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. Newly bound in half calf and marbled paper over boards. Original wrappers bound in. Slight bump to the blank..... 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
![LES EPREUVES ET LES APPAREILS DE PHOTOGRAPHIE.; [at head of title] EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE...](/pictures/thumb/53063.jpeg?v=1585941916)
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
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
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
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1858. First edition. 4to., [3], 198 pp. The cloth binding is lightly faded; lacking front endpaper, front hinge slightly loose, board tips curled, and lightly foxed. Good. Provides a brief history of the "discovery of the beautiful art of photography"; Wedgwood, Niépce, Daguerre and Talbot..... 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
Boston: The American Photographic Publishing Co., 1945. Second printing. 8 vo., 514 pp., diagrams. A near fine 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." More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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