NY: C.P. Goerz American Optical Co., 1909. 8vo., 64 pp., numerous b&w photographs and illustrations. Decorative stiff wrappers, which are edge-chipped and repaired at the spine. Dated in ink on the blank margin of the title page; one 4 pp. signature detached. Very good. A complete, priced catalogue of Goerz..... More
London: Ross Optical Works, [ca. 1914]. 32mo., 21 pp., b&w photographs, diagrams. Printed stiff wrappers, which are slightly dusty. Short tear at base of spine; date in ink on the front wrapper. Very good. A priced catalogue for a variety of lenses with various apertures and focal lengths... More
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[Braunschweig] Brunswick: Voigtländer & Son, [ca. 1926]. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp., illustrations, some folding, one in color. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Small abrasion to front; else very good. A variety of lenses in various focal lengths, prisms and accessories. More
Boston: [Voigltänder] Robey-French Co., American Agents, [1905]. 8vo., 35 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and engravings. Decorative stiff paper wrappers. Lower corner bumped; else very good. Detailed priced listing of a variety of lenses in various focal lengths. More
New York: The Voigtländer & Son Optical Company, 1901. First edition. 16mo., 24 pp., illustrations. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Fine. Extracts from a paper by Dr. Hans Harting, read before the Royal Photographic Society and from the "Photographische Correspondenz." More
Boston: A.F. Kern Company, Manufacturers, 1904. 4to., 128 pp., numerous illustrations. Color illustrated stiff wrappers, which are moderately soiled, chipped and worn; upper tip slightly bumped. Very good. A priced trade catalogue of picture and portrait frames, mat boards, pastel and watercolors, platinotype and carbon photographs, facsimiles of plain and..... More
Boston: The Blair Camera Co., 1889. 8vo., 44 pp., illustrations from engravings. Decorative stiff wrappers. Aside from the date in ink on the top margin of the front wrapper and a few dust smudges, a fine copy. Manufacturers of cameras, lenses, plate holders and related accessories for the professional photographer;..... More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., [1909]. Small 4to., 19 pp., illustrations (one in color). Printed stiff paper wrappers, which are soiled and moderately worn along the spine. Several leaves are partially loose; upper tip bumped, dampstained at edges, pencil notations. A fair copy. Revised price list tipped-in. Priced catalogue..... More
Chicago: J.A. Anderson, Manufacturer of Photographic Apparatus, [ca. 1915]. 8vo., 8 pp., illustrations. Laid-in are 2 pp., which augment, and 4 pp., which duplicate existing pages with updated prices pasted in. Printed stiff paper wrappers, which are slightly creased. Some staining and loose leaves. Very good. Priced catalogue of cameras..... More
Springfield, Mass. [Bullock Mfg. Co.] John C. Otto, Printer, 1903. 8vo., 27 pp., [1] leaf supplement pasted in; illustrations from engravings. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Very good. A full array of tweezers, composing rules, bodkins, ink knives, saws, engraving tools, wrenches, folders, snips, etc; prices included. More
Ellstree, Herts. [England]: Wellington & Ward, 1900s. Sixth ed. 12mo., 112 pp., text illustrations from b&w photos, 2 original silver photographic plates. Illustrated paper wrappers, which are worn and chipped at the edges and along the spine. The second silver photograph shows offsetting from the opposite page and silvering. Very..... More
London and West Ealing: The Autotype Company; New York: George Murphy, agents for the USA, [ca. 1930]. Second edition. 8vo., 35 pp., illustrated. Stiff wrappers with cloth spine; cracked at the gutter between p. 6 - 7, but firm. Very good. "The present illustrated edition ... has been entirely re-written..... More
London: Baird & Tatlock, 1894. 8vo., 291 pp., over 1500 illustrations from engravings. Gilt-titled publisher's cloth; hinges show slight cracking, edges stained red. Paper repair to the front blank flyleaf. Owner's neat signature on the title page. Very good. A priced catalogue of chemicals and the various apparatus required by..... More
London: The Autotype Company, [ca. 1925]. First edition. 12mo., 26 pp. Stiff wrappers, which are lightly soiled. Light foxing on first and last few leaves, else very good. A subtractive color process, which is similar to dye transfer; 3 color pigment sheets are used to transfer images from separation negatives..... More
Braunschweig, Germany: Voigtländer & Sohn Aktiengesellschaft, 1925. 8vo., 64 pp., 4 b&w photographs, 6 illustrations, 2 fold-out plates. Stiff paper wrappers, gilt embossed titling. Wrapper is slightly toned with tiny chip at upper spine; text clean and bright. A very good copy. This small catalogue was published the year the..... More
New York: Frasse & Company, [ca. 1890]. 8vo., 4 pp., illustrations. Stitched printed wrappers. Fine. A trade catalogue for camera and tripod fittings, including thumbscrews, connecting flanges, miter gears, ratchet wheels, and escutcheon pins. More
Oxford/NY: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Robinson, Henry Peach. First edition. Small 4to., viii, 119 pp., plus 104 color and b&w plates. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Harker traces Robinson's development as artist, photographer and leading exponent of photographic art theory. More
Vienna: Edition Tusch, 1975. First edition. 4to., 321, [1] pp., fully illustrated with color and b&w plates, t.e.g. Color printed patterned cloth; the dust jacket is slightly worn at the spine ends. The copy of Swiss political writer Armin Mohler, with his neat stamp on the reverse of the title..... More
New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1981. Evans, Walker. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (viii), 62 pp., 50 full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. Prior to the US publication of Robert Frank's THE AMERICANS, Walker Evans published an illustrated article in the 1958 U.S. CAMERA ANNUAL on Robert Frank..... More
Mérida, Yucatan, México: [Imagen Alterna], 1995. First edition. 8vo., 50 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. The catalogue issued for an exhibition marking the International Month of Photography. More
1945 - 1953. A group of 4 letters to [Stuart L.] Hannon, comprised of 2 pp. ALs July 24, 1945 on Dunsany Castle letterhead; 1 p. ALs August 11, [1945] on Dunsany Castle letterhead; 2 pp. TLs March 11, 1948 on Dunsany Castle letterhead ; 1 p. TLS August 8..... More
[London: Taylor & Francis], May, 1854. Offprint from the PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, May 1854. 8vo., 6 pp. Later spine of green paper. A few light specks of foxing; single ink library stamp on the first leaf. Presented "From the Author" in ink on the top right blank margin. Fine. [with] Wood..... More
Vintage gelatin silver contact print photograph 10 x 8 inches. Slight silvering along the edges, light wear at the corners and a subtle dimple near the bottom. Blindstamped "Nicholas Muray, New York" near the bottom right corner. Stamped in ink on the blank reverse "PHOTO BY MURAY" and "MRS. NICKOLAS..... More
Syracuse, New York: SD. Elliott, [c 1888]. Broadside, 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches. printed recto only in a variety of types. Signed in script on the blank verso by D. Elliott and dated March 9, 1888. Old folds, very good. "E. L. Walrath & Co , Manufacturers of Gold..... More
circa 1970. Original platinum photograph, 7 /1/16 x 4 5/8 inches on hand-made Whatman paper 10 x 8 inches. SIGNED by the photographer. Fine. "Edouard Boubat was a French Post-War photographer known for his poetic images of nature, animals, and portraits. Instead of espousing a political agenda, his photographs prioritized..... More