Chicago: Burke & James Incorporated, [1923]. 8vo., 192 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and engravings. Decorative stiff wrappers. Ink date and slight staining on the front; light chipping at the spine ends. Very good. This priced catalogue offers the Rexo camera, Expo Watch Camera, Ingento View Camera, tripods, lenses, Biascope..... 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
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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
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, 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 photo book price list at rear. Roosens..... 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
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 near 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: 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
Paris: Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1897. First edition. 8vo., iv, 165, 29 pp., [2] adversts, 1 double-page plate in color, 3 in b&w. Publisher's red cloth, titled in gilt on the spine and upper cover; modereate wear and fading. Library stamp and number on the title page. A near..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et Fils, 1898. First edition, second printing. Small 4to., (vi), 82 pp. The printed paper wrappers are creased and rubbed, mildly chipped along the spine with a 3 inch separation of the front wrapper at the top of the spine. Very good and partially unopened. Text in French..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1888. First edition. Small 8vo., vi, 29 [3] pp., plus 4 pp. adverts. Plain stiff paper wrappers with publisher's label, possibly a remainder issue. A near fine copy, unopened. Explains the use of silver, iron salts, and potassium bichromate in making of photographic reproduction of prints..... More
Bruxelles: Éstablissements Émile Bruylant, 1912. First edition. Small 4to., [iv], 506 pp., b&w illustrations and figures in text. The printed paper wrappers show dust soiling and moderate wear at the edges; one signature loose. A very good, unopened copy. The complete papers and documents presented at the Fifth International Congress..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1901. First edition. Small 4to., [iv], 155 pp., text illustrations. Printed paper wrappers. Fine and unopened. Primarily concerned with the technical advances in the medium, including cinematography and color photography, with contributions by G. Lipmann, L. Vidal, V. Legros, Auguste and Louis Lumière, Louis-Edward Lévy, et al. The..... More
Paris: Ch. Chevalier, Puech et Cie, Guilloux, 1852. First edition. 8vo., 61 pp. Original printed paper wrappers with a release stamp from the S F P [Société Française de Photographie] indicating that this was a duplicate and released for sale in 1971; with the original bookseller's stamp on the front..... More
London: The Autotype Company, [ca. 1920]. First edition. 12mo., 46 pp., (3) adverts. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Describes the carbro method, the bromoil process, inking, transferring the pigmented print, and the Autotype press. Roosens and Salu No. 7602. More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1913. First edition. 12mo., ix, 74 pp. Publisher's decorative wrappers. Unopened and near fine. Manual for developing and developers. WorldCat locates only nine copies, with. More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et au Bureau du Journal Les Mondes, 1869. Cros, Charles. First edition. 8vo., 12 pp., later tan boards with crimson morocco spine label, printed wrappers bound in. There are a few faint spots of foxing on the front wrapper. A fine copy. Charles Cros (1842 - 1888) and..... More