Paris: Gauthiers-Villars & Fils, 1889 - 1906. First editions. Eight volumes, 8vo. Volume 1: 512 pp.; Volume 2: 400 pp.; Volume 3: 407 pp.; Volume 4: 413 pp., with a total of 724 engraved illustrations. Supplement A: 400 pp., 174 engraved illustrations; Supplement B: 424 pp., 221 engraved illustrations; Supplement..... 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
Caen: Imprimerie de F. Le Blanc-Hardel, 1877. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Original printed wrappers, which are lightly chipped; small numbered label affixed to the blank upper margin on the front. There is a short closed tear that extends from the spine 1 inch into the blank margin of the..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1903. First edition. Small 8vo., vii, 61 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Near fine, unopened. Blind-stamped "Hommage" on endpaper; the stamp of Abel Buguet, the author of a number of photographic books, appears on the front cover and title page. Roosens and Salu No. 2140. 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
London: M.A. Nattali, 1844. Second edition. Small 4to., vii, 109 pp., (4) adverts, 10 full-page plates (including frontispiece), plus (3) pp. adverts Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Previous owner's inscription. Light foxing on the title page, else a near fine copy. Gernsheim INCUNABULA #652 states, "Contains 'Sketch of the different..... More
London: D. Bogue, 1854. Fourth edition. Small 4to., xi, 144 pp., color frontispiece with tissue guard, 9 monochrome plates, plus 6 leaves of mixed tints. Publisher's cloth stamped decoratively in blind with gilt title on spine; slightly frayed at the foot and short tear at the crown. The frontispiece is..... 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
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. First U.S. edition. First U.S. ed. 16 mo., 60 pp.; 48 pp., illustrated with woodcuts. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind and gilt. Spine ends chipped, with light rubbing at the tips and scattered foxing. A very good copy. Fisher, an assistant in the Laboratory of..... 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
Wien und Leipzig: A. Hartleben's Verlag, 1913. First edition. 8vo., viii, 240 pp., 154 illustrations. Contemporary linen with a slightly rubbed morroco spine label. Very good. A highly detailed history of the technical development of the apparatus of the cinema. Dr. Carl Forch, 1870 - 1955, was trained as an..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1893. First edition. 12mo., vi, 52 pp., 12 adverts. Publisher's wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 2962. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. First edition. 8vo., 74 pp., plus 2 leaves with 3 plates, 2 of which are in color. Original decorative paper wrappers. Scattered foxing, wrappers creased, slight soil. The title page bears the stamp of the Paris distributor. A good copy. Housed in a new quarter tree calf..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1895. First edition. Small 4to., vii, 158 pp., 17 illustrations, 8 plates with tissue guards. Newly bound in paper over boards with paper labels on front and spine, with the original printed paper wrappers bound in. The wrappers are a trifle dusty and rubbed in one..... More
New York: Frasse & Company, [ca. 1890]. 8vo., 4 pp., illustrations. Stitched printed wrappers. Fine. A trade catalogue for camera and tripod fittings, including thumbscrews, connecting flanges, miter gears, ratchet wheels, and escutcheon pins. More
London: Dawbarn and Ward, 1895. First English language edition. 8vo., (ii), 89 [2] pp., illustrations in text, 6 full-page plates, 12 adverts. Decorative cloth. Moderate soiling to cloth, faint foxing to a few leaves. Very good. A complete manual of all manner of photolithographic printing process with formulary. The six..... More
London: Dawbarn and Ward, 1895. First English ed. 8vo., (ii), 89 [2] pp., illustrations in text, 6 full-page plates, 12 adverts. Decorative cloth. Moderate soiling to cloth, lower tips rubbed with a slight crease to the rear board. Very good. A complete manual of all manner of photolithographic printing process..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1933. First edition. 8vo., xv, 388 pp., illustrated. Cloth. Very good. A manual for photomechanical processes, especially for the illustration of books. With chapters on color printing. More
Paris: Ch. Mendel, [1895]. Second edition. 12mo., 109, [2] pp., adverts. Publisher's wrappers, which are lightly rubbed at the joints; text toned. Very good. Roosens and Salu No. 1847, only listing this 1895 seconded edition and a 1913 later printing. More
Paris: J.J. Dubochet et Cie, 1844. First edition. 8vo., iv, 248 pp., illustrations in text. Contemporary binding of quarter red calf with marbled paper over boards, gilt rules and titling on spine. In the last 50 pages there is intermittent chemical splashing, primarily to the blank margins; still a very..... More
Paris: Alexis Gaudin, 1861. First edition. 12mo., 212 pp. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, original printed wrappers bound-in. Occasional staining which is more pronounced on the last 15 pages. A very good copy. This manual provides a short history of the discovery and instructions for making daguerreotypes, glass..... More
Paris: N.-P. Lerebours; Bachelier; London: Claudet, MAI 1842. Third edition. 8vo., 77 pp., large folding plate, [1], [16] catalogue. Quarter morocco and marbled boards with the moderately soiled original printed wrappers bound-in. On pages 7 and 10, a short closed tear at the blank gutter margin has been repaired with..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1891. First edition. 8vo., vi, 36 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers; spine chipped and label removed from front wrapper. A few small pencil marks in margins, rear wrapper creased. Near very good. A clearly written manual for making ferrotypes, also known as tintypes, including a technique..... More
Paris: A. Guyot, 1834. Fifth edition. 8vo., 203 pp., 5 folding engraved plates. Contemporary binding of quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards; raised bands with gilt detail and titling on spine; all edges marbled. Slight wear to tips; pages toned with slight intermittent foxing, with a bit more pronounced..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Cosmos et Chez Delahaye, 1855. First edition. 8vo., 104 pp. Printed wrappers are slightly edgeworn and show age-toning. Very good or better. Housed in a new quarter cloth and pastepaper clamshell box. Stéphane Geoffray (1827-1895) banker, lawyer and photographer, was the inventor of the waxed paper..... More