CARTES DE VISITE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY.
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1981. First edition. 4to., illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1981. First edition. 4to., illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
NY: Crown Publishers, 1978. First edition. Oblong 4to., 232 pp., index, over six hundered illustrations, many in color. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. An excellent historical survey by the curator of the Kodak Museum in England. More
NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, [1988]. First edition. 4to., 56 pp., 33 b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. One tip bumped. Very good. Represented: Man Ray, Strand, Hine, Sheeler, Stieglitz, Rodchenko, Weston, Renger-Patzsch, Sander, Tabard, Umbo, Moholy-Nagy, Atget, Bellmer, Model, etc. More
[ROCHESTER]: Eastman Kodak Company, 1986. First edition. 4to., xii, 116 pp., numerous b&w and color photo-illustrations. Pictorial stiff wrappers; near fine. An authoratative guide - the various processes are all listed, explained and shown at 30x magnification to aide in identification. Double sided tri-fold flow chart for identification of photographic..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. First edition. Oblong Small 4to., 112 pp., chiefly illustrated with b&w or toned stereo-views. A fine, as new copy in illustrated paper over boards (no jacket, as issued). An excellent survey and historical record. Includes stereopticon in rear pocket; bibliographical references and index... More
NY: Abrams with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1978. First edition. Oblong 4to., 272 pp., 172 b&w photos. Two-toned cloth with mounted photo. Fine. Issued without a dust jacket. A chronological illustrated history of the photographers who documented the discovery and expansion of the west. They include, Watkins..... More
København: Nationale Fotomuseum, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2002. First edition. 8vo., 103 pp., illustrated from b&w and color photographs and paintings. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with a photographically illustrated over wrapper. Fine. Published as the catalogue for the exhibition at the Nationale Fotomuseum, Denmark, August 29 - October 26, 2002. The..... More
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1981. First edition. 4to., illustrated. Fine in dust jacket. Still the best single volume on the history and practitioners. More
Gettysburg: William Culp Darrah, 1964. First edition. 8vo., xii, 255 pp., illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. An essential history and reference. More
NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 1982. First U.S. ed. Folio, 269 pp., 90 color and 238 b&w illustrations. Near fine in dust jacket. A survey of photography as a medium of artistic expression and achievement from its prehistory in the 1820s to the photo-artists of the 1980s. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. 8vo., 34 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers, rubbed and worn. Dampstained. A survey of photography and review of photomechanical techniques including Woodburytype, Photoglyphe, photogravure, photolithography and photochemistry. More
London and New York: The Focal Press, 1965. First edition. 8vo., 520 pp., numerous b7W plates, charts, graphs and figures. Slight bruise to the board tips. Fine in a slightly wrinkled dust jacket. Chapters contributed by Members of the Staffs of Research and Engineering Division, Xerox Corporation and Applied Research..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. First edition. 12mo., 63 pp., [1], [6] adverts. Printed wrappers, which are soiled and creased, scattered foxing to the text; otherwise very good. A history of the earliest research into three-color photography, with emphasis on the work of Ducos du Haron, and Dumoulin's own improvements upon the..... More
Riverside, California: California Museum of Photography, 1987. First edition. 8vo., 32 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Stapled photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. With the printed over-wrapper. Light crease to the front wrapper. Very good. Issued as CMP Bulletin Volume 7, Number 1. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1888. First edition in French. Small 4to., xiv, 221 pp., mounted phototypie frontispiece, numerous illustrations. New custom binding of quarter cloth and decorative paper over boards, printed spine label. The frontispiece mount is chipped at the edges, toning and occasional ex-library stamps in the margin. A...... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1888. First edition in French. Small 4to., xiv, 221 pp., mounted phototypie frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Contemporary binding of quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, front joint partially cracked; the front flyleaf and frontispiece are detached. A comprehensive history and survey of instantaneous photography; includes chapters..... More
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1979. First edition. Clarkson N. Potter, 1979. First ed. Oblong 4to., xx, 131 pp., 130 photos, plus (8 pp.) chronology, bibliography, indices. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket that has one tiny closed tear. A comprehensive collection of early travel photos from Cairo to Nubia..... More
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: Piublisher not identified, 1900. First edition. 4to., 102 pp., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 of these in color). Printed wrappers expertly repaired with a new paper spine. Moderate wear; a very good copy. Housed in a new cloth clamshell box..... 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
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1903. [Second edition ?]. 4to., 102 pp., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 of these in color). New wrappers with the worn original wrappers laid-down. First gathering is detached; closed tear and mild chipping to the last blank leaf. Housed..... More
Paris: Créatis, 1980. First edition. 4to., [1478] pp., b&w and color illustrations from photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Histoire de la photographie française des origines à 1920. More
Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ediciones en Foco, [2019]. First edition. 8vo., 129 pp., 25 color plates, errata sheet laid-in. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with printed inner flaps. Fine, as new. In this new bibliography, Roberto A. Ferrari has greatly expanded upon his Bibliografia de Publicaciones Argentinas con Fotografías Montadas [1864..... More
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2010. First edition. 8vo., 73 pp., b&w illustrations, plus 1 CD-ROM. Color illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. With dogged determination, Roberto A. Ferrari tracked down Daguerre's copy of his original contract with Niépce, which was housed in the..... More
Paris: Victor Masson / Langlois et Leclercq, 1853. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 12mo., xi, 486 pp., illustrations in text. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards; previous owner's neat ex-libris affixed to the front pastedown. Very good. Contains a lengthy (120 pp.) chapter on the discovery of the..... More