192 pp., illustrations in text, 1 screened photogravure. New front wrapper in facsimile, with conservation to title page; the first and last few pages are edge-chipped with a few short tears (no loss of text). A good copy..... More
London: Virtue Brothers, 1863. First English language edition. 12mo., 137 pp., 4, 7, over 100 b&w wood engravings. Publisher's cloth over flexible boards, blind and embossed with printed label affixed to front. Recased with a new spine, endpapers and spine label. Kodak Research Library stamp on title page and Camera..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Folio, 175 pp., b&w plates. Gilt-embossed cloth. A very good copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is lightly toned, has one small closed tear on the rear panel and is price-clipped. Biography of Adams, illustrated with his photographs. More
Millerton: Aperture, 1973. Weston, Edward. First edition. Oblong folio, 284 pp., hundreds of plates. A near fine copy in a dust jacket that has a few small tears and wear at the corners and lower edge. More
Carmel, Calif. Photography West Graphics, 1986. Weston, Brett. First edition. Folio, (144) pp., 100 full-page b&w photographs. Aside front a slight bump to the lower board tips only, a fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Promotional material laid in. Brett Weston, one of America's master photographers, selected one hundred images..... More
Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1996. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. First edition. Folio, 327 pp., 299 illustrations. Aside from a bump to the lower board tips, which does not affect the text block; a fine copy in dust jacket. Traces Cartier-Bresson's career from his early training as a painter and draftsman; includes a selection..... More
NY: Random House, 1967. First edition. 4to., b&w photographs and illustrated with pop-up: castle, stagecoach, accordion, airplane, Hunt's tomato paste can, and other surprises. (Balloon fused to opposite page as usual.) Printed silver foil stiff wrappers, which are slightly rubbed. A very good copy with slight creases; original price sticker..... More
NY: Joseph H. Ladd, 1869. Sixth ed. 8vo., xv, 518 (1) pp., adverts., illustrations in text. Newly bound in paper over boards with paper labels affixed to front and spine. Dampstaining throughout, several pages have large closed tears which have been repaired; previous owner's name and some childish scribbling on..... More
NY: E.& H.T. Anthony & Co., 1873. Eighth ed., enlarged, improved, and illustrated with numerous woodcuts. 8vo., xvi [1], 573 pp., (12) pp. index, adverts., with folding chart frontispiece, illustrations in text. Gilt and blind-decorated cloth. Spine repaired with original gilt-titled cloth laid-down. Edges rubbed, some staining to cloth, else..... More
NY: Joseph H. Ladd, 1864. First edition. 8vo., xviii-351, (1) pp., (25) pp. adverts (possibly lacking one leaf of adverts), with folding chart. The blind-decorated cloth is showing light wear at extremities. Old dampstain on the front and rear covers and the first 50 pages and last few leaves of..... More
[Paris]: Hachette & Cie. 1899. Kuhn. First edition. Folio, 50 pp., (1), plus seven hand-pulled photogravure plates with tissue guards. Text is further illustrated with over 40 additional photo-illustrations. Occasional foxing to the blank margins, not affecting the images. The illustrated wrappers are moderately soiled and rubbed. In all, this..... More