Würzburg-Aumühle: Konrad Triltsch Verlag, 1940. First edition. 8vo., [x], 99 pp., [2] adverts, 38 b&w illustrations. Newly bound in cloth-backed marbled paper over boards with original front wrapper bound in. Bookstore ink stamp on the blank free-fly leaf. Near fine. The beginning of photography as found in daily papers and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1901. First edition. 8vo., [1] 198 pp., text illustrations, plus 15 large fold-out plates (diagrams, maps, photos, plans, topographical map). Newly bound in paper over boards with printed paper labels. Slight crease to the upper tip of the first 50 pages; a very good copy. Further investigations into..... More
NY: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 1889. First U.S. edition. 8vo., (iv), 237 pp., illustrations, 12 pp. adverts. Publisher's cloth with gilt-tiled spine; stamped " The School of Modern Photography Library" on edges and one page. Very good. An excellent formulary. More
Düsseldorf: Ed. Liesegang's Verlag, 1900. Fifteenth ed. 8vo., xvi pp. introduction; [part 1] viii, 230 pp., 150 illustrations; [part 2] ii, 216 pp., 37 illustrations; [part 3] iv, 193 pp., 75 illustrations; [part 4] ii, 216 pp., 30 illustrations; [part 5] iv, 161 pp., 24 illustrations; 16 pp. appendix; 24..... More
New York: Humphrey's Journal Print, 1857. Third edition, revised and greatly enlarged. 12mo., xii, [13]-215 pp., illustrated. Errata pasted to blank front free endpaper (as found in other copies). Original blind stamped cloth. Two paper labels affixed to the spine, chipping at the spine ends; ex-libray with the label of..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1888. First edition. 12mo., vi., 19, [1], [12] adverts, 4 pp. folded advert laid-in. Original printed paper wrappers, distributor's printed label affixed to the front wrapper; slight chipping at the foredge; faint tidemark in text. A very good copy. A manual for the application of photographs..... More
Rochester: Visual Studies Workshop, 1996. First edition. 8vo., [32] pp., fully illustrated from b&w photograsphs with over-printed text. Fine. Photographs of the cooling towers of Three Mile Island after the accident, and other sites where "a yellow canary" might warn of impending harm from the rising ozone levels, over printed..... More
London: Piper & Carter, 1876. First edition. 12mo., 76 pp., plus (4) pp. adverts. Cloth with gilt title and decorative ruling in blind and black. Very good. Describes the preparation of collodion, retouching, gelatinizing, how to dry the enamel, accidents to avoid, cutting, embossing, mounting, etc. Roosens and Salu No..... More
London: W. Kent & Co., and James Newman, 1859. Fourth edition (expanded). 12mo., xii, 112 pp., (4 pp.) illustrated adverts. Recased in the original gilt-titled and decorated cloth, hinges repaired with Japanese tissue, partially opened crack at the gutter of the title page. Adverts torn and repaired with loss. A...... More
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A series of offprints, 16 from the year 1938 to 1953, with slight variations in titles. Reprinted from "The Photographic Journal" (of the Royal Photographic Society), and with the title "Photoprogress ..." from "The Journal of the Photographic Society of America." And from "New International Year Book" and "Photography Year-Book."..... More
London, Paris & New York: Offices of "The Studio" 1908. Brigman, Annie W. First edition. 4to., (viii), 10 pp., plus 18 color plates and 95 b&w photo-illustrations, most of which are tipped-in, many on heavy stock. Cloth with decorative paper title label mounted to front; upper edge of the front..... More
Paris: Henri Lefebvre, 1935. First French edition. 4to., iii, 3 mounted plates, plus 144 b&w plates, most full-page, many with two images. Gilt-decorated paper over boards; new paper spine, with light chipping at the tips and edges. Very good. Photos by Nadar, Cameron, Le Secq, A.A. Turner, Disdéri, Marville, Frith..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, [1902?]. [Second edition?]. 12mo., 34 pp., 1 illustration, adverts. Printed paper wrappers; edge-tonned with slight chipping to the foredge of the half-title page. Very good. Housed in a pamphlet folder of cloth and marbled paper over boards with printed spine label. Publisher's adverts laid in. Roosens and Salu..... More
Halle: Wilhelm Knapp, 1926. Kuhn, Heinrich. First edition. 8vo., 147 pp., adverts. Printed paper wrappers. Chipped at edges, wrappers detached, photographic club stamp on front, toned, unopened. Fair. Kühn was born in Dresden to a wealthy family in 1866; in 1879 he made his first photographs. He studied botany and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889. First ed. 8vo., vii, 132 pp. Rebound in new stiff paper wrappers with the original wrappers mounted to front and rear. Some creases, else very good. Volume one of two. More
Ixelles: A. Cnophs Fils; Bruxelles: Librairie Universelle de Rozez, 1881. First edition. 8vo., 19 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. OCLC locates four copies; Bibliotheque Nationale de France, University of Arizona, National Gallery of Art, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1903. First edition. Small 8vo., vii, 61 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Near fine, unopened. Blind-stamped "Hommage" on endpaper; the stamp of Abel Buguet, the author of a number of photographic books, appears on the front cover and title page. Roosens and Salu No. 2140. More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., (iv), 20 pp., illustrations. Printed paper wrappers. Light scuffs and wear to the wrappers; else very good. Presents the principles of stereoscopy using projection, juxtaposition, and superimposition; as well as problems of black and white and color-image formation. With the stamp of Abel Buguet..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1880. First edition. Small 4to., viii, 58 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers; remnant of a paper label affixed to the top of the front wrapper, slight foxing; very good and unopened. Eder in HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY mentions this title along with those by Abney, Burgess, and Monckhoven, as..... More
Paris: Charles Mendel, 1894. First edition. Small 8vo., 191 pp.., numerous illustrations, adverts. The illustrated paper wrappers are toned and show moderate edgewear, the half-title is chipped, the text is toned; previous owner's neat stamps. Very good. This well-illustrated manual describes the principles of stereo photography and viewing, including projection..... More
Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1862. First edition. Thick 8vo., 367 pp., illustrations in text. Contemporary binding of half morocco and marbled paper over boards, spine titled and decorated in gilt. Spine, tips and edges rubbed, lacking a few chips to the marbled paper; faint scattered foxing and soil; else very good..... More
London: D. Bogue, 1854. Fourth edition. Small 4to., xi, 144 pp., color frontispiece with tissue guard, 9 monochrome plates, plus 6 leaves of mixed tints. Publisher's cloth stamped decoratively in blind with gilt title on spine; slightly frayed at the foot and short tear at the crown. The frontispiece is..... More
NY: The Scovill & Adams Company, 1892. First edition. 8vo., vii, 426 pp., illustrated. The publisher's cloth binding is illustrated in gilt and black. The front fly and first blank are detatched; rear hinge open but firm. Very Good. A technical manual covering several platinum processes and their chemistry; calotypes..... More
Angers: Imprimerie de P. Lachèse, 1866. Dollé, M. Maurice. First edition. Small 4to., 88 pp., [3] leaves of mounted albumen plates ofa possible 6. Printed original wrappers with a new paper spine; wear, short tears and light chipping to edges of the wrappers; scattered light foxing to the text. The..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1887. First edition. 8vo., ix, 193 pp., 3 mounted plates (1 in color) prior to title-page with a printed tissue guard, text illustrations, plus 2 original mounted photographs. New front wrapper and spine; original rear wrapper retained. Text block toned with a few small chips lacking from blank..... More