![LES EPREUVES ET LES APPAREILS DE PHOTOGRAPHIE.; [at head of title] EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE...](/pictures/thumb/53063.jpeg?v=1625178733)
Paris: Impr. Nationale, 1880. First edition. 8vo., 67 pp. Original printed wrappers, which are toned at the edges, with a few chips and creases. Text is unopened. INSCRIBED by the author. Alphonse Davanne is a most important figure in the early history of photography. Born 1824 in Paris, he was..... More
Paris: Publisher not identified, [1900]. First edition. 4to. [28 cm. x 19 cm], 102 pp., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 of these in color). Original printed wrappers. Neat ownership signature of a member of the jury of classe 5 on the..... More
Roudnice nad Labem: Galerie výtvarného um ni, 1973. First edition. 8vo., 24 unnumbered pages, largely illustrated from b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Moderate soiling and light creasing to the wrappers; very good. Checklist of photographs laid in. The catalog is organized into portfolio sections with biographical data and several images..... More
Austin: Published in cooperation with the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center and the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery by the University of Texas Press, 1985. First edition. 4to., x, 164 pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial paper over boards. A very good copy. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. More
London: National Portrait Gallery, 1974. Stone, Sir Benjamin. First edition. 8vo., 32 pp., b&w photo-illustrations. Previous owner's name stamp and monogram in ink on the title page. Pictorial stiff wrappers, with a small stain on the rear. Very good. Prepared in conjunction with an exhibition. More
Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Insitution in association with Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. First edition. Oblong 4to., 176 pp., 132 b&w and color photos, some folding. A fine copy in illustrated stiff wrappers. Includes: Richard Arentz, Linda Connor, Rick Dingus, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Roger..... More
Florence: Fratelli Alinari, 1993 and 1998. First edition. 8vo., 225 pp., b&w and color photographs. Housed in publisher's cloth slipcase and boxed with 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) Accompanying CD-ROM entitled: La fotografia, una storia per immagini : Fratelli Alinari, 1852-2000. (Florence: Fratelli Alinari, 1998). Fine, as new..... More
NY: International Center of Photography, 1981. Freeman, Roland L. First edition. Oblong small 4to., unpaged 13 b&w photos. Catalogue listing for 107 photographs included in the exhibition. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. Prepared to accompany the traveling exhibition by this noted African-American photographer, which was organized and circulated by the..... More
New York: Janet Borden, Inc, [1997]. Friedlander, Lee. First edition. Small 8vo., (8) pp., 6 full-page b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Small spot on the front wrapper. Near fine. Prepared for an exhibition of self-portraits, November 22 through December 31, 1997. More
NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1987. Cartier-Bresson, Henri. First edition. Oblong small 4to., 152 pp., 125 b&w photos, 4 in color. A fine, as new copy in dust jacket. Published as the catalogue for a traveling exhibition which originated at MoMA. More
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1986. Galgiani, Phillip. First edition. Square 8vo., (8) folding pages, 20 b&w images. Spiral bound illustrated stiff wrappers. The copy of the University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, with its neat stamp on the title-page. Near fine. An installation by this..... More
San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1974. Owens, Bill. First edition. Square 8vo., unpaged, b&w photos. Stiff wrappers. A fine copy. Includes photos by: Bill Owens, Lew Thomas, Ellen Brooks, James Friedman, and others. More
NY: Pantheon, 1982. First American ed., expanded from the catalogue published by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 4to., 59 pp., plus 108 b&w photographic illustrations. A fine, as new copy in illustrated stiff wrappers. More
Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1984. Gilbert & George. First edition. 4to., 143 pp., frontis, over 100 b&w and color illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers which have a few shallow creases. Near fine. Produced in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition. Includes full descriptions of the 67 exhibited works, an..... More
New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, (1986). Gowin, Emmet. First ed. Folio, (36) pp., chiefly illustrated with b&w photographs. Plain stiff wrappers, in printed dust jacket with b&w photo mounted on front. A one inch band at the top of the front panel of the dust jacket is lightly faded, else a...... More
Batimore: University of Maryland, Department of Art, University of Maryland Art Gallery, 1972. First edition. Square 12mo., [35] pp., plates from b&w photographs. Stiff wrappers, which are moderately rubbed. Very good. Catalogue for the first exhibition devoted to photography held in the University of Maryland Art Gallery. The photographers include..... More
Washington, D. C. National Gallery of Art; The Art Institute of Chicago, 1989. First edition. Oblong folio, xviii, 510 pp., hundreds of photos in color and b&w. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Very good. A massive exhibition catalog, with text and bibliography by Sarah Greenough, Joel Snyder, David Travis, and Colin Westerbeck..... More
NY: Oxford University Press / International Center of Photography, 1982. First edition. 4to., xii, 198 pp., fully illustrated from color and b&w photos and other illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers which are slightly rubbed. A very good copy. An incomparable historical survey. This is the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition which..... More
Hannover: Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1982. First edition. Square 8vo., 195 pp., b&w and color photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Previous owner's neat signature; very good. Prepared for an exhibition of "instant" or Polaroid photographs; includes the following artists: John Baldessari, Chuck Close, Jochen Gerz, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Rebecca Horn, André Kertész, Jürgen..... More
NY: Lustrum Press, 1982. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 96 pp., chiefly illustrated with b&w and color photos. Minor wear and toning to the wrappers. Very good. First presented at an exhibition at the Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, held in the summer 1981. A scarce title..... More
(Oakland, CA): The Oakland Museum, 1973. First edition. Oblong small 4to., 31 pp., 14 plates, six-plate panoramic gatefold (View of San Francisco, 1853), text illustrations. The illustrated stiff wrappers are rubbed. A very good copy. More
Edinburgh: The Scottish Arts Council, 1970. Hill, David Octavius. First edition. Small 4to., 86 pp., 31 plates, addenda and errata sheet laid-in. Pictorial stiff wrappers in printed glassine wrapper which is lacking a chip from the blank rear panel. Near fine. Published on the occasion of a traveling exhibition; lists..... More
Essen: Museum Folkwang Essen, 1963. Hill, David Octavius; Adamson, Robert. First edition. Small 4to., [18] pp., plus 28 pages illustrating 41 b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. The catalogue for the exhibition of 214 works at the Museum Folkwang Essen, March 16 - April 14, 1963. Essay..... More
London: Times Newspapers Limited, 1973. Hill, David Octavius. First edition. 8vo., unpaged, plus 64 full-page plates with captions. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Previous owner's name monogram stamped in ink on the half-title page. Wrappers lightly soiled, else a good copy. More
Paris/NY: Zabriskie, 1984. Hugnet, Georges. First edition. 8vo., (32) pp., over 16 photo-illustrations. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. An exhibition of Surrealist collages; chronology, bibliography. More