London: John Churchill, 1855. First edition. 12mo., xvi, 384 pp., errata, figures in text. Publisher's gilt and blind-embossed cloth. There is a short closed tear on the half-title page with no loss, and a private library stamp on the front free endpaper and blank margin of the preface. The rear..... More
NY: H.H. Snelling, 1858. Fourth edition. 12mo., xii, 257 pp., figures in text. Printed paper wrappers. Edge-chipped with a closed tear, ex-libris of the New York Camera Club affixed to the blank reverse of the front wrapper; conservation to spine, else a good copy. Housed in a newly made clamshell..... More
London: John Churchill, 1859. Fifth edition. 12mo., xvi, 516 pp., figures in text. The blank upper corner of half-title replaced; Publisher's cloth decorated in blind on the covers, rebacked with the gilt titled spine laid-down. Very good. First published in 1855, this manual quickly became the standard for its time..... More
London: John Churchill, 1861. Sixth edition. 12mo., xvi, 571 pp., figures in text, adverts. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind on the covers; rebacked with gilt titling on the spine; the original yellow endpapers show soiling tiny chip to the blank bottom margin of the title page. Moderate wear. A near..... More
London: John Churchill, 1855. Second edition. 12mo., xvi, 344 pp., errata, figures in text. Recased and rebacked in the publisher's gilt and blind-embossed cloth, original spine cloth laid-down. Faint dampstains on the front and rear free endpapers; slight bump to one lower board tip. Very good. First published in 1855..... More
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1864. Seventh edition. 12mo., xvi, 594 pp., ii ads, figures in text. Original publisher's cloth which has been expertly rebacked in matching cloth, new endpapers added. A very good copy. Greatly expanded and revised from the first edition of 1855. This manual quickly became the..... More
New York: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1886. Ninth edition. 8vo., 384 pp., figures in text, plus 38 pp. illustrated adverts. Published in full leather over flexible boards, this volume has been rebound in new leather over flexible boards utilizing the orignal marbled endpapers, titled in gilt on the spine, a.e.g. A...... More
NY: The Scovill & Adams Company, 1892. First edition. 8vo., vii, 426 pp., illustrated. The publisher's cloth binding is illustrated in gilt and black. The front fly and first blank are detatched; rear hinge open but firm. Very Good. A technical manual covering several platinum processes and their chemistry; calotypes..... More
NY: Heath & Brother, 1855. First edition. 8vo., errata, 161 pp. Recent quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards with a paper spine label. Lacking the albumen frontispiece portrait from a drawing of Sir Humphrey Davy. An ex-library copy; the title page is stamped and has pencil and ink numerals..... More
Nancy: Henri Bellieni, [1910]. 8vo., 135 pp., illustrated from b&w and color photographs and engravings. Decorative paper wrappers, which are chipped at the spine and front joint. Front wrapper attached along the spine with brown paper. A small stain and a paper label affixed to the title page. Presentation from..... More
London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney, 1890. First edition. 12mo., iv, 217 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, diagrams and photos in text, adverts. Publisher's red cloth, titled in gilt. Spine is worn and chipped at the crown; paper label partially removed from spine. Very good. "A general instructional work for the..... More
Philadelphia: Hess-Ives Corporation, December 1915 - June 27, 1917. This collection, once owned by George H. Holt, contains the following: HESS-IVES HICHROGRAPHY. 8vo., 12 pp., illustrations from b&w photographs. String-tied decorative stiff wrappers. Faint dampstain; owner's name on the front wrapper, which is creased at the lower front corner. A...... More
NY: Robinson & Caswell, 1856. First edition. 8vo., xii, 175 pp. Decoratively blind-stamped cloth, gilt title. Light wear at the spine ends and tips, occasional foxing; front hinge partially opened, else very good. In 1850, the Rev. Levi Hill announced his "discovery" of producing a daguerreotype in color, which he..... More
NY: Robinson & Caswell, 1856. First edition. 8vo., xii, 175 pp. Publisher's decoratively blind-stamped cloth, gilt title on the upper cover. Short chip at the top of the spine, slightly extending to the upper board; slight stain at the bottom 1 1/2 inches of the front cover; scattered foxing. Very..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1898. First French edition. 12mo., (ii), 95 pp., frontispiece, figures in text. Printed wrappers. Near fine. The frontispiece is a facsimile of a platinotype print before and after development. Hinton was the editor of the PHOTOGRAPHIC ART JOURNAL and THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER. An accomplished Pictorialist, he..... 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
Philadelphia: Frank V. Chambers, (1924). First edition. Small 8vo., 96 pp., adverts. Pencil checks on many of the entries. The publisher's tan cloth is slightly rubbed. A very good copy. An extensive list of the chemicals, their preperation and aplication in a multitude of photographic processes. More
London: Hockin & Co., 1860. Fourth edition. 12mo., [x], 167 pp., concludes with p. viii Hockin's trade catalogue of apparatus and chemicals, folding double page illustrated plate. Blind-stamped cloth with gilt title. Edgeworn, slight staining and fading to cloth, light occasional foxing, front hinge slightly opened. There are ink and..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1878. First ed. 8vo., 84 pp., 1 illustration. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. Previous owner's inscription on endpaper in ink, scattered foxing, else very good. Housed in a newly made clamshell box of decorative paper and cloth with printed spine label. Covers collodion wet and dry plate photography..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First edition. 12mo., photogravure frontis piece with tissue guard, 100 pp., 4 adverts. Occasional scattered foxing. Quarter morrocco titled in gilt with 5 raised bands and peppled cloth over boards. Slight rubbing to the spine. Bound for the 1882 French scientific expedition to Cape Horn, aboard the..... More
NY: S.D. Humphrey, 1858. Fifth edition. 8vo., xii, 13-214 pp., 5 pp. adverts. Publisher's gilt-titled red cloth which is lightly rubbed at the tips. The previous owner's neat signature is written on the first blank leaf, and there are a few pencil underlinings to the first printed page, with a...... More
NY: S.D. Humphrey, 1858. Fifth edition. 8vo., xii, 13-214 pp., 5 pp. adverts. Gilt-titled red cloth. Lightly worn at edges; original owner's name handwritten on the blank margin of nearly every recto page, with juvenile scribbles on the front and rear blanks and endpapers, remnants of paper labels on the..... 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
London: John Joseph Griffin & Co., 1851. [second edition, revised]. 8vo., series title, x, 2 engravings, 234 pp., [10] pp. catalogue of photographic apparatus dated July, 1851. Numerous illustrations. Original decoratively blind-stamped red cloth. Newly rebacked with printed paper label on spine, tips rounded. General soiling, occasional chemical stains and..... 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