[Paris]: Hachette & Cie. 1899. First edition. Folio, 50 pp., [1], plus seven hand-pulled photogravure plates with tissue guards. The text is further illustrated with over 40 additional photo-illustrations. Occasional light foxing to the blank margins of the plates. Illustrated wrappers with photogravure vignettes on the front and rear wrappers..... More

c. 1890. Original photograph 9 1/8 x 5 9/16 inches mounted to heavy card stock 10 x 8 inches with title printed in silver on the front, and lengthy text on the reverse. Slight silvering and fading at the edges of the photograph. Very good. More

Paris: Victor Masson / Langlois et Leclercq, 1853. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 12mo., xi, 486 pp., illustrations in text. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards; previous owner's neat ex-libris affixed to the front pastedown. Very good. Contains a lengthy (120 pp.) chapter on the discovery of the..... More

London: Wyman & Sons, 1888. First edition. 8vo., x, 278 pp., 32 adverts, engraved illustrations. Front and rear hinges cracked and slightly loose but holding; a good copy in the publisher's pebbled cloth. Roosens and Salu No. 6271. More

Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1878. First ed. 8vo., 84 pp., 1 illustration. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. Previous owner's inscription on endpaper in ink, scattered foxing, else very good. Housed in a newly made clamshell box of decorative paper and cloth with printed spine label. Covers collodion wet and dry plate photography..... More

London: John Walker & Co., Ltd., [1895]. First edition. 4to., 7 loose plates laid-in a cloth-backed printed paper over boards portfolio. The paper gutter is lifting and curled in several places. The boards are unevenly faded and rubbed. The first plate is toned from contact with the printed paper board;..... More

New York: George Murphy, Inc., 1930. 8vo., 212 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers, which are slightly stained. Very good. Established in 1878, the George Murphy company was largely a distributor of photographic supplies and equipment for the amateur and professional photographer and cinematographer. They acted as the exclusive agents for..... More

[New York: Scovill Manufacturing Co.], 1889. 8vo., [2], 121 [2] pp., fully illustrated from engravings. Decorative paper wrappers. Lacking a portion of the spine, soft vertical crease, lacking a few chips to the front wrapper, corner creased on the rear. Very good. The first eight pages provide instructions for using..... More

Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1931. 8vo., 48, 11 pp., each printed leaf is interleaved with 2 sheets of ruled paper. Gilt-titled cloth. Near fine. A complete wholesale price list of Eastman products, including ciné cameras and accessories. The interleaved sheets indicate this would have been a sales representative's copy. On..... More

New York: Eagle Photo Supply Company [Wholesale Division of George Murphy Inc.], 1942. 8vo., 116 pp., illustrated from photographs and engravings. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. Priced wholesale photographic supply catalogue, primarily accessories. More

Boston/ New York/ Chicago: United Printing Machinery Company, [ca. 1910]. 16 mo., [4] pp. Small stain to lower tip. Very good. A priced listing for screens sized 3 14 x 4 1/4 inches to 31 1/2 x 39 1/2 inches, available in 6 varying degrees of fineness. More

Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, August 1914. 16mo., 24 pp., illustrated. Printed wrappers, which are toned and smudged. Very good. Fully illustrated instructions for processing roll film used in the earliest Kodak camera. The price list included various tanks, outfits, chemicals and film clips. More

Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1928. Narrow 128 pp. Printed stiff wrappers. The lower tip of the first few leaves are dog-eared; light rubbing along the spine. Very good. A complete wholesale price list of Eastman products, including ciné cameras and accessories. More