Los Angeles, California: Edward S. Curtis Studios, c1934. Gelatin silver photograph, 10 x 12 inches, slight intermittent chipping to the emulsion along the edges, lower tips creased, imprint of a paperclip at the top left corner. Stamped on the blank reverse, "PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPH/ FROM/ EDW. S. CURTIS STUDIOS/ 6332 WILSHIRE..... More
Paris: G. Masson, 1896. Second ed., revised and considerably enlarged. Thick 8vo.,frontis, xii, 791 pp., 5 leaves of plates with tissue guards, 346 text illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. A very good copy. Albert Londe, 1858-1917, was an influential French photographer, medical doctor and researcher. He was the director of photography at..... More
London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, 1854. Fourth edition, revised. 8vo., endpaper adverts front and rear, series title page, chromolithograph frontispiece, xii, 329 pp., [2] pp. adverts, 87 b&w engraved figures, 1 b&w engraved chapter vignette, followed by 32 pp., illustrated CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS Sold by John Joseph..... More
Rochester, NY: Aperture, 1964. First edition. 8vo., 47 - 86 pp. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Previous owner's signature on the upper margin of the first leaf. Very good. Contains articles: "Ansel Adams: The Philosophy of Light" by Michael Gregory; " The Photographer and the American Landscape" by Minor White. Cover illustrations..... More
Rochester, NY: Aperture, 1964. Morgan, Barbara. 8vo., 42 pp., 23 b&w photographs. Stiff wrappers. Small stain and crease to the tip of the front wrapper. Very good. Special issue devoted to the photographs of Barbara Morgan. More
London: A. Mation & Co., circa 1865. Two vintage albumen photographs, each is 4 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, on mounts measuring 11 1/2 x 15 inches. The light weight card mounts are imprinted with the titles, photographers name, and publisher's address. The titles are: Loch in dorbh (sic) Morayshire..... More
[London]: Pub'd, as the Act Directs, by J. Carter, Oxford Street, May 29th, 1786. First edition. Hand-colored etching on laid paper, 10 x 14 3/4 inches. Miissing the blank top right corner up to the border line, with no loss of the image. Other small tears at the blank margins..... More
Paris: Chez L' Auteur, 1876. First edition. 12mo., 179., pp. Contemporary quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards. The original printed wrappers, which have a scuff on the front are bound in. From the collection of A. Bisey, with his signature and printed paper label on the title page and..... More
N.p. The Perfect Sphere Press, 1975. Benson, John. First edition. Oblong 8vo.,[12] pp., 6 b&w photos. Stapled pictorial wrappers. Near fine. 200 numbered copies. SIGNED and dated by the photographer. Several of the photos are printed as negatives. A quirky take on an aesthetics manual. More
Newburyport, MA: The Hi How Are You Press, 1974. Benson, John. First edition. Oblong 8vo., unpaged, 14 b&w photos. Stapled pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine, SIGNED and dated by the photographer on the rear wrapper. Photos of nude guys and occasional gals frolicking in a painter's studio with a narrative of..... More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Penn, Irving. First edition. 4to., 184 pp., more than 250 color and b&w plates. A fine, as new copy in an equally fine dust jacket, housed in a very good photo-illustrated slipcase, which is minimally worn at the corners and modestly soiled, and has two..... More
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1972. Kertész, André. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 224 pp., 218 b&w photogravure plates, 3 pp. notes and chronology. Near fine in the slightly toned illustrated dust jacket that has several short closed tears at the edges, and lacking one tiny chip. Still regarded as one of..... More
1868. Folio [18 x 22 inches] vintage albumen composite of 36 photographic portraits, with four addition small oval albumen portraits, recto mounted with blank verso. Titled with letterpress; one of the small portraits has a pasted on name, likely a correction. Light surface abrasions to the small individual portraits. The..... More
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1983. Alexandra. First edition. Small 8vo., [14] pp., 4 b&w photos. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Queen Alexandra, was the eldest daughter and second eldest child of Prince Christien of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderbury-Glucksburg; she married Edward, Prince of Wales in 1863. By the time the Danish..... More
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1983. Ricca, Barbara Lynn. First edition. Small 8vo., [24] pp., 6 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Ms. Ricca, a native New Yorker and graphic designer, recounts the limitations imposed upon Victorian ladies, which have evolved from being told, how, what and when..... More
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1984. First edition. Small 8vo., [20] pp., 4 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. "The purpose of this book will be to begin a list of early fiction books for children that include some aspect of photography". "...this list includes the name of..... More
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1985. First edition. Small 8vo., [18] pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Eliot Porter, William Eggleston, Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Walker Evans, Joel Meyerowitz, et al., express opinions concerning the use of color versus b&w photography for documentation purposes. No. 16 of the History of..... More
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1991. First edition. 8vo., [34] pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine. No. 29 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 300 copies. More
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1986. First edition. Small 8vo., [36] pp., 3 full-page b&w illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Includes a bibliography. No. 21 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 200 copies. More
Frankfurt am Main: Englert und Schlosser, 1929. First edition. 4to., p. 45 - 64, illustrations from b&w photographs. Printed wrappers with later paper spine. Wrinkled along the top edge from moisture, with small pulls on the top blank margin of the reverse of the front wrapper and first leaf; moderate..... More
London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1864. First edition. Small 4to., xii, 120 pp., 8 leaves of albumen photographs, and a miniature albumen photograph mounted on the title page. Publisher's gilt decorated cloth over bevelled boards, a.e.g. The leaf with the albumen frontispiece is detached and laid-in. Scattered light foxing..... More
New York: Gracie Mansion Gallery, 1986. First edition. 4to., [20] pp., 10 plates from b&w photographs. Stapled printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Cover title: Hope & Fear. Published as the catalogue for the exhibition held at the Gracie Mansion Gallery, February 27 - March 23, 1986. Essay by Ben Lifson... More
Neuchâtel: Ides et Calendes, 1995. First edition. 16mo. [17 cm x 12 cm] stiff card container with illustrated cover, which hold a text booket and an leporello folded, 11 panel sheet printed recto/verso, illustrated from photographs to make 22 plates. Publisher's plain glassine dust jacket. Fine. Text in French by..... More
Praha: TK, (KNT 7), 1962. First edition. 8vo., 28 pp., 4 adverts.11 plates from b&w photographs. Stapled printed wrappers. Wrappers are lightly rubbed and soiled. Tips of the first 10 pages are creased. Very good. An exhibition by more than 250 photographers, showing over 350 photographs, which were published in..... More
Toronto: The Martlet Press, 1968. First edition. 4to., 29 unnumbered pages accordion folded and printed verso/recto. Chiefly illustrated with full-page b&w plates from photographs. Padded cloth over boards, with title label affixed to the front cover. Housed in a cloth over boards sleeve with title label affixed to the front..... More