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
[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
[Tempe, AZ: School of Art, Arizona State University], 1985. First edition. History of Photography Monograph Series Special Edition No. 1. 8vo., ix, 114 pp. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. A collection of essays from 1853 - 1878 by: George B. Ayres, Cuthbert Bede, Valentine Blanchard, Sir David Brewster, Robert Hunt, Sir..... 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, 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
Paris: Gauthier-Villars; Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1886, 1888. First editions. Small 4tos., [vol. I] xv [1], 467 pp., mounted carbon frontispiece, 1 full-page b&w collotype after a photo, with tissue guard, 120 text illustrations (including mounted color chart); [vol. II] xiii, 573 pp., photogravure frontispiece with printed tissue guard, 1 folding..... 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 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
[Cambridge, Massachusetts]: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 1973. First edition. Square 8vo., 36 leaves printed recto only. Stapled into printed wrappers. Wrappers show light soiling and toning; pencil notations in text and one leaf creased. Very good. The photographs in the show come from the Social Ethics Collection that..... 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
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
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
Halle: Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, 1905. Third edition. 8vo., xvi, 484 [1] pp., 12 plates - including one folding panoramic plate, photogravures, photogalvanographs, and one color plate, with numerous text illustrations. Contemporary morocco and marbled paper over boards. The spine has been repaired at the joints,however, there is slight chipping..... 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
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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
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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