London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. First English language edition. 8vo., xi, 288 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 cloth which is moderately... More
NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. New and thoroughly revised edition. 8vo., viii, 282 pp., mounted Woodburytype frontispiece, 4 mounted photos, copper-plate print from heliograph, map reduction plate, text illustrations, adverts. Publisher's decorated cloth. Stain on spine, and spine ends and tips lightly worn; notation in ink below the frontis... More
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1858. First edition. 8vo., x, 256 pp., engravings in text and 4 pp. adverts. Publisher's cloth. Printed Franklin Institute Library labels mounted to front pastedown and recto of first leaf, blind-stamp on title page (the Franklin Institute Library closed and sold all contents late1980s) A.... More
[Hamburg: R. Seifert, 1959]. Reprint. 8vo., 51 pp. Gilt-titled cloth. Faint dampstain along the top of the rear panel. Very good. Reprint of Röntgen's speech from the printed copy, which was in Röntgen's possession when he was Rector of Würzburg University. This volume includes also an article by Herbert Bötger... More
NY: The Scovill & Adams Company, 1890. First edition. 8vo., 183, xi pp., frontispiece with tissue guard,6 plates and 42 illustrations, plus xvii adverts. An ex-library copy, with labels on spine and pastedown, pocket at rear, slight crack at the front pastedown, light rubbing. A near very good copy. Roosens and Salu No. 8404. More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1865. 8vo., 74 pp., 4 lithographic plates. String-tied, issued without wrappers. Near fine. The author disputes the claim that several images were photographically created in the eighteenth-century. They were actually made with a camera obscura. It was the author's grandfather, Matthew Boulton, a collaborator with James... More
Berlin-Steglitz: NPG Bibliothek; Neue Photographische Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft, n.d. (ca. 1912). Second edition. 8vo., 45 pp., text illustrations, [2 p.] adverts. Decorative paper wrappers. Very good. No listings on OCLC. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1896. Translated from the German ed. 8vo., viii, 142 pp., illustrated. Stamped "From the Cromer Collection." Edges of wrappers and leaves have small closed tears and chipping; a new paper spine has been applied; toned; else very good. A treatise for the amateur photographer on a.... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., 44 pp., diagrams. Printed paper wrappers which are lightly chipped at the edges. Very good. Discusses the theory and practice of enlarging images. INSCRIBED by the author. Roosens and Salu No. 3594. OCLC locates eleven copies. More
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1898. First edition. 12mo., 167 pp., platino matt bromide frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated, adverts. Gilt and blind-decorated cloth. The frontispiece is slightly loose. Near fine. Inclusive of all the silver and non-silver processes; an exceptional manual. Roosens and Salu No. 8927. OCLC lists thirteen copies. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1888. First edition. 8vo., iv, 118 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers, rebacked with plain paper spine. Some stains to the wrappers; a very good copy. Ex-library of the Photo-Club de Paris, with their stamp on the front wrapper and title page. A thorough presentation on the use of... More
Pontypool: Hughes and Son, 1885. Printed for private circulation. 8vo., iv, 54 pp., 17 original composite photos, many of which are gate-folded and mounted on blank leaves at the rear; cracked between the title page and introduction but holding fimly. Opposite one of the photos are explanatory notes in holograph... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1890. First edition. 8vo., [iv], 74 pp., frontispiece collotype from a photograph accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive text, illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers. Slightly toned. Near fine, and unopened. The first manual of aerial photography specific to using kites. Roosens and Salu No. 5678. More
London: Dawbarn & Ward, [1906]. First English edition. 8vo., 94 pp., color frontispiece, illustrations, adverts. Publisher's red cloth which shows a faint dampstain on the blank rear cover. Moderate scattered foxing, a few leaves creased at fore edge, else a good copy. Includes a 16 page list of "Utility Books... More
Paris: Marchal Billard & Cie, 1880. First edition. Small 8vo., 50 [2] pp. Printed paper wrappers. Front wrapper and title page detatched and chipped, spine chipped. A good copy. An early legal discussion about protecting the propriety of photographs through legal recourse. Roosens and Salu No. 2472. OCLC locates six copies. More
NY: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 1883. Fourth edition. 12mo., 171 pp., a few illustrations in text, [4] pp. addenda, [16] pp. illustrated adverts. Cloth. The date is handwritten on spine. The blank front free-endpaper bears the pencil inscription "A. W. Zabriskie, Aurora. Cayuga Lake, N.Y., 1884." This manual... More
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1868. Second ed. (expanded). 8vo., viii, 304 pp., engravings in text and 36 pp. adverts. Publisher's cloth with new spine and spine label. A very good copy. The copy of J. Traill Taylor with his signature on the title page; Taylor was the author of... More
London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney, 1890. First edition. 12mo., iv, 217 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, diagrams and photos in text, adverts. Publisher's red cloth, titled in gilt. Spine is worn and chipped at the crown; paper label partially removed from spine. Very good. "A general instructional work for the... More
London: Puiper & Carter, 1874. First trade edition after a privately printed edition. 12mo., viii, errata slip, 168 pp., viii adverts, illustrations in text, adverts. Original printed wrappers lightly worn and soiled, hand lettered "ABNEY '74" on the blank spine. Very good. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a wide... More
NY: Aperture, 2000. First edition. Square 4to., unpaginated, chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. More
NY: Falk Publishing Company, 1923. First edition. 8vo., 253 pp., (2) adverts, frontispiece, 78 b&w photos. Gilt-titled cloth. Owner's neat signature on the front free endpaper. Very good. Issued without a dust jacket. With individual conceptions of pictorial photography by: Clarence H. White, Edward Weston, Nickolas Muray and others. Photos... More
Akron: Akron Art Institute, 1980. Rothstein, Arthur. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 96 pp., 64 full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. The photographs of Carl Mydans, Theodor Jung, John Vachon, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, Russell Lee and Marion Post Wolcott. More
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Berlin: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1914. Second edition. 8vo, xii, 132 pp., 2 leaves of b&w photo plates, other illustrations in text, (8) adverts. Publisher's red cloth, titled in black ink. Lightly rubbed, else very good. C. Puyo's text was translated into the German by Dr. C. Stürenburg. Favored by the... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1891. First edition. 8vo., vi, 36 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers; spine chipped and label removed from front wrapper. A few small pencil marks in margins, rear wrapper creased. Near very good. A clearly written manual for making ferrotypes, also known as tintypes, including a technique... More
San Francisco: Photo Art Publisher, 1939. First edition. 12mo., (vi), 88 pp., adverts. Decorative stiff wrappers. Near fine. An in-depth manual and formulary of toning processes. Scarce with OCLC locating only seven copies. More