Venezia: Marsilio, 1997. First edition. 8vo., 517 pp., [122] illustration in color and b&w from photographs and drawings. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with printed inner flaps. A very good copy. An exhaustive history of the projected image prior to the advent of cinema and the mechanisms employed. Includes extensive notes... More
NY: G.K. Hall & Co., 1994. Annan, J. Craig. First ed. Small 4to., xx, 192 pp., illustrated. Cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Fine. J. Craig Annan (1864-1946), photographer and son of a photographer, played an important role in the fight for recognition of photography as an art in its own... More
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1980. Talbot, Fox. First edition. 4to., 216 pp., hundreds of illustrations. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that has one tiny closed tear. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A well researched and essential reference for the study of one of... More
London: Photography Workshop, 1979. First edition. 4to., vi, 202 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Glossy photographically illustrated stiff wrappers which are slightly age-toned; corners moderately bumped, light foxing to the top edge. Inscribed on the first blnk leaf, "For Irene, Xmas 1979, Douglas (Lowndes)." A near very good copy. A... More
Mexico, D.F. Fonda de Cultura Económica, 1989. First edition. 4to., 111, (1) pp., over 45 full-page color and b&w plates after daguerreotypes. Photo-illustrated glossy stiff wrapper with inner flaps. Light wear to the edges of the wrappers, a very good copy. The title translates to: "On the polished surface of... More
(London): Hurtwood Press in association with The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983. First edition. 4to., 112 pp., 37 b&w and color plates, text illustrations. One board tip has a tiny bump, else a very good copy in lightly scuffed dust jacket. A guide to the major photographic processes from 1840... More
NY: Crown Publishers, 1978. First edition. Oblong 4to., 232 pp., index, over six hundered illustrations, many in color. . A near fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. An excellent historical survey by the curator of the Kodak Museum in England. More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1975. First edition. 4to., x, 180 pp., 110 b&w plates. A fine copy in a near fine pictorial dust jacket. These essays by twenty-one internationally known authorities in the field cover many facets of the history of photography. Essayists include: J. Adhémar, T. Barrow... More
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1972. Revised and enlarged edition. 4to., (xvi), 324 pp., b&w illustrations. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. SIGNED by the author. Greatly expanded from the 1964 first edition of 79 pp., issued in paper wrappers. 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
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1990. First edition. Thick 4to., 392 pp., profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Silver and black embossed cloth. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. First indepth study to present the history of the Eastman Kodak Company. More
Paris: Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1898. First edition. 8vo., 186 pp., 40 pp. publisher's catalog at end. Publisher's cloth over flexible boards, the lower front tip is lightly bumped, else very good. Letters and papers by these first inventors of photography, with annotations and comments by Colson; includes bibliographical... More
Paris: Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1898. First edition. 8vo., 186 pp., 40 pp. publisher's catalog at end. Cloth over flexible boards. A near fine copy. Letters and papers by these first inventors of photography, with annotations and comments by Colson; includes bibliographical footnotes. Texts in French. An early anthology... 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
NY: Winter House Ltd., 1971. Daguerre. First edition, as such. Small 4to., 282 pp. Cloth, titled in blind on the upper board and spine. A fine copy, housed in a rubbed paper over boards slipcase. Issued without a dust jacket. The original English and French manuals are reproduced in facsimile... 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 of this nineteenth century type of photograph. More
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1977. First edition. 4to., 246 pp., 301 color and b&w illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket that is lacking a samll chip on the front panel and has a tiny tear at the spine. Regarded as the best single volume historical survey. More
(Gettysburg: (William Culp Darrah - Times and News Pub. Co., 1964). First edition. 8vo., xii, 255 pp., illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. A very light bruise to the lower front board tip, else a near fine copy in gilt-titled blue cloth; issued without a dust jacket. SIGNED by the author. A pioneering... 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
Durham: Duke University Press, 1998. Second printing. Thick 8vo., xii, 494 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs and drawings. Remainder line on bottom edge; else fine in illustrated stiff wrappers. "Women's Camera Work explores how photographs have been and are used to construct versions of history and examines how photographic representations... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First UK edition. Oblong 4to., 151 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Residue from removed price sticker on the front pastedown. Fine in the price-clipped photo-illustrated dust jacket. More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1974. First American ed. 4to., 128 pp., photos. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. Boldly SIGNED by the author on the title page. Presents documentary photographs made with calotype and wetplate cameras through to the beginning of dry plate (ca. 1884); includes work by Fenton... More
Amsterdam: Fragment Uitgeverij and Rotterdam: Het Museum, 1989. First ed. Small 4to., 192 pp., numerous b&w photos. Photo mounted to front of stiff paper boards. Moderate soiling to the edges and title page. Very good in pictorial dust jacket. A survey of the commercial photographers and studios in Netherlands East... 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