Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1888. First edition in French. Small 4to., xiv, 221 pp., mounted phototypie frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Contemporary binding of quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, front joint partially cracked; the front flyleaf and frontispiece are detached. A comprehensive history and survey of instantaneous photography; includes chapters..... More

Halle: W. Knapp, 1897. 12mo., [viii], 604 pp., 168 illustrations in text and 38 plates of which a few are in color. Contemporary quarter cloth and marble paper over boards, paper spine label. Very good. More

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1888. First edition. 8vo., iv, 118 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers, rebacked with plain paper spine. Some stains to the wrappers; a stiny tear and chipping to the blank fore edge of p. 109 - 122; a near very good copy. Ex-library of the Photo-Club de Paris, with..... More

Halle/Salle: Wilhelm Knapp, 1899-1901. First editions. 4tos., 326 pp.; 323 pp., illustrated with graphs, charts, line drawings, and an occasional photographic plate. Volume I is comprised of 12 issues, January - December 1899, bound in half calf and cloth, hinges repaired, with a single Kodak Library stamp of the first..... More

Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan; London: The Fountain Press, 1972. First printing of the facsimile edition. Small 8vo., 200 pp., (28) pp. adverts. Fine in dw. More

Paris: Publisher not identified, [1900]. First edition. 4to. [28 cm. x 19 cm], 102 pp., portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrations in text, 10 plates with tissue guards (1 of these in color). Original printed wrappers. Neat ownership signature of a member of the jury of classe 5 on the..... More

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1880. First edition. 12mo., 86 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers; paper label on spine. Private library ink stamp on the front wrapper and blank margin throughout. Occasional light foxing. Blindstamped on the half-title page, "Hommage." Instructions for the preparation of sensitized dry collodion plates (the tannin process); preparing printing..... More

Paris: Ch. Reinwald, [1878]. First edition. 8vo., 16 pp. Original printed wrappers, which shows light stains and 4 short clear tape mends to the rear wrapper and 1 to a few letters on the final text leaf. Light wear to the untrimmed lower blank edge. Charles Fabre (1851 - 1933)..... More

Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1854. First edition. 16mo., 88 pp. Original printed paper wrappers; lacking the spine covering, with some chipping and staining. The text shows some staining and occasional spots of foxing, with one loose signature. Contemporary note on the blank terminal endpaper. A good copy. Housed in a newly..... More

Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, (1974). First facsimile edition. Small 4to., xii, 374 pp., 2 photo-portraits, several photos in text and numerous tables and diagrams. Near fine in dust jacket. Hurter (1844-1898), a chemist by training and profession, and Driffield (1848-1915), an engineer, came to be work associates and..... More

Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1894. First edition. Small 8vo., vii, 48 [4] pp. Printed paper wrappers. Lower portion of the front wrapper is scuffed and abraded, with scuff at the upper corners, and a small chip lacking from the rear wrapper. Text is fine and bright. Blind stamp on the..... More

New York: Produced by Horseguard Lane Productions, Ltd. for Richard Marek Publishers, 1978. First edition. Oblong 4to., 155, [2] pp., largely illustrated in color and b&w. Printed stiff wrappers; lightly worn with a slight bump to the last pages at the upper tip. Very good. Guide to creative uses in..... More

Paris: Libraire Académique Didier et Cie, 1877. Second edition. 8vo., [v], 600 pp., engraved frontispiece, 97 engravings in text, 6 blue toned lithographic plates, and 2 mounted woodburytype photographic plates with tissue guards. Scattered foxing. Contemporary half morroco and marbled paper over boards, spine titled and decorated in gilt; lightly..... More