London: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. First edition. 8vo., vii, 303 pp., 32 pp. adverts, hand-colored engraved folding frontispiece, text diagrams. Recased in the decoratively blind-stamped publisher's original cloth. The lower edge of the binding is rubbed with rounding at the tips. A very good copy. "Robert..... More

London: John W. Parker and Son, 1853. 8vo., 485-610 pp., plus illustrated adverts. Original printed paper wrappers; a one-inch portion of the lower spine has been repaired with matching paper, lower blank tip of the front wrapper lacking, as is a short piece near the top. Very good. Housed in..... More

NY: Macmillan, 1973. Talbot, William Henry Fox. First American edition. First American ed. 4to., 96 pp., 69 plates. A fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. More

München: Schirmer-Mosel, 1980. First edition. Small 4to., 268 pp. Fine in dust jacket. This is the second volume of three that draws together theoretical writings on photography. Authors include; Marius de Zayas, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Laszlo Moholoy-Nagy, Alexander Rodtschenko, Man Ray, et al. Text in German..... More

Seebruck am Chiemsee: HeeringVerlag, 1979. First edition. Small 4to., 270 pp., (1) advert, numerous b&w photos, 6 in color. Illustrated paper over boards. A near fine copy. A detailed and extensive work; the chapters include an overview of the development of the daguerreotype; individual practitioners and histories by cities and..... More

Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, 2005. First edition. Small 4to., 287 pp, chiefly illustrated from b&w and color photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers, which are slightly rubbed. Near fine. Published as the catalogue for the exhibition: Neues Sehen in Berlin: Fotografie der Zwanziger Jahre, Kunstbibliothek, Museum für Fotografie, Staatliche Museen..... More

Paris: Bernard Grasset, (1948). First edition. Thick 4to., 716 pp., profusely illustrated with photos and vignettes. Illustrated self wrappers, few short tears at the spine ends, else very good, and unopened. An extensive treatment of the art of motion picture photography from the earliest time to date. More

[Lyon]: n.d. Small 8vo., 23 pp., illustrations. Decorative paper wrappers. Modest wear to wrappers, else very good. A celebration of the contributions of the Lumière brothers; among them are the use of organic substances as photographic developers; advances in three color carbon printing; the autochrome plate, the first commercially available..... More

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862. First edition. 8vo., iv, 244 pp. Contemporary red cloth with simple title and rules in gilt on the spine; spine faded with wear at the crown and lower portion of the joints and tips. Occasional faint foxing, with the rear endpapers soiled. A near..... More

[London: Headley Brothers, printers, 1961. First edition - Offprint. 8vo., 173-197 pp., portrait. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled. Light creasing. Very good. A biographical tribute to Dr. Mees, who joined the Eastman Kodak Company in 1912 and created and directed their research laboratories. Contains a bibliography of 4..... More

Paris: Imprimerie Paul Dupont, 1892. First edition. 8vo., x, 162 pp., 6 plates. New paper wrappers with the original printed wrapper mounted to covers. A few leaves have short closed tears; toning at the edges, with several leaves not completely opened. Includes statements by Niépce and Daguerre; the presentation of..... More

NY: Museum of Modern Art, Distributed by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. First edition. Oblong 8vo., 48 pp., chiefly illustrated with b&w plates from photographs. Moderate soiling to the wrappers. A very good copy. An historical survey, published upon the occasion of the exhibition held at MoMA, 1963. Includes an..... More

NY: Published by Pudney & Russell, 1860. First edition. 8vo., xii, 168 pp.; [with] [A Directory to the Principal Objects of Interest in New-York] 7-42 pp., illustrated plates from wood engravings, 1 folding plate, a color advertisement. Gilt-decorated cloth, a.e.g. Extremities moderately rubbed. Lacking the terminal blank free endpaper. Very..... More