Paris: Octave Doin et Fils, 1914. First edition. 12mo., xviii, 375 pp., illustrations, diagrams, tables, xii pp. adverts. Publisher's printed cloth. Ex-library stamps on the front flyleaf and title page, number label on the spine. Very good. A study and manual of the various sources and uses of artificial light..... More
Cincinnati and Louisville: Gatchel & Hyatt, 1873. Second edition. Small 8vo., 167 pp., (15) pp. adverts. Original blind-stamped cloth rebacked with a new spine of calf, titled in gilt. Penciled numbers on verso of title page, and a single ex-library perforation, else a good copy. A complete manual with formulary..... More
Chateauroux: Typographie et Lithographie Ve Migné, 1863. First edition. 8vo., 23 pp., Original printed wrappers with a small number label affixed to the blank lower margin of the front wrapper. Text lightly toned. Tipped to the blank reverse of the rear wrapper is the November 1863 [8 pp.] catalogue of..... More
Paris: Desloges, [1858?]. First edition. 8vo., 208, [4] [4] pp.,1 full-page illustration. Contemporary quarter morocco gilt and textured paper over boards. A fine and bright copy with only the occasional spot of light foxing. This "Annual" at first presented a bibliographic conundrum; Bellier de la Chavignerie, Manuel Bibliographie du Photographe..... More
Paris: Belloc, [1861]. First edition. 16mo., 129 pp. Later half morocco and marbled paper over boards, title in gilt on the spine, original printed rear wrapper bound-in. Slight toning; very good. Auguste Belloc (b. 1800, Paris) was a portrait miniaturist, watercolor painter and photographer of the nude. He began making..... More
Paris: Publisher not identified, [1900]. First edition. 4to. [28 cm. x 19 cm], 102 pp., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 of these in color). Original printed wrappers. Neat ownership signature of a member of the jury of classe 5 on the..... More
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Paris: Impr. Nationale, 1880. First edition. 8vo., 67 pp. Original printed wrappers, which are toned at the edges, with a few chips and creases. Text is unopened. INSCRIBED by the author. Alphonse Davanne is a most important figure in the early history of photography. Born 1824 in Paris, he was..... More
Paris: En vente au dépot des appareils Dubroni, [1867]. First edition. 12mo., 67 pp., engraved illustrations. Publisher's illustrated wrappers. Pages 21 - 24 carelessly opened resulting in a slightly uneven foredge with no loss to the text; occasional light foxing and light wear and soiling to the wrappers. A very..... More
Paris: Les Mondes / Gauthier-Villars, 1872. First edition. 12mo., xii, 54 pp., [4] adverts., 29 engraved illustrations in text. Printed original wrappers, which are foxed and chipped along the spine (with no loss of text), front wrapper detatched. The text is foxed with a small stain to the blank lower..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1889. First edition. 12mo., ix, 96 pp. Original printed wrappers. Fine. A manual for enlarging portrait photographs and the subsequent coloring with pencil, crayons and pastels. Roosens and Salu No. 3582. More
Paris: A. Liébert, 1864. First edition. 8vo., xii,422, 15 pp. engraved figures in text. Contemporary quarter leather, gilt titled and decorated within raised bands on spine and marbled paper over boards. Light rubbing to the edges; else a fine and bright copy. Following the text is a 15 page advertisement..... More
Paris: Leiber Éditeur, 1862. First edition. 8vo., 212 pp., iv adverts, illustrated. Later black linen with a morocco spine label, original printed wrappers, which are slightly worn, bound in. Occasional light foxing. A very good copy. Although the title is similar to his earlier, and frequently revised and expanded, TRAITÉ..... More
Bruxelles: Bureau du Bulletin Belge de la Photographie, 1873. First edition. 8vo., 51 pp., later cloth-backed marbled paper wrappers. The title page bears the stamp of a chemist as well as a manufacturer of photographic chemicals (the later stamp also appears on 2 additional leaves). Occasional light foxing, toning and..... More
Paris: Alfred Vibien, 1870. First edition. 12mo., 61, [1] pp. Publisher's original printed wrappers. Owner's neat signature on the blank flyleaf, and small ink stamp on the title page. A fine copy. This is the second volume of a two volume work; however, it is an independent work. Roosens and..... More
Paris: Leiber, 1869 - 1870. First edition. 12mo., 163 pp. [with] V. Cordier. TRAITÉ INSUCCÈS EN PHOTOGRAPHIE, CAUSES ET RENÈDES. Paris: Leiber, 1866. First edition. [i] iii, 51, [3] pp. [with] Perrot de Chaumeux, L. COLLODION SEC. EXPOSÉ DE TOUS LES PROCÉDÉS CONNUS. MANIPULATIONS - FORMULES. Paris: Leiber, 1863. First..... More
Paris: Leiber, 1865. First edition. 12mo., [i], 51 pp, [2] pp, 160 tables, 45 pp, [1] pp, errata. Contemporary (publisher's?) cloth, titled in gilt on the upper cover and in blind on the spine. A fine copy. SIGNED and presented by the author on the blank front flyleaf. Appended to..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1898 - 1903. First edition. Three parts in three octavo volumes. xi,449 pp., text illustrations plus 14 plates; 198 pp., text illustrations, plus 15 plates; 287 pp, text illustrations plus 18 plates. The plates in all volumes are generally large fold-outs (diagrams, maps, photos, stereograms, plans, and topographical..... More
Paris: Labé, 1859. First edition. Small 8vo., 309 pp., illustrated. Ex-library, stamped "disposed of"; blank corner of two of the last leaves chipped; unopened; lacking the title-page and the carbon print. New wrappers. Faults considered, this remains a good copy. Roosens and Salu No. 187. Bellier de la Chavignerie, Manuel..... More
London: Dawbarn & Ward, 1906. Second edition. 12mo., 104 pp., 1 mounted bromide photographic postcard frontispiece, illustrated, adverts. Decorative stiff wrappers, which are slightly dusty. Owner's name on title page; else very good. A manual for making photographic postcards with a variety of processes: sensitizing with silver, bromide and gaslight..... More
New York: The Scovill & Adams Company of New York, 1896. Stieglitz, Alfred. First edition. 4to., 536 pp., illustrations in text. Later half morocco and cloth with gilt title label on spine. A light edgewear and a short closed tear on the title page; otherwise, very good. A comprehensive encyclopedia..... More
New York: The Scovill & Adams Company of New York, 1898. Stieglitz, Alfred. First edition, second printing. 4to., vii, 536 pp., plus adverts, photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text. Bound in later blue buckram. A fine and bright copy. A comprehensive encyclopedia and formulary by the prolific author..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 284 pp., frontispiece is a phototypie by Quinsac with tissue guard, plus 3 full-page phototypie plates by C. Relvas; other illustrations in text. Half morocco and marbled boards, raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules, t.e.g. Scattered foxing, frontispiece and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1881. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 246 pp., photoglyptie (Woodburytype) frontispiece with tissue guard by Liebert, plus another printed by Woodbury; illustrations in text. Half morocco and marbled boards, raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules, t.e.g. Occasional scattered foxing. A very good copy. A nicely..... More
Paris: P. Dupont, 1892. First edition. 8vo., 88 pp., illustrated adverts. The original decorative wrappers are chipped with cello-tape stains; the front wrapper, formerly detached, has been laid down on archival paper; text shows light toning. A good copy. Housed in a cloth clamshell box with label on upper cover..... More
London: Hazell, Watson, & Viney, 1899. Wall, E.J. Fifth edition. 12mo., vii, 104 pp., viii-xxi pp. (adverts), original carbon print mounted as frontispiece. The cloth is showing light fading from moisture and wear; tissue repair at the front hinge; text shows leght wear and edgetoning. A good copy. An excellent..... More