Paris: Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1898. First edition. 8vo., 186 pp., 40 pp. publisher's catalog at end. Cloth over flexible boards. A near fine copy. Letters and papers by these first inventors of photography, with annotations and comments by Colson; includes bibliographical footnotes. Texts in French. An early anthology..... More
Paris: Charles Mendel, 1908. First edition. 8vo., viii, 223 pp. Newly bound in paper over boards with printed paper label on upper board. Minor chipping to the blank tips of first few leaves; edges toned. A very good copy. The full complement of papers presented on various applications of photo-documentation..... 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: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1890. First edition. 8vo., xviii, 202 pp., 5 unnumbered leaves of plates, other illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers, which are slightly dust soiled; there is a small chip lacking from the coated spine. Léon Gaumont's neat bookplate and signature on the half-title page, with a...... More
Washington: Published for the National Portrait Gallery by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. Cornelius, Robert. First edition. 4to., 152 pp., text illustrations, 32 full-page plates. The rear wrapper is somewhat warped. A very good copy, published only in illustrated stiff wrappers. Though his career was short, his studio was only..... 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, 1911. First edition. Small 8vo., viii, 111 pp., a few text illustrations. Publisher's printed paper wrappers, which are lacking a few small chips at the spine ends, and a few creases to wrappers. A very good unopened copy. A review and manual for the autochrome process. Roosens and..... 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
London: T. & R. Willats, 1851. Fourth edition with additions. 16mo., 48 pp., errata, illustrations. Half morocco and cloth with original front wrapper bound in. Slight staining and soiling, with creasing to a few leaves and the blank margin of 4 leaves trimmed 1/8 inch shorter than the remainder of..... More
Halle: Verlag von Wilhelm Knapp, (1937) 1950. Croy, Otto R. Small 8vo., 120 pp., 89 b&w photo-plates, adverts. Illustrated stiff wrappers which are lightly soiled. Very good. A manual for photomontage with examples by the author and suggestions for graphic applications. Text in German. More
Paris: Publications Photographiques et Cinématographiques, 1925. First edition. 12mo., 48 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers. Patially unopened. The blank corners of the last leaf and rear wrapper are lacking; else very good. A practical guide to the modern methods of illumination by artificial light. No copies listed on WorldCat... More
Paris: Susse Frères, Éditeurs, Place de la Bourse, 31; Delloye, Librairie, Place de la Bourse 13, 1839. First edition, first issue, second imprint. 8vo., [ii] [half-title, notice of publisher], [2] [title page, table on contents], 79 pp., [2]. 1 advert., 6 plates. [bound with] Chevalier, Charles. NOUVELLES INSTRUCTIONS SUR L'USAGE..... More
Paris: Alphonse Giroux et Cie, Éditeurs, Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, No. 7, où se Fabriquent les Appareils; et chez les Principaux Libraires, Papetiers, Marchands, d'Estampes et Opticiens. 1839. Nouvelle Edition, corrigée et augmentée du portrait de l'auteur. 8vo., [ii], frontispiece portrait, [ii], 76 pp., 6 leaves of plates; complete with half-title..... More
NY: Winter House Ltd., 1971. Daguerre. First edition, as such. Small 4to., 282 pp. Cloth, titled in blind on the upper board and spine. A fine copy, housed in a rubbed paper over boards slipcase. Issued without a dust jacket. The original English and French manuals are reproduced in facsimile..... More
Hamburg: Wilh. Ludwig Anthes, 1839. 8vo., 40 pp., 1 folding engraved plate. Contemporary marbled paper over boards which moderately worn and rubbed at the spine. Faint foxing; a dampstain on the title page steadily fades by p.13. Early signature on the title page. Very good. A partial German translation of..... More
Paris: Alphonse Giroux et Cie, Éditeurs, Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, No. 7, où se Fabriquent les Appareils; et chez les Principaux Libraires, Papetiers, Marchands, d'Estampes et Opticiens, 1839. Nouvelle Edition, corrigée et augmentée du portrait de l'auteur. 8vo., [ii], frontispiece portrait, [ii], 76 pp., 6 leaves of plates A fine and..... More
[Paris]: Aux Bureaux D'Abonnement et de Vente, 1839. First edition. 4to., 412 pp.,profusely illustrated with engravings. Bound in the publisher's illustrated paper over boards with cloth spine. Tips and edges rubbed and lightly soiled; moderate foxing. Very good. Contains the article "La Photographie, ou le Daguerréotype" [374-376 pp.] illustrated with..... More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, [1902?]. [Second edition?]. 12mo., 34 pp., 1 illustration, adverts. Printed paper wrappers; edge-tonned with slight chipping to the foredge of the half-title page. Very good. Housed in a pamphlet folder of cloth and marbled paper over boards with printed spine label. Publisher's adverts laid in. Roosens and Salu..... More
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1977. First edition. 4to., 246 pp., 301 color and b&w illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket that is lacking a samll chip on the front panel and has a tiny tear at the spine. Regarded as the best single volume historical survey. More
(Gettysburg: (William Culp Darrah - Times and News Pub. Co., 1964). First edition. 8vo., xii, 255 pp., illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. A very light bruise to the lower front board tip, else a near fine copy in gilt-titled blue cloth; issued without a dust jacket. SIGNED by the author. A pioneering..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1877. First edition. 8vo., vi, 210 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers which are chipped at the bottom edge; rebacked with a new paper spine. Ex-library stamp on the front wrapper and title page; scattered foxing. A good copy which is unopened. Provides a detailed review of photographic processes..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars; Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1886, 1888. First editions. Small 4tos., [vol. I] xv [1], 467 pp., mounted carbon frontispiece (lacking the printed tissue guard), 1 full-page b&w collotype after a photo, with tissue guard, 120 text illustrations (including mounted color chart); [vol. II] xiii, 573 pp., photogravure frontispiece with..... More
Boston & London: Focal Press, 1988. First printing. 4to., x, 219 pp., illustrations from b&w white photographs, charts and graphs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. More