New York: Gevaert Company of America, 1939. 8vo., 44 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Decorative stiff wrappers. Very good. Related material laid-in, including one sample gelatin silver print (approx. 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches). A priced catalogue of materials for cinematography, amateur, professional and graphic arts. Printed on the..... More
New York: Gevaert Company of America, 1939. Revised edition. 12mo., 31 pp. Decorative stiff wrappers. Near fine. Formulas for negative and positive developers - films - plates; fixing baths, toning solutions, reducers, intensifiers, etc. More
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1882. First edition. 12mo., 42 pp., plus publisher's catalogue. The printed paper wrappers are edge-chipped and toned; spine repaired. There istoning and scattered foxing, otherwise in very good condition as well as unopened. HOUSED IN A NEWLY MADE PAMPHLET CASE OF CLOTH WITH PRINTED PAPER LABEL. A thorough..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1888. First edition. 12mo., vi., 19, [1], [12] adverts, 4 pp. folded advert laid-in. Original printed paper wrappers, distributor's printed label affixed to the front wrapper; slight chipping at the foredge; faint tidemark in text. A very good copy. A manual for the application of photographs..... More
Binghamton, NY: The Goodwin Film & Camera Company, [ca. 1915]. Small 8vo., 16 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Pictorial paper wrappers. Slight wear; very good. The Reverend Hannibal Goodwin (1822-1900), a New Jersey clergyman, patented a method for making transparent, flexible roll film in 1887. The patent was not granted..... More
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Germer Baillière; Félix, Alcan, Éditeur, [1887]. First edition. 16mo., 192 pp., illustrations in text, 1 screened photogravure. New front wrapper in facsimile, with conservation to title page; the first and last few pages are edge-chipped with a few short tears (no loss of text). A good copy..... More
Rochester: Folmer & Schwing Department, Eastman Kodak Company, 1917. 8vo., 64 pp., illustrated. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Neat owner's name in pencil, ink stamped "Equipment File, Graflex Collection" on the margins of the title page; one signature loose, small crease to the tip of the rear wrapper. Very good. An illustrated..... More
Rochester: Folmer Graflex Corporation, [ca. 1930]. Small 8vo., 7 pp., illustrated with b&w photos. Illustrated paper covers, small crease to the lower spine. Very good. Graflex produced the Finger Print Camera from 1917 - 1929. Includes prices. More
Rochester: Folmer Graflex Corporation, [ca. 1932]. 8vo., 45 pp., illustrated. Printed stiff wrappers. Near fine. Illustrated and priced catalogue for the Universal, Century Cirkut, Sterling, Crown, F. & S. Folmer, Graflex, Graphic, and Century Imperial cameras and accessories. More
Hannover / Wien: Günther Wagner, [1919]. 8vo., 24 pp., illustrated. Stiff wrappers. Creases to wrappers, else very good. A priced catalogue of retouching supplies and coloring oils; related material laid-in. More
London: John Weale, 1854. First English language edition. 12mo., xii; 108 pp., 10 b&w wood engravings in text. Cloth over flexible boards, embossed in blind, with a rubbed printed label affixed to front cover. Bookseller label affixed to verso of the front cover; conservation to spine, Slight offsetting to the..... More
Rochester: The Haloid Company, [1926]. 4to., 24 pp., illustrated. Paper wrappers, which are slightly curled and have a short separation at the spine. Very good. A company letter printed on Outline Special photographic paper is laid-in. Provides a history of the company that made fine photographic papers, which later evolved..... More
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St. Louis: Hammer Dry Plate & Film Co., 1935. Small 8vo., 12 pp. Stiff wrappers. Small chips from spine ends; glue residue along spine. Very good. Instructions and formulae for albumen plate making. More
St. Louis: Hammer Dry Plate & Film Co., 1938. Small 8vo., 44 pp., illustrations. Stiff wrappers. Very good. A description of the products, with exposure and processing instructions with formulas. More
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. First ed. Thick small 4to., xvi, [8], 939 [25] pp., frontispiece, plates (some folding), portraits. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, gilt title and decorative rules within raised bands along spine, endpapers and edges marbled. A closed tear to first folding leaf..... More
London: John Churchill, 1855. First edition. 12mo., xvi, 384 pp., errata, figures in text. Publisher's gilt and blind-embossed cloth. There is a short closed tear on the half-title page with no loss, and a private library stamp on the front free endpaper and blank margin of the preface. The rear..... More
NY: H.H. Snelling, 1858. Fourth edition. 12mo., xii, 257 pp., figures in text. Printed paper wrappers. Edge-chipped with a closed tear, ex-libris of the New York Camera Club affixed to the blank reverse of the front wrapper; conservation to spine, else a good copy. Housed in a newly made clamshell..... More
London: John Churchill, 1859. Fifth edition. 12mo., xvi, 516 pp., figures in text. The blank upper corner of half-title replaced; Publisher's cloth decorated in blind on the covers, rebacked with the gilt titled spine laid-down. Very good. First published in 1855, this manual quickly became the standard for its time..... More
London: John Churchill, 1861. Sixth edition. 12mo., xvi, 571 pp., figures in text, adverts. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind on the covers; rebacked with gilt titling on the spine; the original yellow endpapers show soiling tiny chip to the blank bottom margin of the title page. Moderate wear. A near..... More
London: John Churchill, 1855. Second edition. 12mo., xvi, 344 pp., errata, figures in text. Recased and rebacked in the publisher's gilt and blind-embossed cloth, original spine cloth laid-down. Faint dampstains on the front and rear free endpapers; slight bump to one lower board tip. Very good. First published in 1855..... More
New York: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1886. Ninth edition. 8vo., 384 pp., figures in text, plus 38 pp. illustrated adverts. Published in full leather over flexible boards, this volume has been rebound in new leather over flexible boards utilizing the orignal marbled endpapers, titled in gilt on the spine, a.e.g. A...... More
NY: The Scovill & Adams Company, 1892. First edition. 8vo., vii, 426 pp., illustrated. The publisher's cloth binding is illustrated in gilt and black. The front fly and first blank are detatched; rear hinge open but firm. Very Good. A technical manual covering several platinum processes and their chemistry; calotypes..... More
Nancy: Henri Bellieni, [1910]. 8vo., 135 pp., illustrated from b&w and color photographs and engravings. Decorative paper wrappers, which are chipped at the spine and front joint. Front wrapper attached along the spine with brown paper. A small stain and a paper label affixed to the title page. Presentation from..... More
London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney, 1890. First edition. 12mo., iv, 217 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard, diagrams and photos in text, adverts. Publisher's red cloth, titled in gilt. Spine is worn and chipped at the crown; paper label partially removed from spine. Very good. "A general instructional work for the..... More
Philadelphia: Hess-Ives Corporation, December 1915. 8vo., 12 pp., illustrations from b&w photographs. String-tied decorative stiff wrappers. Faint dampstain; owner's name on the front wrapper. Three page price list laid-in, with holograph corrections. Very good. This is the introductory catalogue for the ingenious camera that was capable of producing direct color..... More