Paris: Société d'Éditions Scientifiques, 1891. First edition. 12mo., x, 93, [1] pp., figures in text. Contemporary half morocco gilt and marbled paper over boards. Near fine. A compendium of formulas as applied to making phototypes (collotypes] and photocopies. A second series was publishewd in 1892. Roosens and Salu No. 3987..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et Fils, 1896. First edition. 4to., 48, [1] pp., 6 leaves of plates (one in color), with printed tissue guards, and illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers. The wrappers are partially chipped along the spine; creased and worn at the corners and edges, some rubbing. Largely unopened. Very..... More
New York: Wiley & Halsted; London: Trübner & Co., 1858. Fifth edition. 8vo., 242 pp., [3] adverts. Original cloth. Rebacked with the original gilt-titled spine laid-down; rubbed at the fore edge; previous owners' names on endpapers in pencil; else very good. Contains a thorough discussion of the ambrotype process including..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1862. First edition. 12mo., 261 pp., [3] pp. adverts. Publisher's gilt and blind-stamped cloth, rubbed through at the tips; owners' names on the blank endpapers; lacking a corner from the blank free endpaper; occasional small stains. This manual substantially revises and enlarges upon the..... More
Chicago: Burke & James Incorporated, March 1925. Small oblong 4to., 74 pp., illustrated from photographs. Decorative paper wrappers, which are moderately edgeworn. Dampstain on the rear wrapper and along the edges of leaves throughout. A good copy. Rexo products, airbrushes, drawing tables, frames, printing equipment, developing tanks, albums, motion picture..... More
Chicago: Burke & James, ca. 1930. Small oblong 4to., 128 pp., illustrated from photographs. Decorative paper wrappers, which are detached, slightly chipped and worn. The text is printed on brittle paper and toned, with slight edgewear and loss of the upper corner of the penultimate leaf. Good. Rexo products as..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1884. First French edition. 12mo., 112 pp., illustrated, [24] adverts. Printed paper wrappers. Small stain on front wrapper tip; else very good and unopened. Publisher's catalogue of photographic books tipped-in at the rear. INSCRIBED on the front of the wrapper "Hommage de l'Auteur et de l'Editeur." A review..... More
NY: C.P. Goerz American Optical Co., 1909. 8vo., 64 pp., numerous b&w photographs and illustrations. Decorative stiff wrappers, which are edge-chipped and repaired at the spine. Dated in ink on the blank margin of the title page; one 4 pp. signature detached. Very good. A complete, priced catalogue of Goerz..... More
NY: C.P. Goerz American Optical Co., 1916. 12mo., 16 pp., illustrated. Pictorial paper wrappers, date stamped on front wrapper. Vertical crease; prices updated in ink. Good. A priced catalogue of a variety of lenses in various focal lengths, cameras, accessories. More
Munich: Hanns Bierl, publisher, 1950. First edition. 8vo., 157 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Light soiling to the wrappers. Very good. A complete survey of the various types of cameras being produced in Western Germany in 1950, each is pictured with a concise technical description. Among the..... More
Paris: A. Loiseau Fils, 1874. First edition. 8vo., iv, 39 pp., illustrations in text. Illustrated paper wrappers. Very light foxing with one small instance of marginalia in pencil; the front wrapper is detached, chipped and soiled, and the pamphlet has a soft vertical crease. Housed in a newly made clamshell..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1890. First edition. 8vo., xi, 121 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. The wrappers and last 5 leaves are creased. Very good. A manual of determining exposures under various conditions and situations. Roosens and Salu No. 3717. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1877. First edition. 8vo., (vi), 70 pp., illustrated, advert. Newly bound in paper over boards with paper label on front and spine. The original printed paper wrappers are bound in. Foxing, else very good and unopened. Laid in is a twelve page publisher's catalog. Eder in HISTORY OF..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1880. First edition. Small 4to., viii, 58 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers; remnant of a paper label affixed to the top of the front wrapper, slight foxing; very good and unopened. Eder in HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY mentions this title along with those by Abney, Burgess, and Monckhoven, as..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1894. First edition. Small 8vo., (vi), 20 [2] pp., plus 4 pp. adverts. Printed paper wrappers; label removed from top of front wrapper. Blind-stamped "Hommage" on the half-title. Very good. Method for making small carbon prints; includes the publisher's priced list of photography books. Roosens and..... More
Paris: Librairie Scientifique, Industrielle et Agricole, [1876]. First edition. 8vo., 246 pp., approximately 100 pp. of publisher's adverts. Original printed wrappers, which are chipped on the spine, with a partial printed label of the distributor affixed on the upper cover and title page. Old dampstain on the majority of pages;..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, Palais-Royal, 1862. First edition. 8vo., 41 pp., full-page engraved frontispiece, plus (6) pp. Printed wrappers which are edge-chipped, show a faint stamp on the front, and staining on the rear. The text has light foxing and toning, with a small bump at the base of the spine;..... More
Paris: Adrien Delahaye, 1865. Second edition. Thick 8vo., xiii [errata], 563 n pp., frontispiece portrait, illustrations, engraved plates, and 2 folding engraved plates. Morocco-backed marbled paper over boards. Mildly rubbed at tips, light occasional foxing. The hinges are scaped with slight cracking but firm. A near very good copy. ..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1844. First edition. 8vo., [4], errata, 127 pp., [1] folded plate, 4 pp. priced catalogue. Modern cloth over boards with gilt titled leather spine label. A contemporary related article was glued to the reverse of the title page, leaving a moderate stain on the title page as..... More
Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1859. First edition. 8vo., 191, [1] pp., diagrams and charts in text, 1 engraved plate. Later half morocco and marbled paper over boards. The title page and following leaf are heavily foxed, while the remainder of the text shows an occasional spot of light foxing. There are..... More
London: Ilford, 1926. First English language edition, or second edition. 8vo., x, 251 pp., text illustrations, adverts. Gilt-titled cloth. Very good. Devoted entirely to graphic arts reproduction processes; line photoengraving, half-tone, photolithography, photogravure, three-colour process, polychromatic half-tone, etc. Translated from the original French edition. More
NY: Crown Publishers, 1978. First edition. Oblong 4to., 232 pp., index, over six hundered illustrations, many in color. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. An excellent historical survey by the curator of the Kodak Museum in England. More
Paris: Gauthier-vVillars et Fils, 1894. First edition. 12mo., vi, 72 pp., 11 figures in text. Publisher's wrappers, which show a moderate dampstainon the rear and final blank endpaper. Tiny ink notation on the front wrapper, pencil notaions on page margins. Very good. First separate work on photographic perspective. Roosens and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1891. Second edition, revised and augmented. 12mo., vii, 72 pp., gelatin silver bromide frontispiece with printed tissue guard, figures and charts in text. Publisher's printed wrappers. Light occasional foxing. A very good copy. An expanded edition of the first manual for pinhole photography. The frontispiece is..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., (iv), 20 pp., illustrations. Printed paper wrappers. Light scuffs and wear to the wrappers; else very good. Presents the principles of stereoscopy using projection, juxtaposition, and superimposition; as well as problems of black and white and color-image formation. With the stamp of Abel Buguet..... More