Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1910. First edition. Oblong 4to., [ii] frontis, 7 - 67 pp., 98 b&w photographs. Cloth over boards with new gilt titled buckram spine. The cloth is moderately soiled with a tiny tear and scrape on the rear board; the title page has a few light finger smudges. Issued without a dust jacket. Very good. Item #54231

This scarce book by Ryland W. Phillips of Philadelphia (1866 - 1925), features the portraiture of renowned studio photographers from the U.S. as well as Europe. Each is represented by a short introduction to their working methodology and then several photographs showing a subject sitting for their portrait and then the various permutations the image follows until the final portrait is presented. The photographers were: A. F. Bradley, New York; Mary Carnell, Philadelphia; E.B. Core, New York; Mr. E.E. Doty, Belding, Michigan; Rudolph Duhrkoop, Hamburg, Germany; George Edmondson, Cleveland, Ohio; William Shewell Ellis, Philadelphia; John H. Caro, Boston; Elias Goldensky, Philadelphia; Clarence Hayes, Detroit; Dudley Hoyt, New York; Miss Belle Johnson, Monroe City, Mo.; Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, Washington, D.C.; Knaffl Bros., Knoxville; Louis M. Koehne, Chicago; Charles L. Lewis, Toledo, Ohio; Pirie MacDonald, New York; Mary E. McGarvey, Bellefonte, Penn.; J. Ernest Mock, Rochester; Morris Burke Parkinson, Boston; Ryland W. Phillips, Philadelphia; Mrs. Sarah F.T. Price, Mount Airy, Philadelphia; Miss Blanche Reinecke, Kansas City, Mo.; David D. Spellman, Detroit; and Will H. Towles, Washington, D.C.

Price: $600.00