Paris: Editions Marval, 1982. First edition. 4to., 98 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and graphics, with [4] pp. from color photographs. Wire spiral bound heavy gray boards with printed label on the upper cover. Light soil to the printed label; else fine. Through a series of images on the inhabitants... More about ZUP! L'ALBUM DE FAMILLE:; VILLENEUVE DES SALINES, QUARTIER DE LA ROCHELLE
Los Angeles: Melrose, 1984. First edition. 4to., 135 pp., chiefly illustrated from color photographs. Slight bump to the upper board tips; else near fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Award winning photo-illustrator whose images have appeared in Vogue, Esquire, Life, Look and Geo. More about ART KANE PAPER DOLLS
[Rochester]: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1977. First edition. Oblong 4to., [22] leaves of b&w photomontage images. Color printed stiff wrappers. Fine. A humorous look the photographer's family gatherings. OCLC locates eleven copies. More about TENSION: A BOOK ABOUT FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Bruxelles: Éditions Lebeer-Hossmann, [1970s]. First edition. 12mo., 95 leaves, [90] b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Slight bump at the crown and light soiling to the wrappers. A very good copy. A collection of photographs by and of Magritte and his circle. More about LA FIDÉLITÉ DES IMAGES: RENÉ MAGRITTE, LE CINÉMATOGRAPHE ET LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1887. Second French edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 98 pp., mounted photo frontispiece, illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. The binding and endsheets are dampstained; text toned and brittle with a short closed tear to the blank margin of the first free-flyleaf to the half-title page. The printed tissue guard for the... More about LA PLATINOTYPIE, EXPOSÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE D'UN PROCÉDÉ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE AUX SELS DE PLATINE...
London: British Periodicals; Philadelphia: Frank V. Chambers, [1928]. Second impression. 12mo., 44 pp., adverts. Printed stiff wrappers. The covers were repaired with cellophane tape which aged and cracked, leaving the wrappers detached. A good copy. A practical manual on the Oil, Bromoil, and their derivatives, Oil and Bromoil Transfer. Roosens and... More about PERFECTION IN THE PIGMENT PROCESSES.; The New Photographers Handbooks: No. 3
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1901. First edition. 12mo., vi, 27 pp., frontispiece, adverts. Printed paper wrappers which are slightly scuffed on the front, with an illegible small ink stamp on the rear. Blindstamped "Homage" on the half-title page. Very good. Publisher's promotional flyer laid in. Roosens and Salu No. 1171. More about LES PHOTOTYPES SUR PAPIER AU GÉLATINOBROMURE
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[n.p. Keith Smith], March 1966. Edition 8 of 11. Original photo-etching, 4 in. (10 cm.) height x 3 in. ( 7.5 cm.) width, printed on square woven paper 7 1/4 in. Tipped to a heavier Strathmore paper with a window. SIGNED, titled and dated in pencil beneath the image. Fine... More about DISINTEGRATING FIGURE.; [Self Portrait
Each photograph measures 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) width x 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm.) height. Each has a printed paper label from the Ministry of Information affixed to the blank verso; beneath it is stamped "Cecil Beaton Photograph." Slight silvering to each at the bottom right corner; one print... More about THREE VINTAGE SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE SERIES, INDIAN EDUCATION
[San Francisco]: Sun in Scorpio/ Flash Publications, 1993. Gatewood, Charles. First edition. 4to., 64 unnumbered pages, full-page b&w plates from photos. Fine, as new in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Limited to 2000 numbered copies, SIGNED. A compilation from Gatewood's various "bodies" of work: Sidetripping in New Orleans, pierced bodies, tattoos, and... More about CHARLES GATEWOOD PHOTOGRAPHS: THE BODY & BEYOND
Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique De Roret, 1858. First edition. 12mo., vi, 456 pp., 90 pp. adverts., illustrations in text. Recent calf backed marbled paper over boards with the spine in six compartments and titled in gilt, illustrated original wrappers bound-in, with the top corner of the rear wrapper expertly replaced... More about RÉPERTOIRE GÉNÉRAL DE PHOTOGRAPHIE. OU FORMULAIRE COMPLET DE CET ART D'APRÈS LES MEILLEURS...
New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1904. Four pages of a bifolium, 7 x 6 inches, on the letterhead of The Photo-Secession, dated May 20 - 04. Slight smudging to the 0 in the date line; an early fold and a few light creases; otherwise near fine. In the December 1903, Obrig... More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
Paris: Amyot, [1861]. First edition. 8vo., 330 pp., 65 illustrations in text. Contemporary quarter leather with title and decorations in gilt with marbled paper over boards; edges and hinges rubbed; contents clean and very good. Presented in nine parts: the first part offers a comprehensive history starting with Euclid to... More about MONOGRAPHIE DU STÉRÉOSCOPE ET DES ÉPREUVES STÉRÉOSCOPIQUES
Paris: Alexis Gaudin, 1861. First edition. 12mo., 212 pp. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, original printed wrappers bound-in. Occasional staining which is more pronounced on the last 15 pages. A very good copy. This manual provides a short history of the discovery and instructions for making daguerreotypes, glass... More about VADE MECUM DU PHOTOGRAPHIE;; NOTICE ABRÉGÉE DU DAGUERRÉOTYPE ET LA PHOTOGRAPHIE SUR PAPIER,...
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[Rochester, NY: Keith Smith], 1975. Circular photo-etching, diameter of 4 1/8 inches on woven paper 7 7/8 in. height x 6 3/8 in. width Fine. SIGNED and inscribed in pencil beneath the image " change of address / to Alan / Keith / July 1975." Etched into the image is... More about SELF-PORTRAIT.; [Notice of change of address
Wien: K.K. Graphische lehr- und versuchsanstalt, 1917. First edition. 4to., [iv], 79 pp., 4 leaves of plates printed in photogravure and mounted to heavier paper, (3 portraits, 1 facsimile). Printed stiff wrappers. The wrappers show moderate toning and light handling. Internally, a near fine copy, housed in a newly made... More about JOHANN HEINRICH SCHULZE:; DER LEBENSLAUF DES ERFINDERS DES ERSTEN PHOTOGRAPHISCHEN VERFAHRENS UND...
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862. First edition. 8vo., half-title page, title page, iv, 244 pp. Cased in newly made binding of paper over boards, with a facsimile of the title page applied to the upper cover. Scattered foxing; unopened and untrimmed. Good. The authors, the Parisian photographic firm of... More about LA PHOTOGRAPHIE CONSIDÉRÉE COMME ART ET COMME INDUSTRIE: HISTOIRE DE SA DÉCOUVERTE, SES...
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1859. First edition. 8vo., 191, [1] pp., diagrams and charts in text, 1 engraved plate. Later quarter morocco and marbled boards. Occasional light foxing and faint dampstain, lightly rubbed at the tips, neat library stamp on the blank margin of several pages. Very good. A compendium of... More about MÉTHODES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES PERFECTIONNÉES:; PAPER SEC, ALBUMINE, COLLODION SEC, COLLODION HUMIDE,...
Halle a. S. Wilhelm Knapp, 1912. First edition. 8vo., 52 pp. Printed wrappers. Very good. Emil Mayer (1871 - 1938) born in Bohemia, earned his juris doctorate in Vienna. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was an active amateur photographer, and member of several Viennese photographic societies. His... More about DAS BROMÖLDRUCKVERFAHREN
[Rochester, NY]: Photographic Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Co., 1990. First edition. 8vo., 196 pp., illustrated with full-page plate from b&w photographs. Faux leather over boards. A fine copy in publisher's decorative paper over boards slipcase. Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1882–1960) was a British-American physicist and photographic researcher. His researches were... More about A BIOGRAPHY - AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES EDWARD KENNETH MEES, PIONEER OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
[London: Headley Brothers, printers, 1961. First edition - Offprint. 8vo., 173-197 pp., portrait. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled. Light creasing. Very good. A biographical tribute to Dr. Mees, who joined the Eastman Kodak Company in 1912 and created and directed their research laboratories. Contains a bibliography of 4... More about CHARLES EDWARD KENNETH MEES, 1882-1960
Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun-sya, 1975. Narahara, Ikko. First edition. Square folio, (226) pp., 101 full-page photographs, with titles on opposite leaves. A fine copy aside from a few tiny flecks of blue ink, which lifted from the spine; housed in the publisher's near fine paper over boards slipcase with paper spine... More about WHERE TIME HAS VANISHED.; Book design by Mitsuo Katsui. Afterword by Ikko Narahara
London: Duckworth and Co., 1903. First edition. 8vo., 271 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations from photos, t.e.g. The publisher's cloth is faded; slight bruise to the upper board tip, and there is foxing, primarily on the first and last few leaves; else very good. Thomas Wedgwood (1771 - 1805)... More about TOM WEDGWOOD, THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHER:; AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE, HIS DISCOVERY AND HIS FRIENDSHIP...
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1904. First edition. Small 8vo., viii, 96 pp., illustrated with figures and charts. Printed paper wrappers which are lightly toned and have a soft crease. Stamped in blind "Hommage" on the half-title. Very good. An early manual on pinhole photography; discusses how-to-do-it, theory of image formation using different... More about MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE SANS OBJECTIF
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1898. First edition. 12mo., 169 pp., 6 adverts, illustrated from engravings and halftones. Blue cloth illustrated with black and gilt. Occasional foxing, else very good. An excellent book in which the author surveys the history of the medium, and details the various printing processes. He also... More about THE STORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.; With Thirty-Eight Illustrations