Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., (iv), 31 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled; with a splatter stain and lightly edge-chipped. SIGNED presentation from the author on the half-title page. Very good. At the head of the title: Enseignement supérieur de la photographie. (Conférences de la Société... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., 52 pp., illustrated with engravings in text, 2 folded leaves of plates with tissue guards. Printed wrappers. Label removed from front wrapper and chipping along the spine has been repaired; else very good. 1851 Aimé Laussedat developed the first photogrammetric process. His method involved... More
New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, circa 1863. Albumen photograph, 8.8 x 5.6 cm. mounted on a Carte de Visite mount. Reproduced from a satirical drawing. The printed reverse bears the imprint, "Published by E. & H.T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York, Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums." Mild wear... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., 21 pp., 3 color plates. Printed stiff wrappers have been neatly conserved with light chipping along the edges. Stamp of The Cromer Collection on the front wrapper and title page. Housed in a newly-made cloth and decorative paper over boards protective folder. Roosens and... More
Portland, Oregon: April/May 2002 - June 2017. First edition. 8vo. A long run of 76 issues, beginning with issue Number 40 and concluding with issue Number 130; lacking only Numbers 63, 65, 77, 96, 105 - 110, 114 - 115, 117, 125 - 126. WITH: LensWork Extended: Audio/ Video Extended... More
London & New York: George Virtue & Co., 1854. 2 volumes. Thick 4tos. [vol. I] engraved title page and frontis, clx, 832 pp.; [vol. II] engraved title page, iv, 1052 pp. Illustrated with 40 steel engravings and 2475 wood engravings in text. Later binding of cloth with leather spine labels... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1894. First edition. 12mo., ix, 137 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard,other illustrations from engravings. Printed paper wrappers with a small chip from the tip of the front, label removed from front wrapper, rear wrapper partial separated from the spine. Better than a good copy. Blind-stamped "Hommage" on the... More
[Rome: c1870]. Hand colored albumen photograph 21 3/4 in. x 16 in., trimmed flush and affixed to old board. The surface shows some reticulation; the blank reverse of the mount board is acid stained. A very good example. Gioacchino Altobelli (1814 - 1878) studied painting in Rome during the 1830s... More
[NY: c1970]. Original silver gelatin photograph, 9 x 9 inches, printed on double weight photographic stock 11 x 14 inches. Tipped-on to museum board with window over mat 14 x 18 inches. Fine. Stamped in ink on the blank reverse of the photograph" Laurence Fink / 55 Chrystie Street / New York, N.Y. 10002 / 212-477-6228." More
Hamburg: Wilh. Ludwig Anthes, 1839. 8vo., 40 pp., 1 folding engraved plate. Contemporary marbled paper over boards which moderately worn and rubbed at the spine. Faint foxing; a dampstain on the title page steadily fades by p.13. Early signature on the title page. Very good. A partial German translation of... More
Babylone [Paris]: n. p., 1760. First edition. 16mo., [Part I] [2], 176 pp; [Part II] [2], 174 pp. Contemporary full mottled calf, with the spine in six gilt-decorated compartments; hinges partially cracked but firm; rubbing at the edges and chipping at the corners. Moderate foxing or soiling. A near very... More
Mexico, D.F./ Paris: Galería López Quiroga/ Toluca Editions, 2004. Iturbide, Graciela. First edition. Square 4to., [iii], [37 pp.] with 25 full-page b&w photographic plates. Photographically illustrated paper over boards, with paper spine. Fine. This is one of one hundred special SIGNED and numbered copies from a total edition of five... More
Tokyo: Parco, [1986]. Faucon, Bernard. First edition. Small 4to., (96) pp., 54 color plates with several full-page b&w as section dividers. Illustrated stiff wrappers with printed wrap-around band. Fine, as new; sealed in the publisher's shrink-wrap. Bernard Faucon, (French, b. 1950) creates metaphysical scenes by reversing the natural world. The... More
[Melnik, Czech Republic: Linpa, 1997]. First edition. 4to., 99 pp., illustrated from color photographs, with color and b&w drawings. Blue cloth debossed in blind with inset color plate; issued without a dust jacket. Fine. SIGNED by the photographer on the front pastedown. Hand-colored photographs of nudes with a printed narrative... More
Praze: Aventinum, 1947. First edition. 8vo., 62 pp, and 64 photogravure plates, double-page map endpapers. Plain tan card wrappers, lightly worn. Photo-illustrated dust jacket also lightly worn at the edges. A near fine copy with printed wrap-around band laid in. Jaromír Funke, the masterful Czech photographer, has contributed handsome photogravure... More
Nevada City, California: Carl Mautz Publishing, 2002. First edition. Oblong 4to., 119 pp., illustrated from b&w drawings. Fine in the illustrated dust jacket. A chronologic listing of: Invention Patents, Reissued Invention Patents, and Design Patents. More
Venezia: Marsilio, 1997. First edition. 8vo., 517 pp., [122] illustration in color and b&w from photographs and drawings. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with printed inner flaps. A very good copy. An exhaustive history of the projected image prior to the advent of cinema and the mechanisms employed. Includes extensive notes... More
Hermance, Switzerland: Editions Camera Obscura, 1985. First edition. 2 volumes, 4to., 837 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs, and facsimile signatures. Photo-illustrated glossy paper over boards; lightly rubbed. Very good. A comprehensive, bilingual (French and English) encyclopedia which includes a photograph of the photographers, their signature, chronology exhibition list and bibliography. More
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. First edition. Oblong 4to., 127 pp., chiefly illustrated from color and b&w photographs. Fine, in photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a subtle indenture on the front panel. Bodly SIGNED by the photographer on the title page. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Larry Sultan... More
Paris: Librairie j.-b. Baillière et fils, 1887. First edition. 8vo., half-title, [1] advert, 106 pp., 3 - 8 adverts, with 7 leaves of plates. Original printed wrappers, with an advert on the rear wrapper. The front wrapper is edge chipped and detached with no loss of text; the rear wrapper... More
London: David Nutt, 1895. Emerson, P.H. First edition. 4to., vi, (ii) 165 pp., 16 plates with printed tissue guards. White linen, stamped with title and decorative motif, calf-backed with titling in gilt. The plates are printed on a handmade Japan vellum paper and are very fine, with all printed tissue... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1862. First edition. 12mo., 261 pp., [3] pp. adverts. Publisher's gilt and blind-stamped cloth, rubbed through at the tips; owners' names on the blank endpapers; lacking a corner from the blank free endpaper; occasional small stains. This manual substantially revises and enlarges upon the... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo.,[4], 40 pp., illustrated with engravings and from radiographs. Printed paper wrappers. Unopened. Slight stain at the bottom of the wrappers. Very good. Albert Londe (1858 - 1917) was an influential French photographer and medical researcher. He was the director of photography at the Salpétrière... More
![HANDBUCH DER PHOTOGRAPHIE FÜR AMATEURE UND TOURISTEN.; 3 volumes. Band I: DIE PHOTOGRAPHISCHEN APPARATE [1891]; Band II: DIE PHOTOGRAPHISCHEN PROCESSE [1892]; Band III: DIE ANWENDUNGEN DER PHOTOGRAPHIE [1892]. Giuseppe Pizzighelli.](/pictures/thumb/26969.jpeg?v=1540923060)
Halle a.S. W. Knapp, 1891-1892. Second edition. 8vos., [vol. I] xii, 485 pp.; [vol. II] x, 518 pp.; [vol. III] x, 496 pp.; text illustrations. Half morocco and marbled boards. Owner's neat stamp on endpapers. The second volume has occasional marginalia in ink, holographic notes on paper which have been... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1887. Second French edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 98 pp., mounted platinum photographic frontispiece, illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Slight edge wear, creasing and moderate staining to wrappers. Very good. Housed in a custom made cloth clamshell box with facsimile paper label on front. This manual discusses Pizzighelli's newly modified... More