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

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: 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. 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: 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

London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849. Daguerre. Second ed. 8vo., xxvi, 478 pp., (24) pp. Half calf and marbled paper, with all edges marbled, calf spine and tips replaced. The front marbled endpaper is partially detatched. A very good copy. Hunt (1807-1887) was librarian and keeper of mine records at..... More

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. Publisher's blind stamped cloth titled in gilt on the spine; small tears to the spine have been expertly repaired; tips and edges are rubbed through to..... More

London: Ilford Limited, [ca. 1934]. 12mo., 16 pp. Printed stiff wrappers. [with] ILFORD PLATES AND FILMS [descriptive title] 12mo., [20] pp., illustrated from b&w photographs Decorative wrappers. Near fine. The first booklet describes the process of printing on Bromide and similar papers, and takes the reader through the various stages..... More

Chicago: J.A. Anderson, Manufacturer of Photographic Apparatus, [ca. 1915]. 8vo., 8 pp., illustrations. Laid-in are 2 pp., which augment, and 4 pp., which duplicate existing pages with updated prices pasted in. Printed stiff paper wrappers, which are slightly creased. Some staining and loose leaves. Very good. Priced catalogue of cameras..... More

Philadelphia: John Haworth Company, Eastman Kodak Company, ca. 1925. 8vo., 28 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Printed paper wrappers. Very good. A priced catalogue of film developing tanks and darkroom accessories, commercial printers, enlargers, lenses, etc. More

Paterson, NJ: John Royle & Sons, 1915. 8vo., 20 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. Describes in detail machinery intended for use by photoengravers. More

Paris: J. Dumaine, 1866. First edition. 8vo., [vi], 75 p., 2 large folded plates, including a panoramic plan of the polygon at Versailles. Wrappers printed in facsimile. Short tape repair to the blank reverse of the final folding plate. Housed in a new card pamphlet case with printed paper labels..... More