Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1884. First French edition. 12mo., 112 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers. Small stain on tip, else very good and unopened. Publisher's catalog of photographic books tipped-in at the rear. INSCRIBED on the front of the wrapper "Hommage de l'Auteur et de l'Editeur." A review of the gelatin process... More
Paris: E. Bernard, 1907. First edition. 8vo., 299 pp., numerous illustrations, 3 folding plates. Printed paper wrappers. Faded along spine and edges, with light chipping and tears ; else very good and partially unopened. Volume 5 of a 6 volume series issued freom 1905 - 1910. This is the only volume in the series pertaining to photography. More
Paris: Société d'Éditions Scientifiques, 1891. First edition. 12mo., 95 pp., original Aristotype photograph mounted to verso of title page. Printed paper wrappers. Ex-library stamp, pages toned with mild chipping at the foredege of the first 2 leaves; else very good. A manual of the Aristotype paper, a gelatino-chloride printing-out process;... More
Paris: Charles Mendel, 1898. First edition. 8vo., 80 pp., 20 illustrations in text. Half morocco and marbled boards, original wrappers bound in, gilt title within raised bands on spine, t.e.g. Lightly rubbed at edges. Very good. Meteorological photography, specifically, of clouds; with a full description of the optics and instruments required. More
New York: Wiley & Halsted; London: Trübner & Co., 1858. Fifth edition. 8vo., 242 pp., [3] adverts. Original cloth. Rebacked with the original gilt-titled spine laid-down; rubbed at the foredge; previous owners' names on endpapers in pencil; else very good. Contains a thorough discussion of the ambrotype process including apparatus... More
Paris: Librarie Encyclopédie de Roret, 1839. First French edition. 24 mo., 286 pp., 2 folding engraved plates, in seven panels each. Bound with 90 pp. catalogue for ENCYCLOPÉDIE DE RORET dated June 1857. Quarter-morocco with tips and marbled paper over boards; spine with raised bands, gilt title on spine. Moderate... More
Paris: C. Klary, 1903. First edition. 4to., 78 pp., 77 photos, 1 phototypie print (loose and laid in), illustrations in text, 40 plates (most with two photos to a plate), 33 pp. illustrated adverts. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Printed on coated stock, moisture has caused slight effacement to the blank margins... More
Boston: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Mifflin Co., 1950. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Folio, 97 pp., 30 full-page b&w plates with captions opposite. Spiral bound printed boards. The front board is detached. The photo-illustrated dust jacket is edge-chipped, separated at the spine and flaps, with foxing on the... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981. First edition. 4to., 147 pp., chiefly illustrated with full-page plates from b&w photographs. Fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket which is slightly rubbed at the edges. SIGNED by Elinor B. Cahn and Joan C. Netherwood, photographers, on the title page. More
NY: Universe Books, [1956]. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. First U.S. edition. 4to., introductory text plus 144 b&w captioned photographs, map. A fine copy in the oddly, unevenly trimmed, photo-illustrated dust jacket. More
Goteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center/ Scalo: Zurich, [1997]. Frank, Robert. First edition. Narrow 4to., 52 pp., b&w photo-images, several folding pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Works selected by Frank from his career with an emphasis on later work for the exhibition Flamingo. Frank was the recipient of... More
[Millerton]: Aperture, 1978. Weston, E. Revised and expanded edition. 4to., 188 pp., 64 illustrations from photographs. Silver title cloth. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a few tiny creases. SIGNED by Charis Wilson [Weston]. More
[San Francisco]: The Peregrin Press, 1965. Bullock, Wynn. First edition. Square 4to., 13 plates with protective interleaving, printed text. Cloth-backed marbled boards, with paper label on front cover. Issued with a dust jacket. Fine. 2000 copies printed. More
NY: MOMA, 1981 - 1985. Atget. First edition. 4 volumes. 4tos. VOLUME I, OLD FRANCE. 1981. 171 pp., 120 plates and 79 reference illustrations. VOLUME II, THE ART OF OLD PARIS. 1982. 191 pp., 116 plates and 84 reference illustrations. VOLUME III, THE ANCIEN REGIME. 1983. 188 pp., 120 plates... More
Clintondale, NY: Bleak Beauty/Filmhaus, 1989. Lyon, Danny. First ed. Oblong folio, (56) pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial spiral bound stiff wrappers. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. SIGNED and presented by the photographer on the title page. Arranged like a family photo-album; contains photos by Danny Lyon and by his... More
NY: Aperture, [1970]. Uelsmann, Jerry N. First edition. Small 4to., color frontispiece, b&w photographs. Small stain on the front wrapper. Very good. Issued as a monograph and exhibition catalogue as well as a numbered issue of Aperture. Bodly SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page. More
London: Academy Editions / NY: St Martin's Press, 1975. First edition. 4to., 173 pp., 118 b&w plates from photographs. Fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that is price-clipped, has a small closed tear; the rear flap is creased. More
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press, 1971. Bullock, Wynn. First edition. 4to., 63 plates, 12 pp. text; additional captions by the photographer. Gray cloth, with photo inset on the front. A fine copy in the original plain acetate dust jacket that is about 1/4 short, as is alway the case. More
NY: Light Gallery and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. Siskind, Aaron. First edition. 4to., 112 pp., over 100 b&w photos. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a tiny scrape on the front panel and a equally small closed tear at the spine hinge and at the... More
Cambridge: on the half-title page. 1970. Davidson, Bruce. First edition. 4to., numerous full-page b&w photos. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers which are moderately soiled; lower tip bumped. Moderate toning at the edges of the chromecoat paper. A near very good copy. Boldly SIGNED by the photographer. More
Boston: NYGS, 1986. Caponigro, Paul. First edition. Oblong 4to., 119 captioned photos, plus text illustrations. Blind-embossed cloth. A fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket that has a 1/4 inch closed tear to the top edge of the front panel and a 1/2 closed tear to the top edge of the blank rear panel. More
NY: Aperture, 1981. Klein, William. First edition. Folio, 191 pp., b&w photographs. A near fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket; there is a tiny dent at the hinge of the front cover and dust jacket and a 1/4 inch closed tear to the rear panel of the dust jacket. More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Arena Editions, 1990. First edition. 4to., 205 pp., illustrated from color and b&w photographs. Faux leather boards with inset portrait on the upper cover. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine, as new copy sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held... More
NY: Scalo, 1995. Witkin, Joel-Peter. First edition. 4to., 272 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Fine, as new in the photo-illustrated dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Prepared as the catalogue to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art at Castello di Rivoli, Italy... More
