Paris: Alexis Gaudin, 1861. First edition. 12mo., 212 pp. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, original printed wrappers bound-in. Occasional staining which is more pronounced on the last 15 pages. A very good copy. This manual provides a short history of the discovery and instructions for making daguerreotypes, glass..... More
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[Rochester, NY: Keith Smith], 1975. Circular photo-etching, diameter of 4 1/8 inches on woven paper 7 7/8 in. height x 6 3/8 in. width Fine. SIGNED and inscribed in pencil beneath the image " change of address / to Alan / Keith / July 1975." Etched into the image is..... More
Wien: K.K. Graphische lehr- und versuchsanstalt, 1917. First edition. 4to., [iv], 79 pp., 4 leaves of plates printed in photogravure and mounted to heavier paper, (3 portraits, 1 facsimile). Printed stiff wrappers. The wrappers show moderate toning and light handling. Internally, a near fine copy, housed in a newly made..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862. First edition. 8vo., half-title page, title page, iv, 244 pp. Cased in newly made binding of paper over boards, with a facsimile of the title page applied to the upper cover. Scattered foxing; unopened and untrimmed. Good. The authors, the Parisian photographic firm of..... More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1859. First edition. 8vo., 191, [1] pp., diagrams and charts in text, 1 engraved plate. Later quarter morocco and marbled boards. Occasional light foxing and faint dampstain, lightly rubbed at the tips, neat library stamp on the blank margin of several pages. Very good. A compendium of..... More
Halle a. S. Wilhelm Knapp, 1912. First edition. 8vo., 52 pp. Printed wrappers. Very good. Emil Mayer (1871 - 1938) born in Bohemia, earned his juris doctorate in Vienna. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was an active amateur photographer, and member of several Viennese photographic societies. His..... More
[Rochester, NY]: Photographic Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Co., 1990. First edition. 8vo., 196 pp., illustrated with full-page plate from b&w photographs. Faux leather over boards. A fine copy in publisher's decorative paper over boards slipcase. Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1882–1960) was a British-American physicist and photographic researcher. His researches were..... More
[London: Headley Brothers, printers, 1961. First edition - Offprint. 8vo., 173-197 pp., portrait. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled. Light creasing. Very good. A biographical tribute to Dr. Mees, who joined the Eastman Kodak Company in 1912 and created and directed their research laboratories. Contains a bibliography of 4..... More
Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun-sya, 1975. Narahara, Ikko. First edition. Square folio, (226) pp., 101 full-page photographs, with titles on opposite leaves. A fine copy aside from a few tiny flecks of blue ink, which lifted from the spine; housed in the publisher's near fine paper over boards slipcase with paper spine..... More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1903. First edition. 8vo., 271 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations from photos, t.e.g. The publisher's cloth is faded; slight bruise to the upper board tip, and there is foxing, primarily on the first and last few leaves; else very good. Thomas Wedgwood (1771 - 1805)..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1904. First edition. Small 8vo., viii, 96 pp., illustrated with figures and charts. Printed paper wrappers which are lightly toned and have a soft crease. Stamped in blind "Hommage" on the half-title. Very good. An early manual on pinhole photography; discusses how-to-do-it, theory of image formation using different..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1898. First edition. 12mo., 169 pp., 6 adverts, illustrated from engravings and halftones. Blue cloth illustrated with black and gilt. Occasional foxing, else very good. An excellent book in which the author surveys the history of the medium, and details the various printing processes. He also..... More
Paris: A. Gaudin et Frère, 1855. First edition. 8vo., 107 [1] pp., illustrated from wood engravings. Bound in new facsimile wrappers with the original rear printed wrapper included. Ink stamp of the Société Française de Photographie and their release stamp on the title page, with soiling and tears along the..... More
London: John W. Davies, [1863]. Second edition. 16mo., vi, 135 pp., illustrations in text. Original gilt-titled cloth. A very good copy. The author introduced this process for coating dry collodion plates with a tannin solution; he discusses the problems of obtaining uniform sensitivity across coating surface and increasing speed to..... More
(Rochester): Light Impressions, (1980). First ed. 8vo., (viii), 133 pp., illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. More
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Reprinted from The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 236, No. 3, September, 1943. Offprint. 8vo., 265-271 pp., illustration. Printed paper wrappers; moderate creasing along the top and bottom edges. Very good. An article discussing the first uses of photography, leading to James Renwick and Edward Antony's 1840..... More
London and NY: The Focal Press, 1968. Revised and enlarged ed. Small 4to., xvi, 565 pp., diagrams. Dampstain to spine; the dust wrapper is chipped at the spine and has several cosed tears; internally a very good copy. The Bible on color photography. Roosens and Salu No. 2278... More
Paris: Jules Richard, Manufacturer and Inventor, 1924. 12mo., 48 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Illustrated paper wrappers which are soiled, slightly creased, lacking one small chip from the corner of the rear wrapper, and partially split at the spine. A good copy. The Verascope - a compact stereoscopic plate camera..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1865-1866. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vos., [ vol. I] xxxv, 504 pp., portrait frontispiece, engraved text illustrations, adverts; [vol. II] xxiv, 643 pp., frontispiece, engraved illustrations, 2 full-page chromolithographic plates. Gilt, silver and blind-decorated cloth. Volume 1 is bright and very good; in Volume 2 the..... More
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, [1956]. First edition. Small 4to., 192 pp., illustrated. Illustrated stiff wrappers. The wrappers are lightly toned and have a crease to the rear tip. A very good copy. Includes statements by: Thomas Wedgwood, Daguerre, Cruikshank, Fax Talbot, F. Scott Archer, Charles Dickens, George Eastman, P.H...... More
[ny]: Takarajima Books, [1995]. Serrano, Andres. First edition. 4to., unpaginated, 68 full-page color photos. Aside from a scar on the black blank front free-endpaper from a removed price sticker, a near fine copy in the color illustrated dust jacket. The first monograph of Serrano's photography. Serrano's work is best known..... More
[Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lancaster Press, 1942. Offprint]. 8vo., 41-52 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Dampstained. Good. An offprint, reprinted from the Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 233, No. 1, January, 1942. More
Paris: Société d'Éditions Scientifiques, 1893. First edition. Small 8vo., xi, 174 pp., illustrated. Printed wrappers. The spine is worn and darkened; the edges of the text block are age toned. The is a modest chip from the blank margin of the half-title page From the collection of Abel Buguet, director..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., (iv), 31 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs, drawings and diagrams. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled; with a splatter stain and lightly edge-chipped. SIGNED presentation from the author on the half-title page. Very good. At the head of the title: Enseignement supérieur de..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., 52 pp., illustrated with engravings in text, 2 folded leaves of plates with tissue guards. Printed wrappers. Label removed from front wrapper and chipping along the spine has been repaired; else very good. 1851 Aimé Laussedat developed the first photogrammetric process. His method involved..... More