Berkeley: University of California, 1988. First edition. 4to., xi, 361 pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A fine, as new copy. Portrays America in the last years of the Great Depression and the first years of World War II in nearly three hundred images by Lange, Delano, Evans, Vachon... More about DOCUMENTING AMERICA, 1935-1943.; Essays by Lawrence W. Levine and Alan Trachtenberg
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 about THE FORMATIVE DECADES: PHOTOGRAPHY IN GREAT BRITIAN, 1839-1920
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 about FRATELLI ALINARI: THE ARCHIVES. PRINTING PROCEDURES IN THE ALINARI ARCHIVES. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC...
Boston: The American Photographic Publishing Co., 1944. First edition. 8 vo., 514 pp., diagrams. A very good copy. Boni p. 59: "An indispensable supplement to E.J. Wall History of Three Color Photography (1925), particularly valuable for its extensive analytical treatment of patent disclosures." Roosens and Salu No. 2278. More about HISTORY OF COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
London and NY: The Focal Press, 1968. Revised and enlarged ed. Small 4to., xvi, 565 pp., diagrams. Dampstain to spine; the dust wrapper is chipped at the spine and has several cosed tears; internally a very good copy. The Bible on color photography. Roosens and Salu No. 2278. More about HISTORY OF COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY.; Introduction and appendix by Lloyd E. Varden
Cologne: Könemann, 1998. First Enghlish language edition. 4to., 775, (1) pp., fully illustrated in color and b&w. Near fine in the illustrated dust jacket. A remarkable volume, comprised of 41 chapters written by the leading critics and historians worldwide. They include: Michel Frizot, Françoise Heilbrun, Mike Weaver, Anne Hammond, Peter..... More about A NEW HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
NY: MOMA, 1981. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 152 pp., 82 plates (9 in color), 38 reference illustrations. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. INSCRIBED by the author. More about BEFORE PHOTOGRAPHY: PAINTING AND THE INVENTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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 about AVANT GARDE PHOTOGRAPHY IN GERMANY, 1919-1939
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. First edition. 4to., 599 pp., 390 photos and engravings. One lower board tip damaged, still a good copy in a worn and torn dust jacket. An essential, and best one volume reference available. More about THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY: FROM THE CAMERA OBSCURA TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MODERN ERA
Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop, 1962. First American edition. 4to., 258 pp., 244 full-page b&w plates. Previous owner's neat signature on the blank front free flyleaf, else very good in dust jacket. More about CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY: AESTHETIC TRENDS, 1839-1960
Buenos Aires: Abadía Editora, 1986. First edition. Oblong 4to., 180 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs and facsimiles. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers, which are lightly rubbed; internally fine. An excellent historical survey which includes an extensive biographical listing of practitioners and bibliography. Text in Spanish. More about LA FOTOGRAFIA EN LA ARGENTINA:; SU HISTORIA Y EVOLUTIÓN EN EL SIGLO XIX, 1840 - 1899
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. First edition. 4to., 247 pp., over 330 color and b&w photo-illustrations. Silver-titled black cloth. A fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. A comprehensive survey, one of the first to cover this important field; the author identifies the dominant forces and the leading figures in each decade. More about AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY: A CRITICAL HISTORY 1945 TO THE PRESENT
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 about ON THE ART OF FIXING A SHADOW: ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Fort Lauderdale: Museum of Art; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; NY: Abbeville Press, 1987. First edition. 4to., 272 pp., frontis, profusely illustrated with b&w and color photos. A fine copy in dust jacket. An extensive survey based on a major exhibition of the same title; includes essays... More about PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART: INTERACTIONS SINCE 1946
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 about THROUGH INDIAN EYES: 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM INDIA
Hannover: Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1986. Umbo. First edition. Square 8vo., 234 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. An examination of Bauhaus photography; with catalogue of artists including: Gertrude Arndt, Herbert Bayer, Andréas Feininger, Lucia Moholy, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Walter Peterhans, Umbo, and many others. With text by Gerhard..... More about PHOTOGRAPHIE UND BAUHAUS
Hannover: Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1979. First edition. Square 8vo., 328 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photos. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Slight rubbing to the edges of the wrappers. Near fine. A thorough examination of Dada photography and montage; with catalogue of artists including: Hans (Jean) Arp, Johannes Baader, Erwin Blumenfeld, André Breton, Paul..... More about DADA PHOTOGRAPHIE UND PHOTOCOLLAGE
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. First edition. 4to., xiii, 364 pp., numerous illustrations. A very good or better copy in a spine-faded pictorial dust jacket. Forty-six critical essays on the Pictorialist by a well known contemporary of the movement. An essential addition to the study of Alfred Stieglitz, his... More about THE VALIANT KNIGHTS OF DAGUERRE: SELECTED CRITICAL ESSAYS ON PHOTOGRAPHY AND PROFILES OF...
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. First edition. Thick 4to., x, 462 pp., profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Examines all aspects of photography from its beginnings to World War I. In many ways, it approaches the history of the... More about THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE, 1839-1914: IMAGES AND ATTITUDES
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, (1998). First edition. 4to., x, 222 pp., more than 250 b&w and color illustrations. A very good copy in dust jacket. Presents a thorough look at photo-humor as found in cartoons, satire, photographs, fashion, literature, advertising, from the beginning of photography to... More about POSITIVE PLEASURES: EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY AND HUMOR
Dresden: Verlag der Kunst, 1998. First edition. 4to., 365 pp., profusely illustrated in b&w and color. A near fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Krone (1827-1916), known for his portraiture, landscape interest in science and astronomy; in 1847 he fixed an image of a shooting star on a daguerreian plate;... More about HERMANN KRONE: HISTORISCHES LEHRMUSEUM FÜR PHOTOGRAPHIE. EXPERIMENT, KUNST, MASSENMEDIUM
Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 1981. Hill, David Octavius. First edition. 4to., 220 pp., numerous illustrations in text, plus a profuse catalog of hundreds of small format reproductions of their calotypes. Pictorial stiff wrappers. One tiny scrape to the front wrapper foredge; a near fine copy. David Octavius Hill and... More about DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL AND ROBERT ADAMSON:; CATALOGUE OF THEIR CALOTYPES TAKEN BETWEEN 1843 AND 1847...
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 about THE HILL / ADAMSON ALBUMS: A SELECTION FROM THE EARLY VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS ACQUIRED BY THE...
Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. First edition. Large 4to., xv, 490 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photos. Fine, as new in dust jacket and shrinkwrap. Catalogues each of the some 1,850 works in The Cleveland Museum of Art collection and illustrates about 1,100 of them. More about CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART.; Foreword by Evan H. Turner
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, [1956]. First edition. Small 4to., 192 pp., illustrated. Illustrated stiff wrappers. The wrappers are lightly toned and have a crease to the rear tip. A very good copy. Includes statements by: Thomas Wedgwood, Daguerre, Cruikshank, Fax Talbot, F. Scott Archer, Charles Dickens, George Eastman, P.H.... More about ON PHOTOGRAPHY: A SOURCE BOOK OF PHOTO HISTORY IN FACSIMILE