[Florence: 2nd Congrès International de la Photographie, 1960]. First edition. 4to., 8 pp., plus 22 plates including 3 gate-folded leaves. Marbled paper attached to plain stiff wrappers, which is chipped and torn. Internally near very good. André Jammes presented this paper at the 2nd Congrès International de la Photographie held..... More
[San Francisco: Sierra Club], 1947. First edition. 4to., approximately 200 pp. of mimeograph leaves, with 2 gelatin silver b&w photographs. Plain paper wrappers with cloth spine. The wrappers are heavily chipped; first and last blanks show minor edgechipping; a tiny portion of the lower blank tip of the first photograph..... More
n.p. Polaroid Corporation, [1977]. 4to., [255] - 330 pp.,91 illustrations from b&w and color photographs, drwaings, charts and graphs. Small bump to the tips. A very good copy in glossy wrappers. Reprinted from: Neblette's Handbook of Photography and Reprography, Materials, Processes and Systems. Seventh Edition. More
New York: Artisan, 2002. First edition. 4to., 223, [1] pp., largely illustrated from b&w and color photographs. A fine copy in the near fine photo-illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the first page. More
Philadelphia: American Museum of Photography, 1957. First edition. 8vo., 40 pp., b&w illustrations. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. More
Paris: Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1897. First edition. 8vo., iv, 165, 29 pp., [2] adversts, 1 double-page plate in color, 3 in b&w. Publisher's red cloth, titled in gilt on the spine and upper cover; modereate wear and fading. Library stamp and number on the title page. A near..... More
Sendak, M. Medallion in silver pewter with portrait bust of Maurice Sendak. Verso legend "Awarded by the University of Southern Mississippi, 1981", with a "WILD THING" by the artist. Fine, in the sealed clear plastic bag as issued [2]. WITH: LITTLE BEAR bookmark, circa 1961 [12]. WITH: VACATION READERS HAVE..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1892. Second edition, revised. 8vo., xi, 104 pp., engraved frontis and [8] plates after photographs. Printed wrappers, lightly worn. Very good. Albert Londe, 1858-1917, was an influential French photographer and medical researcher. He was the director of photography at the Salpétrière Hospital in Paris and worked with Jean-Martin..... More
Paris: Roret, 1843. First edition. 16mo., 453 pp., 2 large folding engraved plates. Contemporary quarter calf with morocco label, titled with simple decorations in gilt. Joints slightly rubbed; the foredge of the first plate is a bit soiled, foxed and worn with no loss. Faint foxing on the title page..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879 [1892]. [Nouveau tirage]. 12mo., 139 pp., engravings in text and 2 of 5 photographic plates, adverts. Plain paper wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Very good and unopened. An excellent manual with outstanding illustrations of field cameras and processing arrangements. Trutat, 1840 - 1910, was the director of the..... More
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1864. Seventh edition. 12mo., xvi, 594 pp., ii ads, figures in text. Original publisher's cloth which has been expertly rebacked in matching cloth, new endpapers added. A very good copy. Greatly expanded and revised from the first edition of 1855. This manual quickly became the..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1893. First edition. Small 8vo., xviii, 419 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard as plate 1: photocollographic; plate 2: photozincograph with tissue guard; plate 3: contains three mounted paper specimens, lined, grained and smooth; illustrations in text. Half faux leather and cloth, titled in gilt on the..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1886. First edition. 12mo., 151 pp., engraved figures and charts. Full cloth with leather spine label in gilt. The cloth is damp-wrinkled and stained. The ink stsamp of a photographic society is on the front free flyleaf and one leaf of text. A good copy. This manual provides..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1885. First edition. 2 volumes 8vo., xvi, 348 pp., illustrations in text; x, 238 pp., text illustrations. Half morocco and paper over boards, raised bands on spine with gilt title and rules. The top and bottom of the spines are lightly rubbed; other edges are rubbed with..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 284 pp., frontispiece is a phototypie by Quinsac with partially detached tissue guard, plus a full-page phototypie plate by C. Relvas; other illustrations in text. Half calf and marbled boards, spine with gilt title and rules; scuffing primarilly at the top 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 calf and marbled boards, spine with gilt title and rules; scuffing primarily at the top and bottom of the spine. Occasional scattered foxing..... More
Berlin: Ferd. Beyrich, circa 1861 - 1865. 6 loose folio cards, 34.8 x 42.5 cm., each with a mounted albumen print of varying sizes, from approximately 4 3/8 x 7 1/6 inches (11 x 18 cm.) to 8 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches (21.3 x 24.5 cm.). On the lower..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1974. Lyons, Nathan. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 121 pp., 96 plates from b&w photographs. The upper tip of a few leaves have a small crease in the blank margin; still a very good copy in silver cloth. The dust jacket is lacking one tiny chip and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition. 8vo., xx, 580 pp.,engraved figures in text. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards. Blank upper corner of the title page lacking; occasional foxing, else very good. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Capa, Robert. First edition. 4to., [viii], 242 pp., b&w photos. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983. Vishniac, Roman. First ed. Square 4to., [9], 180 pp., 180 b&w illustrations from photographs. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Photographs of the Jews of Eastern Europe, 1935-39. Many of the photos are reproduced here for the first time. More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press; New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wahington, D.C.: National Gallery of art; Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004. Fenton, Roger. First edition. Oblong 4to., xiv, 290 pp., 174 illustrations largely from photographs, including 89 full-page plates. Fine in a fine..... More
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art; Zurich; New York: Scalo, 1994. First edition. 4to., 34 unnumbered pages of plates from b&w photographs. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. This is a facsimile of the original 1952 book produced by Robert Frank, in an edition of just three copies, one of which resides..... More
Paris: Administration (Imprimerie A. Lahure), 1883. First edition. Folio [18 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches] unpaged, profusely illustrated with b&w and color lithographs, including vignettes, full page, and some double page. Decorated cloth, printed in colors. A near fine and bright copy. PARIS ILLUSTRÉ, an elaborately illustrated periodical, commenced publication..... More
London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1986. Mapplethorpe, Robert. First edition. 4to., viii, plus 30 full-page b&w photos, 8 full-page drawings. Glossy photo-illustrated paper over boards; slight general rubbing; the rear upper tip has a tiny scrape. Very good. A "document" of a performance piece by Jan Fabre, with his drawings..... More