Paris: Chez Mongie l'aîné, Libraire; Chez tous les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1814. First editions. 12mo., (ii), 18 pp. [bound with] LA LANTERNE MAGIQUE DE L'ISLE D'ELBE, ENTREZ, MESSIEURS, C'EST LA CLOTURE. 7 pp. [bound with] LA LANTERNE MAGIQUE DE LA RUE IMPÉRIALE. Paris: Cellot, 1814 - Published anonymously by Antoine..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1894. First edition. Small 8vo., vii, 48 [4] pp. Printed paper wrappers. Lower portion of the front wrapper is scuffed and abraded, with scuff at the upper corners, and a small chip lacking from the rear wrapper. Text is fine and bright. Blind stamp on the..... More
Hartford: H.J. Rodgers, Publisher, 1873. Second printing. 12mo., 236 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous engraved illustrations. Publisher's cloth, decorated in blind. Board tips slightly curled and rubbed; the first few leaves are lightly foxed. The copy of Lloyd E. Vardon, with his neat stamp on the blank pastedown. Very..... More
Bruxelles: Éstablissements Émile Bruylant, 1912. First edition. Small 4to., [iv], 506 pp., b&w illustrations and figures in text. The printed paper wrappers show dust soiling and moderate wear at the edges; one signature loose. A very good, unopened copy. The complete papers and documents presented at the Fifth International Congress..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1901. First edition. Small 4to., [iv], 155 pp., text illustrations. Printed paper wrappers. Fine and unopened. Primarily concerned with the technical advances in the medium, including cinematography and color photography, with contributions by G. Lipmann, L. Vidal, V. Legros, Auguste and Louis Lumière, Louis-Edward Lévy, et al. The..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1890. First edition. 8vo., xviii, 202 pp., 5 unnumbered leaves of plates, other illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers, which are slightly dust soiled; there is a small chip lacking from the coated spine. Léon Gaumont's neat bookplate and signature on the half-title page, with a...... More
Paris: Charles Mendel, 1908. First edition. 8vo., viii, 223 pp. Newly bound in paper over boards with printed paper label on upper board. Minor chipping to the blank tips of first few leaves; edges toned. A very good copy. The full complement of papers presented on various applications of photo-documentation..... More
London: John W. Davies, [1862]. First edition. 16mo., vi, 80 pp., illustrations in text. Original gilt-titled cloth. A few stains and pencil markings within text block, as well as pencil notations on endpaper; otherwise, a very good copy. The author describes in detail this process, which is based on dry-collodion..... More
Paris: N.-P. Lerebours et Secretan, 1845. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo., [iv], 138 pp., 11 engravings in text. Newly bound in half morocco and marble paper over boards. Occasional light foxing. The final 6 pages {139 - 142, [2] } which constitute the list of plates in EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES..... More
London: Hockin & Co., 1860. Fourth edition. 12mo., [x], 167 pp., concludes with p. viii Hockin's trade catalogue of apparatus and chemicals, folding double page illustrated plate. Blind-stamped cloth with gilt title. Edgeworn, slight staining and fading to cloth, light occasional foxing, front hinge slightly opened. There are ink and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Second French edition of the expanded second English edition. 12mo., 177 pp., illustrations in text. Original printed wrappers; label removed from the top of the spine leaving a slight scar. A near fine, unopened copy. Housed in a new cloth clamshell box with decorative paper labels. The..... More
Hartford: H.J. Rodgers, Publisher, 1872. First edition. 12mo., 235 pp., plus errata leaf, frontispiece with tissue guard, numerous engraved illustrations. Cloth mottled; a near fine copy. Consists largely of advice to sitters, much of it humorous. Running title: The people's guide to photography. Contains the following chapters: Phrenological Photography, Facial..... More
London: John Murray, 1856. First edition. 8vo., iv, 235 pp., 50 wood-engravings. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards, spine and joints rubbed, all edges marbled. Ex-library with the stamp of the Parlimentary Library of N.S. Wales on the title page and a few others in blank margins. Occasional..... More
London / Newcastle-on-Tyne: Mawson & Swan, 1887. Third edition, considerable revised and enlarged. 12mo., ii, 152 pp.. i-iv, 153-160. i-viii, i-iv pp., text illustrations, plus 20 leaves of printed chemical labels, (8) pp. adverts. Decorative red cloth. Rubbed, label on spine, and front free endpaper, spine foot slightly bumped; otherwise..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1890. Fourth ed. Small 8vo., 230 pp., frontispiece, illustrations in text, adverts. Rebound in blue linen with label mounted to front. A very good copy. Wallace was a noted Philadelphia photographer. Roosens and Salu No. 6429. More
NY: S.D. Humphrey, 1858. Fifth edition. 8vo., xii, 13-214 pp., 5 pp. adverts. Gilt-titled red cloth. Lightly worn at edges; original owner's name handwritten on the blank margin of nearly every recto page, with juvenile scribbles on the front and rear blanks and endpapers, remnants of paper labels on the..... More
London: Iliffe & Sons, 1905. Third edition, revised by Ralph W. Robinson. 12 mo., 165 pp., frontispiece, b&w illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. Lightly rubbed. Very good. Primarily concerned with setting up a studio, backgrounds, accessories, lighting techniques, and posing; also contains the following chapters: Smiles and Smiling; Likeness-Familiar and Occult; How..... More
NY: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1934. First American edition. 12mo., xiii, 111 pp., illustrations, diagrams. Illustrated paper over stiff cardstock. Very good. Originally published in 1925, reprinted several times. More
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
