Berkeley: University of California, 1997 [1988]. Third printing. 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..... More
Linz: OLV-Buchverlag, Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, 1979. First edition. Oblong 4to., 276 pp., chiefly ilustrated from b&w photographs. Cloth with inset photographic illustration on the front and art nouveau illustration on rear cover, housed in the publisher's slipcase of cloth over boards with illustrated panels. There is a slight bruise to the..... 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
Berkeley: University of California, 1988. First edition. 4to., xi, 361 pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight crease to the tip of the front wrapper; else a fine copy. Portrays America in the last years of the Great Depression and the first years of World War II in nearly..... More
Colorado Springs, Colorado: American Numismatic Association, 1984. Reprinted from The Numismatist. 8vo., 20 pp., b&w illustrations. Stapled into stiff wrappers. Minor creasing to the lower tip. Very good. Includes an essay on Marcus A. Root, daguerreotypist, author and historian; a bibliography and illustrated catalogue of photrographic tokens, listed by state..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1969. Revised and enlarged edition of 1955. 4to., 599 pp., 390 photos and engravings. A very good copy. An essential reference. More
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
Leuven, Belgium: Davidsfonds, 1955. First edition. 8vo., 271 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs, other figures in text. Illustratedf stiff wrappers. Largely unopened. Fine. Published upon the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Gevaert photoworks. Text in Dutch. More
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Germer Baillière; Félix, Alcan, Éditeur, [1887]. First edition. 16mo., 192 pp., illustrations in text, 1 screened photogravure. New front wrapper in facsimile, with conservation to title page; the first and last few pages are edge-chipped with a few short tears (no loss of text). A good copy..... More
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..... 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
Ixelles: A. Cnophs Fils; Bruxelles: Librairie Universelle de Rozez, 1881. First edition. 8vo., 19 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. OCLC locates four copies; Bibliotheque Nationale de France, University of Arizona, National Gallery of Art, University of Texas, Harry Ransom Center. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. First edition. 4to., xiii, 364 pp., numerous illustrations. A fine 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 wide circle of..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. First edition. 4to., xiii, 364 pp., numerous illustrations. The top edge is foxed; a very good 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..... More
London: Taylor & Francis, Ltd., 1976 - 1997. First editions. 4tos. Printed stiff wrappers. 84 issues. Volume 1, No. 1 to Volume 21, No. 4. A long and unbroken run. Very good to fine. A scholarly journal, largely concerned with the early history of the medium, and the historical through..... More
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
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. First edition. Thick 4to., x, 462 pp., profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A near 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..... More
Dresden: Verlag der Kunst, 1998. First edition. 4to., 365 pp., profusely illustrated in b&w and color. A 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; other..... 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
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
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1985. First edition. . 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 William Newton, Oscar Rejlander, Henry Peach Robinson, Thomas..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1986. Newton, Sir William. First edition. Small 8vo., xii, 157 pp., 23 plates. Stiff wrappers. Front wrapper shows uneven toning; else, near fine. Newton was a founding member of the Graphic Society in London. It was there in 1839 that he saw..... More
[Tempe, Arizona]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1988. First edition. Small 8vo., [20] pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine. A history of, and practical formulary to reproduce William Henry Fox Talbot's photogenic drawing process. No. 23 of the History of Photography Monograph Series; limited to 200 copies. More
London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, 1854. Fourth edition, revised. 8vo., endpaper adverts front and rear, series title page, chromolithograph frontispiece, xii, 329 pp., [2] pp. adverts, 87 b&w engraved figures, 1 b&w engraved chapter vignette, followed by 32 pp., illustrated CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS Sold by John Joseph..... More
Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1850. Daguerre. First American edition. 12mo., 388 pp., [24] pp. adverts. Decoratively blind-embossed cloth; gilt-titled spine is lacking the top and bottom inch and been laid-down on new cloth. Ex-library and withdrawn from an academic library with their bookplate affixed to the front pastedown and..... More