NY: Aperture, 1975. Emerson, P.H. First edition. Oblong 4to., (vi), 266 pp.,profusely illustrated from b&w photographs. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. A very thorough study of this noted photographer, often referred to as the "father of Pictorialism." Published as the catalogue for a major exhibition held at... More
Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 2001. Struth, Thomas. First edition. 4to., 184 pp., chiefly illustrated from color photographs. Text in English. A fine copy in dust jacket. "This new monograph presents another facet of Struth's oeuvre, assembling a series of flower photographs produced for a unique project. In 1991, Struth was commissioned to... More
Garden City, NY: AMPHOTO, 1976. Moholy-Nagy. First U.S. edition. 4to., 92 pp., 83 photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A very good copy. The excellent text examines the experimental work of Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Paul Citroën, Hannah Höch, and others, and compares and contrasts them with their predecessors, Talbot, Cameron... More
Boston: The American Photographic Publishing Co. 1944. First edition. 8 vo., 514 pp., diagrams. A very good copy. Boni p. 59: "An indispensable supplement to E.J. Wall History of Three Color Photography (1925), particularly valuable for its extensive analytical treatment of patent disclosures." Roosens and Salu No. 2278. More
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1974. Second printing of the Facsimile Edition. Small 8vo., (10), viii, 351 pp., plus (29) pp., adverts. Gilt-titled cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A prime source of information about photographic technology in the early years between 1839 and 1863. This is a facsimile of the 1864 first edition. More
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1969. First printing of the Facsimile Edition. Small 8vo., (10), viii, 351 pp., plus (29) pp., adverts. Gilt-titled cloth. Fine. A prime source of information about photographic technology in the early years between 1839 and 1863. This is a facsimile of the 1864 first edition. More
NY: Arno Press, 1973. Facsimile reprint of the 1872 first edition. 8vo., [ii], 235 pp., plus errata leaf, illustrations, [4] adverts. Cloth. A near fine copy. Contains chapters on Phrenological Photography, Facial Resemblance Between Man and the Brute Creation, To Young Men - How to Look Well in Pictures, To... More
NY: Arno Press, 1973. Facsimile of the 1853 first edition. 8vo., 104, 8, [4] pp. Silver cloth, titled and decorated with blue ink. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. Issued in the reprint series, The Literature of Photography, this is a most complete and early American manual on the daguerreoype... More
Pawlet, Vermont: Helios, 1971. Facsimile reprint of 1864 first edition. 8vo., 456 pp., illustrations. Camera design embossed in gilt on front and in gilt on spine. Aside from slight creasing and bruise to the lower tip of the blank front free endpaper, a fine copy in the publisher's cloth; issued... More
Cambridge, MA: Stephen G. Perrin, 1967-1968. First editions. 4tos., approximately 16 pp., b&w photos, photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. 5 Issues, 1-5, September 1967-September, 1968. All issued. Light soiling to the wrappers 1-4; very good. A short lived monthly, with articles pertaining to the history and contemporary photographic scene in the Boston... More
Paris: A. Gaudin, 1859. Third edition. 8vo., 600 pp., [4] adverts, 128 illustrations on 10 folding pages, including 1 chromolithograph. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards and paper spine label. Partially opened between the half-title and title page; otherwise, a very good and bright copy. This is the... More
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. Avedon, Richard. First edition. Folio, 162 photos. Fine, in pictorial boards with printed acetate dust jacket. SIGNED and dated 1985. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. More
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Avedon, Richard. First edition. 4to., text and 84 b&w plates, several of which are folding. One lower tip is slightly rubbed. A near fine and bright copy in a dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. Bodly SIGNED by the photographer and dated, 1985. More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Avedon, Richard. First edition. Folio, 151 pp., b&w plates. Printed glazed boards. A very good, bright copy, but for a few slight spots on the front board, a faint foxing on the front and rear endpapers. Housed in the publisher's slipcase that is moderately worn... More
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1987. Misrach, Richard. Second edition. Oblong 4to., (x), 108 pp., numerous full-page color photos. Color illustrated stiff wrappers. The upper tip shows a slight bump; else a very good copy. This was issued as the catalogue for the traveling exhibition, "Richard Misrach: Photographs... More
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Avedon, Richard. First edition. 4to., text and 84 b&w plates, several of which are folding. A fine, bright, near new copy in dust jacket. More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1854. First edition. 16mo., 88 pp. Original printed paper wrappers; lacking the spine covering, with some chipping and staining. The text shows some staining and occasional spots of foxing, with one loose signature. Contemporary note on the blank terminal endpaper. A good copy. Housed in a newly... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo., xix, 347 pp., profusely illustrated. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that has one tiny spot on the front panel. An exhaustive and well written history from the Alpha Reflex to the Zephyr. More
Praha: Pressfoto, 1979. Funke, Jaromir. First edition. 4to., [11], pp. text pamphlet, with 12 b&w silver gelatin, 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches, or the reverse, loose as issued. Housed in a illustrated stiff paper folder. The paper portfolio is slightly toned on the blank rear panel, with the photographs... More
[San Francisco]: Published for its Members by The Book Club of California, 1946. Vance, Robert H. First edition. Oblong 4to., 13 French-fold fascicles with printed text each containing a tipped-in collotype plate. Housed in a cloth over boards chemise and a cloth slipcase with paper spine label which is faded... More
Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd. 1996. First edition. 4to., over 100 unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated from b&w photographs, drawings, newspaper clippings and collage. Black cloth with a photo-illustrated dust jacket. Fine. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Presented in the form of a scrapbook, this is a grim account of the... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999. First edition. Square 4to., 322 pp., profusely illustrated from b&w and color photographs. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated stiff wrappers with printed inner flaps. Published upon the occasion of the exhibition held at the Los Angeles County... More
Cologne: Rudolf Kicken Galerie, 1983. First edition. Oblong folio, 32 leaves of plates from b&w photographs. Printed boards with a photo-illustrated dust jacket. A fine, as new copy. Published upon the occasion of the exhibition held 1 December 1983 - 30 January, 1984, and issued as Katalog 11 of the... More
Original silver gelatin photograph, image size 9.5 in. height (24.1 cm.) x 11 in. width (28 cm.) on 12 in. (30.5 cm) x 16 in. (40.6 cm.) stock; printed 1970s. SIGNED in ink by the photographer, with his sunburst monogram beneath the image on the right, with his JHL initials... More
Original silver gelatin photograph, image size 6.75 in. height (17.2 cm.) x 13.5 in. width ( 34.3 cm.) on 12 in. (30.48 cm) x 16 in. (40.64 cm.) stock; printed 1970s. SIGNED in ink by the photographer, with his sunburst monogram beneath the image on the blank right margin, with... More