Paris: Librairie Scientifique-Industrielle de L. Mathias (Augustin), 1847. 2 volumes. Thick 4tos., unpaged, illustrated. Half calf and cloth with gilt rules and title on spine, cloth slightly stained, spine and tips rubbed, scattered foxing, else very good. Contains early information regarding photography, lenses, panoramas, photoengraving, photolithography, sensitized papers, etc.... More

Paris: Gauthier-Villars; Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1886, 1888. First editions. Small 4tos., [vol. I] xv [1], 467 pp., mounted carbon frontispiece (lacking the printed tissue guard), 1 full-page b&w collotype after a photo, with tissue guard, 120 text illustrations (including mounted color chart); [vol. II] xiii, 573 pp., photogravure frontispiece with..... More

Paris: Vve Le Normant, 1840. First French edition, with additions. 8vo., viii - 111 pp., printed wrappers with a small label affixed at the base of the spine, stain at the top edge of the front and rear wrappers. A very good copy, housed in a pamphlet case of blue..... More

NY: Robinson & Caswell, 1856. First edition. 8vo., xii, 175 pp. Publisher's decoratively blind-stamped cloth, gilt title on the upper cover. Short chip at the top of the spine, slightly extending to the upper board; slight stain at the bottom 1 1/2 inches of the front cover; scattered foxing. Very..... More

New York: [publisher not stated], 1976. First edition. 4to., 45 pp., b&w illustrations largely from photographs, printed card wrappers, metal spiral bound. The wrappers show toning and slight wear; bottom leading tips have a barely perceptible crease. Very good. An exhibition of these conceptual/postmodernist artists, many who utilized photography in..... More

Daytona Beach, Florida: R. H. LeSesne, c. 1920. LeSesne, R. H. 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches Haberle-tone (Orotone) in original gesso-decorated gilded frame. Original sealing paper backing, chip and torn, with the photographer's label "Haberle-tones / Are photographs made on glass instead of paper, which gives them a brilliancy..... More

Daytona Beach, Florida: R. H. LeSesne, c. 1920. LeSesne, R. H. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches Haberle-tone (Orotone) in original gesso-decorated gilded frame. Original sealing paper backing, largely chipped and torn, yet unopened, with the photographer's label "R.H. LeSesne, Frame Department, Daytona Florida" affixed at the bottom edge. A...... More

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2010. First edition. 8vo., 73 pp., b&w illustrations, plus 1 CD-ROM. Color illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. With dogged determination, Roberto A. Ferrari tracked down Daguerre's copy of his original contract with Niépce, which was housed in the..... More

Strassburg [France]: Druk der Elsass-Lothringischen Druckerei und Lithographie-Anstalt, [1906]. First edition. 4to., [124 pp.] including monochrome plates from photographs, printed on various color stock or in various color inks, some tipped-in. Bound in contemporary quarter pebble-grained cloth and marbled paper over boards. The remnants of a paper shelf label are..... More

København: Nationale Fotomuseum, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2002. First edition. 8vo., 103 pp., illustrated from b&w and color photographs and paintings. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with a photographically illustrated over wrapper. Fine. Published as the catalogue for the exhibition at the Nationale Fotomuseum, Denmark, August 29 - October 26, 2002. The..... More

circa 1970. A unique 8vo. [19.5 x 14.5 cm] maquette of 13 leaves of card stock, plus covers; there are 6 leaves of single images facing a blank opposite page, and 5 double page pairs totaling 16 vintage silver gelatin photographs. The front cover has a sheet of Japanese grass..... More

Hamburg: Fachhochschule Hamburg In Zusammenarbeit Mit Der Hochschule Für Bildende Künste Hamburg, 1980. First edition. 4to., [11], [1], 12 leaves printed recto only, each containing 4 b&w plates from photographs. Printed stiff wrappers which are toned; neat gift inscription on the first blank leaf. Very good. Texts in German by..... More

Buenos Aires: Sociedad Impesora Americana, 1943. First edition. Tall 8vo., 136 pp., with 12 full-page plates from photographs, printed in a variety of monochrome inks, including blue and rose. Blind embossed paper over boards, titled in gilt and black. Light chipping to the paper at the base of the spine..... More