INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY
NY: The Scovill and Adams Company, 1895. First U.S. edition. 12mo., (viii), 95, [1], ii pp., adverts, illustrated. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 5321. OCLC locates only seven copies. More
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TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DES TIRAGES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES.; Preface by C. Puyo
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1902. First edition. Small 8vo., vii, 239 pp., 24 p. adverts. Printed paper wrappers. Stamped "From the Cromer Collection." Short closed tear to the blank front free-endpaper. Very good. A manual showing how to make printing papers; carbon, platinum, silver, carbon-velour, gum-bichromate, iron, etc., all favored by the... More
FOTOMONTAGE: DER WEG ZU DEN GRANZEN DER FOTOGRAFIE
Halle: Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, (1937) 1950. Croy, Otto R. Small 8vo., 120 pp., 89 b&w photo-plates, adverts. Illustrated stiff wrappers which are lightly soiled. Very good. A manual for photomontage with examples by the author and suggestions for graphic applications. Text in German. More
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTOR, FOR THE PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1892. Fourth edition. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text, plate with tissue guard. Newly bound in paper over boards, with printed label on front. Slight foxing especially at edges, faint stains, a few tips creased; else very good. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures... More
MANUEL PRATIQUE D'ORTHOCHROMATISME
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1891. First edition. 12mo., xvi, 127 pp., illustrations in text, including one plate with a mounted color diagram of the visible color spectrum, and a folding diagram of Vogel's spectrographe with tissue guard. Quarter morocco and marbled boards, gilt-title within raised bands on spine. Some pencilled underlining and... More
MODERN TELEPHOTOGRAPHY, A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF WORKING METHODS AND APPLICATION
London: Ross Ltd., 1910. First edition. 12mo., 95 pp., illustrated. Gilt-titled glazed blue cloth over bevelled boards. Previous owner's neat signature on the front free-endpaper. Fine. Roosens cand Salu No. 10340. More
DIE BEDEUTUNG DER PHOTOGRAPHIE FÜR DIE MEDIZINISCHE ABBILDUNG IM 19.JAHRH.
Köln: Forschungsstelle des Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin der Universität zu Köln' Feuchtwangen: Alleinvertrieb, C.-E. Kohlauer, 1980. First edition. 8vo., 258 pp., b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Bump to crown, else near fine. A study of the application of photography for medical illustrations in the 19th-century. Includes an extensive bibliography... More
SX-70 ART.; Essay by Isaac Asimov. Technical notes by Victor K. McElheny.
NY: Lustrum Press, 1979. First edition. Small 4to., 140 pp., 136 color plates. Illustrated paper over boards. Issued without a dust jacket. Very good. Includes: Stephen Shore, Mary Ellen Mark, Helmut Newton, Walker Evans, Rosamund Purcell, Judith Eglington, Jim Alinder, Christian Vogt, André Kertész, Larry Clark, Joyce Ravid, Lucas Samaras... More
PRINCELY INDIA: PHOTOGRAPHS BY RAJA DEEN DAYAL, 1884 - 1910.; Edited and with Text by Clark Worswick. Foreword by John Kenneth Galbraith.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First UK edition. Oblong 4to., 151 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Residue from removed price sticker on the front pastedown. Fine in the price-clipped photo-illustrated dust jacket. More
![EN EGYPTE AU TEMPS DE FLAUBERT: 1839-1860: LES PREMIERS PHOTOGRAPHES; [cover title]. EGYPT, Marie-Thérèse and Andr Jammes.](/pictures/thumb/51778.jpeg?v=1538773429)
EN EGYPTE AU TEMPS DE FLAUBERT: 1839-1860: LES PREMIERS PHOTOGRAPHES; [cover title]
Paris: Kodak-Pathé, n.d. (1975). First edition. Oblong 8vo., (24) pp., 8 full-page b&w photo plates. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. Includes the following: Maxime du Camp, John B. Greene, V.G. Maunier, Felix Teynard, Louis de Clercq, Gustave Le Gray, Francis Frith, Felice Beato and Antonio Beato, et al. More
L'ACTE DU PHOTOGRAPHE.
Paris: Contrejour/Frac (Fonds régional d'art contemporain) Aquitaine, [1985]. First edition. 4to., 111 pp., 83 b&w and color photographs. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. An anthology of photographers' work, including brief biographies of the following: Alvarez Bravo, Arbus, Brihat, Callahan, Clark, Deschamps, Dieuzaide... More
SPECIAL AFFECTS: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE IN CONTEMPORARY ART.
(Milan): Giancarlo Politi Editore, (1989). First edition. Large 8vo., 197 pp., adverts, b&w and color plates. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Includes work and texts by John Baldessari, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Victor Burgin, Gilbert and George, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, et al. Post-modernism. More
DREAMING IN PICTURES:; The Photography of Lewis Carroll.
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2002. Carroll, Lewis. First edition. 4to., 172 pp., including 76 photographic plates. Text is further illustrated with 17 additional photographs. Bound in maroon cloth with a photo-illustrated dust jacket. A fine, as new copy, still... More
VILE BODIES. PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CRISIS OF LOOKING.
Munich: Prestel in Association with Channel Four Television Corporation, 1998. First edition. 4to., [160] pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Tiny bump to the lower tip; else fine in photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. More
RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD: AN AMERICAN VISIONARY.
Ohio: Akron Art Museum and NY: Rizzoli, 1991. Meatyard, Ralph Eugene. First edition. 4to., 207 pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A small rubbed spot at the base of the spine. A near fine copy. Published as the catalogue for a traveling retrospective exhibition. It includes essays by Barbara... More
VILÉM REICHMANN, GRAPHOGRAMS AND DRAWINGS, 1984-1990. VILÉM REICHMANN, LIFE AND WORK.; Foreword by Anne Baruch
Chicago: Jacques Baruch Gallery, 1990. Reichmann, Vilem. First edition. 8vo., 19 pp., 15 b&w photographs and drawings. Illustrated stiff paper wrappers showing a slight crease on the front. Fine. Laid-in is a gallery card presenting this catalogue. Award-winning Czech photographer, Vilém Reichmann (1908-1991) first studied architecture, but was unable to... More
GENETIC SELF-PORTRAIT
[Syracuse, New York: Light Work, 1999]. First edition. Small 4to., 64 pp., illustrated with full-page and smaller index images from b&w, and tinted photographs. Issued without a dust jacket in cloth over boards with inset plate on the upper cover, titled in silver. SIGNED by the photographer on the title... More
VIII SALÓN NACIONAL DE ARTE FOTOGRAFICO.; Catálogo Illustrado y Documental,
Buenos Aires: Ministerio de Cultura y Educación, Subsecretaría de Cultura, Salas Nacionales, Foto Club Buenos Aires, 1981. First edition. Small 4to., [60 pp.] chiefly illustrated with b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Moderate wear and dusting to the wrappers. Very good. OCLC locates no copies. More
VIDA ARGENTINA EN FOTOS
Buenos Aires: Centro Cultural Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Museo de Arte Moderno, 1981. First edition. 8vo., (156) pp., b&w and color photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Upper tip bumped and creased. Very good. Prepared for an exhibition with an emphasis on Argentinian photographers but also others who photographed there; biographical data... More
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO: A GUIDE TO ITS CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, AND THE SELECTION OF A LOCALITY
London: Marion and Co., 1895. First edition. 8vo., viii, 94 pp., illustrations, diagrams. Red cloth. One tip lightly bumped. A very good copy. Provides a historical view of the studio of the daguerreotype period, Monchhoven's first form of tunnel studio, Robinson's studio of the future, through various recommendations from other... More
PHOTOGRAPHIC MANIPULATION, OR SYSTEM OF PRACTICE FOR THE CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE PORTRAIT GALLERY
New York: Seely & Boltwood, 1864. First edition. 12mo., vi, [7]-98 pp., plus (10 pp.) adverts. Gilt-titled cloth. Recased with new spine; the first two leaves have been archivally reattached and are slightly chipped at the blank foredge; new endpapers have been added. Occasional light spotting, library stamp, else very... More
L'ATELIER MODERNE À LA LUMIÈRE AU MAGNÉSIUM / L'ATELIER ELECTRIQUE
Paris: Publications Photographiques et Cinématographiques, 1925. First edition. 12mo., 48 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers. Patially unopened. The blank corners of the last leaf and rear wrapper are lacking; else very good. A practical guide to the modern methods of illumination by artificial light. No copies listed on WorldCat. More
MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHOTOTYPIE
Paris: Librairie Photographique, Charles Mendel, Éditeur, [1910]. 8vo., [4], 98, [2] pp., engraved figures in text, adverts. Printed wrappers, unevenly toned; blindstamp of the Photo-Revue and inkstamp of the Stereo-Club Français on the front wrapper. Stamped "Hommage de l'Editeur" on the title page; unopend. Very good. A manual of improved... More
LA PHOTOGRAVURE NOUVELLE OU LA GRAVURE PHOTOTYPOGRAPHIQUE MISE À LA PORTÉE DE TOUS AVEC ILLUSTRATIONS DANS LE TEXTE OBTENUES PAR CE NOUVEAU PROCÉDÉ
Paris: Charles Mendel, [1895]. First edition. 8vo., vii, 87 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 3 plates with tissue guards, other illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers. Dampstain along lower edge and wrappers moderately worn and stained. A good copy. Explanatory drawings and examples of various new methods of photogravure... More
LE DÉVELOPPEMENT EN PLEINE LUMIÈRE APRÈS FIXAGE.
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1913. First edition. 12mo., ix, 74 pp. Publisher's decorative wrappers. Unopened and near fine. Manual for developing and developers. WorldCat locates only nine copies, with. More