New York: Charles Scribner & Co., n.d. [1868]. First English edition [translated from the French, and edited by Charles W. Quin]. 12mo., xii, 248 pp., color frontispiece, illustrations, plus 36 pp. adverts. The blind-stamped cloth shows staining, rubbing and some wrinkling. Very good. A well-illustrated survey of optics from a.... More
Bloomington, IL: (A.M. Marton), 1905. Second edition. 8vo., 213 pp., illustrated. Later gilt-titled cloth. The title is handwritten on spine in white ink. Leaf 7 -8 is stained from what appears to be rubber cement, and the lower board tip is slightly bruised, else very good. Chapters include: The Carbon... More
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Bloomington, Ill. A.M. Marton, n.d. (190?). 12mo., 12 pp. Printed stiff wrappers. Near fine. Instructions and priced catalogue. More
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Bloomington, Ill. A.M. Marton, n.d. (190?). Fifth edition. 12mo., 12 pp. Decorative wrappers. Slight bump to the upper tip. Very good. A short but comprehensive manual with a price list for ordering his carbon tissue and accessories. A.M. Marton is the author of THE NEW TREATISE ON THE MODERN METHODS..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862. First edition. 8vo., half-title page, title page, iv, 244 pp. Cased in newly made binding of paper over boards, with a facsimile of the title page applied to the upper cover. Scattered foxing; unopened and untrimmed. Good. The authors, the Parisian photographic firm of... More
Halle a. S. Wilhelm Knapp, 1912. First edition. 8vo., 52 pp. Printed wrappers. Very good. Emil Mayer (1871 - 1938) born in Bohemia, earned his juris doctorate in Vienna. At the turn of the twentieth century, he was an active amateur photographer, and member of several Viennese photographic societies. His... More
Boston: American Photographic Publishing Co., 1923. First American ed. 8vo., vii, 191 pp., (1) advert. Cloth. Previous owner's neat signature on the title page. A very good copy. A comprehensive step-by-step manual. Roosens and Salu No. 1175. More
Berlin: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1920. Second ed., revised and enlarged. 8vo., viii, 272 pp., 16 plates, illustrated adverts. Printed paper over boards which are stained, spine ends chipped, and tips rubbed. The text block and illustrations are very good. A most complete manual with formulary on all aspects of the bromoil process. More
[Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lancaster Press, 1942. Offprint]. 8vo., 41-52 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Dampstained. Good. An offprint, reprinted from the Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 233, No. 1, January, 1942. More
[London: Headley Brothers, printers, 1961. First edition - Offprint. 8vo., 173-197 pp., portrait. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled. Light creasing. Very good. A biographical tribute to Dr. Mees, who joined the Eastman Kodak Company in 1912 and created and directed their research laboratories. Contains a bibliography of 4... More
[Rochester, NY]: Photographic Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Co., 1990. First edition. 8vo., 196 pp., illustrated with full-page plate from b&w photographs. Faux leather over boards. A fine copy in publisher's decorative paper over boards slipcase. Charles Edward Kenneth Mees (1882–1960) was a British-American physicist and photographic researcher. His researches were... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., (iv), 31 pp., illustrated. Printed paper wrappers which are moderately soiled; with a splatter stain and lightly edge-chipped. SIGNED presentation from the author on the half-title page. Very good. At the head of the title: Enseignement supérieur de la photographie. (Conférences de la Société..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1896. Translated from the German ed. 8vo., viii, 142 pp., illustrated. Stamped "From the Cromer Collection." Edges of wrappers and leaves have small closed tears and chipping; a new paper spine has been applied; toned; else very good. A treatise for the amateur photographer on a.... More
Paris: E. Bernard, 1907. First edition. 8vo., 299 pp., numerous illustrations, 3 folding plates. Printed paper wrappers. Faded along spine and edges, with light chipping and tears ; else very good and partially unopened. Volume 5 of a 6 volume series issued freom 1905 - 1910. This is the only volume in the series pertaining to photography. More
Paris: J.-B. Bailliére et Fils, 1866. First edition. 8vo., iv, 333 [3] pp., 41 text illustrations, 3 mounted albumen photo-plates. Bound with: PRÉCIS DE MICROPHOTOGRAPHIE, par G. Huberson. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1879. First ed. 100 pp., frontispiece, illustrated, 4 pp. catalogue. And bound with: PHOTOMICROGRAPHIE EN CENT TABLEAUX POUR PROJECTION, par... More
Paris: A. Gaudin et Frère, 1855. First edition. 8vo., 107 [1] pp., illustrated from wood engravings. Bound in new facsimile wrappers with the original rear printed wrapper included. Ink stamp of the Société Française de Photographie and their release stamp on the title page, with soiling and tears along the..... More
Paris: A. Gaudin, 1859. Third edition. 8vo., 600 pp., [4] adverts, 128 illustrations on 10 folding pages, including 1 chromolithograph. Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards and paper spine label. Partially opened between the half-title and title page; otherwise, a very good and bright copy. This is the... More
Paris: A. Gaudin et Frère, 1856. Second edition. 8vo., 400 pp., plus 4 engraved folding plates and one heliogravure plate, which is detailed with a full tonal range, [3] adverts. Later binding of quarter calf gilt, and marbled paper over boards. The blank lower margin of the title page bears... More
Paris: Georges Masson, Libraire-Éditeur, 1876. First edition. 8vo., 104 pp., illustrated; bound with: PHOTOGRAPHIE AU CHARBON. PROCÉDÉS EXPLOITÉS ET PERFECTIONNÉS PAR AD. BRAUN & CIE., 12mo., ix, 12 pp., figures in text. Quarter morocco and marbled boards, gilt decorations and title on spine within raised bands. The instruction booklet is..... More
Paris: Administration du "Bulletin de l'imprimerie" 1888. First ed. 8vo., ix, 343 pp., 6 plates, text illustrations, adverts. Printed paper wrappers, with a short chip lacking at the base of the spine. Near fine. A review of printing techniques, including stereotype, electro-galvanography, photogravure, phototypie, photochromie, and typochromie. More than a.... More
[Hollywood]: Jacques de Langre, 1967. Mortensen, William. New, expanded edition. Folio, [67] pp., with 26 b&w, tinted and full color plates from photographs with opposite page technical data and justification. There is a stain to the blank opposite page margin from a color plate; else, a near fine copy in... More
Saint - Quentin (Aisne): J. Moureau et Fils, 1883. First edition. 8vo., (iv), 12 pp., 3 color illustrations (chromotypes) Decorative stiff paper wrappers. Edges browned and worn. A good copy. An example of using watercolors to highlight the printing of illustrations in the color relief process. Scarce. OCLC locates a single... More
(London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons), 1882. First edition. 8vo., 13 pp., charts. Self-wrappers.. Modest dust smudging to front and rear. Very good. Housed in a newly made pamphlet folder. Printed for the Royal Institution of Great Britain on the occasion of an "Extra Evening Meeting, Monday, March 13... More
NY: Tennant and Ward, 1935. Niepce, Nicephore. First U.S. edition. 8vo., (viii), 163 pp., (4) adverts. Cloth. Very light rubbing at the lower tips. A fine copy. Edward Epstean's translation into English of La vérité sur l'invention de la photographie. Reprint of 1867 edition published in Paris by the Library... More
Berlin-Steglitz: NPG Bibliothek; Neue Photographische Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft, n.d. (ca. 1912). Second edition. 8vo., 45 pp., text illustrations, [2 p.] adverts. Decorative paper wrappers. Very good. No listings on OCLC. More