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
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, 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 leaves of plates (including frontispiece), plus [3] pp. adverts Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth. Previous owner's inscription. Two spots of light foxing on the title page, else a fine copy. Gernsheim INCUNABULA #652 states, "Contains 'Sketch..... 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: Charles Mendel, [1893]. First edition. 8vo., [v], 168, [12] illustrated adverts, 8 leaves of plates. Publisher's printed wrappers, which are lightly soiled. Only a few spots of foxing. A very good copy. This manual offers procedures and formulas for all manners of industrial applications of the carbon process. Roosens..... More
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. First American edition. 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 the London Institution..... 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
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1893. First edition. Small 8vo., 95 pp., illustrated. Original printed paper wrappers, which are rubbed, moderately worn, with erasures and removed labels. Blank corner lacking from the terminal leaf. A good copy internally. Published just prior to the introduction of motion picture photography, this manual explains..... More
NY: American Society of Picture Professionals, 1971-1975. First editions. 4tos., approximately 6 - 8 pp. Mimeograph pages - stapled. 22 issues as follows: Vol. 3, No. 1-6 (No. 5 misnumbered); Vol. 4, No. 1-3; Vol. 5, No. 2, 4-5; Vol. 6, No. 1,2, 4, 5; Vol. 7, No. 1 (mismumbered);..... More
Philadelphia: James W. Queen & Co., 1888. First edition. 8vo., 266 pp., volume title page, illustrated with numerous engravings, charts, and formulas, with a photographic frontispiece at the start of each issue. Volume 1, comprised of 9 monthly issues, April - December, 1888. Ex-libris of The Camera Club Library of..... 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
Berlin: Photokino - Verlag, 1931 - 1940. First editions. 8vos. and 4tos.; various paginations, numerous b&w photographs, adverts. Gilt-embossed cloth. 5 volumes as follows: 1931/32; 1933, 1934, and 1940. Light soiling and wear to cloth, and light occasional foxing. Good to very good. Initially an octavo, in 1935 the format..... More
London: Dawbarn and Ward, 1895. First English edition. 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: J.J. Dubochet et Cie, 1844. First edition. 8vo., iv, 248 pp., illustrations in text. Recent binding of half morocco with marbled paper over boards, with five raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine. The title page and first few leaves show an early dampstain and foxing; the..... 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