Philadelphia: Photographers Association of America, 1912. First edition. 16mo.,[ii], 42 pp., frontispiece with printed tissue guard, chapter heads and tails illustrated in vignette, initial caps illustrated. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. Prepared for the 32nd Annual Convention of the Photographers Association of America. The authors comprised the faculty of... More
Boulogne-sur-Mer: Imprimerie de Charles Aigre, 1858. First edition. 8vo., 22 pp., plus two folding plates. Later cloth and marbled boards. Neat library deaccession stamp of S. F. P. (Société Française de Photographie.) Tiny closed tear at the gutter between the first blank and title page. Very good. The authors offers... More
Paris, Boulogne-sur-Mer [printed]: Chez MM. A. Gaudin et Frère, 1856. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Later cloth and marbled boards. Neat library deaccession stamp of S. F. P. (Société Française de Photographie.) Very good. SIGNED by the author on the copyright page. The author presents a new process for obtaining... More
Paris: J.-B. Bailliére et Fils, 1866. First edition. 8vo., iv, 333 [3] pp., 41 text illustrations, 3 mounted albumen photo-plates. Bound with: PRÉCIS DE MICROPHOTOGRAPHIE, par G. Huberson. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First ed. 100 pp., frontispiece, illustrated, 4 pp. catalogue. And bound with: PHOTOMICROGRAPHIE EN CENT TABLEAUX POUR PROJECTION, par... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1883. First French ed. Small 8vo., xiv, 90 pp., mounted platinotype frontispiece with tissue guard. Quarter morocco with marbled boards, gilt title within raised bands on spine. Scattered light foxing, occasional ink notations or corrections in text, and transfer from the frontispiece to the blank tissue guard; else... More
London: Printed for Thomas Boys, 1817. First edition. 8vo., half-tile, xxv, 191 pp., [with] A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE APPARATUS & INSTRUMENTS EMPLOYED IN EXPERIMENTAL AND OPERATIVE CHEMISTRY, IN ANALYTICAL MINERALOGY, AND IN THE PURSUITS OF THE RECENT DISCOVERIES OF VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY. MANUFACTURE AND SOLD BY FREDRICK ACCUM, OPERATIVE CHEMIST... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1898. First French edition. 12mo., (ii), 95 pp., frontispiece, figures in text. Printed wrappers. Near fine. The frontispiece is a facsimile of a platinotype print before and after development. Hinton was the editor of the PHOTOGRAPHIC ART JOURNAL and THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER. An accomplished Pictorialist, he... More
Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1875. Second edition. 8vo., xvi, [17]-389 pp., illustrated, including 4 small mounted albumen photographs. The title page is soiled; small circular hole on p. 383 - 384 (terminal leaf) with the loss of a few words Re-backed with the original spine laid-down and new endpapers supplied;... More
Leipzig: F.A. Grockhaus, 1884. Second edition. 12mo., viiii, 302 pp., mounted Woodburytype frontispiece, 5 plates (2 plates with 4 mounted Woodbury photographs, heliographic print, copper-plate print from heliograph, and map reduction plate), text illustrations. Quarter calf and tips with marbled boards. Hinges and edges rubbed, foxing on first and last... More
Paris: Amyot, 1859. First edition. 8vo., iv, 280 pp., 32 b&w figures in text. New binding of quarter morocco with tips, marbled paper over boards, five raised bands on spine, with gilt titling. Occasional foxing and soiling at the untrimmed edges; slight bump to the text at the upper tip... More
NY: The Scovill & Adams Company, 1889. First edition. 8vo., 200 pp., ix pp. index, xxv pp. adverts, illustrated. Grained Bible leather over flexible boards, with the title in gilt on the spine and the name "W.I. Lincoln Adams" in gilt on the front, a.e.g. The spine and edges have... More
Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique De Roret, 1862. Revised second edition. 2 volumes. 12mo., xix, 256 pp., 71 pp.; xiii, 340 pp., illustrations in text and one folding plate which is lacking a small portion. Illustrated original wrappers, chipped at edges. Stamps from the Cromer Collection on each title and vol... More
Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1871. First U.S. edition. 8vo., xx, [17]-331 pp., [1] p., (32) pp. adverts, illustrated, including 4 small mounted original albumen portrait photographs (p. 242, 244). Publisher's cloth titled in gilt on the spine. Lower board tips bumped, slight fraying at the spine ends. Chemical spotting at... More
Paris: G. Masson, 1888. First edition. 8vo., 312 pp., 3 leaves of plates with tissue guards, text illustrations. Contemporary cloth with decorative spine, t.e.g. Small numbered paper label affixed to the lower front board. Extremities lightly rubbed. A very good copy. A well-illustrated survey, which covers all areas of photography... More
Paris: Adrien Delahaye, 1865. Second edition. Thick 8vo., xiii [errata], 563 n pp., frontispiece portrait, illustrations, engraved plates, and 2 folding engraved plates. Morocco-backed marbled paper over boards. Mildly rubbed at tips, light occasional foxing. The hinges are scaped with slight cracking but firm. A near very good copy. ... More
NY: Published by Edward L. Wilson, 1887. First edition. Thick 8vo., xv, 17-528 pp., (529-548) adverts, 386 text illustrations. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth, new endpapers. With the ex-libris of the Canfield Library of the Camera Club of New York, gift of John Aspinwall, with a printed label affixed to the front... More
New York: Daniel Burgess & Co., 1856. First edition. 12mo., 184 pp., plus 8 adverts. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth rebacked with new calf spine and gilt titled label; the original printed pastedowns remain while new free endpapers are supplied. Mild soiling to the cloth, tips rubbed, occasional soiling to the text... More
Philadelphia: Edward L. Wilson, 1881. First ed. 8vo., 376 pp., carbon frontispiece, figures and diagrams in text. Recased in the publisher's gilt-embossed cloth. Tips and spine ends have been expertly repaired; occasional foxing, else near very good. Wilson was the editor of The Philadelphia Photographer as well as other photographic... More
NY: Edward L. Wilson, 1894. First edition. 8vo., ([viii], 530 pp., adverts at rear, diagrams, illustrations. Gilt-embossed cloth. Edge-rubbed, hinges weak. A good copy. An exhaustive encyclopedia of processes, formulae, equipment, etc. Edward Livingston Wilson [1838 - 1903) was a prolific writer on photographic technique and the founder and editor... More
NY: Published by Edward L. Wilson, 1887. First edition. Thick 8vo., xv, 17-528 pp., [529-548] adverts, 386 text illustrations. Publisher's gilt-titled cloth, recased with new endpapers, lower tips rubbed; smal stain on bottom edge. Ex-library with a ink stamp marked canceled. Near very good. Edward Livingston Wilson [1838 - 1903)... More
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Later cloth and marbled boards. Tips of a number of leaves creased; ex-library of the Sociéte Française de Photographie with their deaccession stamp and minimal markings. Very good. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul... More
NY: Joseph H. Ladd, Publisher, [1867]. First edition. 8vo., xii, 167 pp., illustrations. Publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on the spine; spine head and tail frayed. Lacking the rear free endpaper, with pencil notes on the pastedowns. Occasional pencil underlining and soiling. A good copy. Roosens and Salu No. 10926. More
London: Kegan Paul, 1883. Fourth edition. 8vo., viii, 280 pp., mounted Woodburytype frontispiece with tissue guard, 5 plates which include examples of albumen and Woodbuytypes, copper-plate print from heliograph, and electotype from heliograph, and a survey map; text illustrations, adverts. Publisher's decorated cloth. Rebacked with the original spine laid down... More
NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. New and thoroughly revised edition. 8vo., viii, 282 pp., [6] adverts, Woodburytype frontispiece, 4 mounted photos, copper-plate print from heliograph, map reduction plate, text illustrations, adverts. Publisher's decorated cloth. A very good copy. This manual by Dr. Vogel is a classic in the field... More
Paris: Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1898. First edition. 8vo., 186 pp., 40 pp. publisher's catalog at end. Publisher's cloth over flexible boards, the lower front tip is lightly bumped, else very good. Letters and papers by these first inventors of photography, with annotations and comments by Colson; includes bibliographical... More