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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
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1862. First edition. 8vo., iv, 244 pp. Contemporary red cloth with simple title and rules in gilt on the spine; spine faded with wear at the crown and lower portion of the joints and tips. Occasional faint foxing, with the rear endpaperssoiled. A near very... 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: Imprimerie Paul Dupont, 1892. First edition. 8vo., x, 162 pp., 6 plates. New paper wrappers with the original printed wrapper mounted to covers. A few leaves have short closed tears; several leaves not completely opened. Includes statements by Niépce and Daguerre; the presentation of Daguerre's discovery at the Chamber... 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., 128 illustrations on 10 folding pages, including 1chromolithograph, 5 photolithographs. Quarter morocco, marbled paper over boards, gilt on spine largely rubbed away. Some expert conservation to upper spine, slight wear at tips, modern dealer stamp on half-title, top blank corner of... 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
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
Paris: Alexis Gaudin et Frères, 1855. First edition. 8vo., xxiv, 140 pp. Lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, gilt-title within gilt rules on spine, which is moderately rubbed. [bound with] Blanquart-Évrard, M. [Louis Désiré] TRAITÉ DE PHOTOGRAPHIE SUR PAPIER; AVEC UNE INTRODUCTION PAR M...... 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
Pontypool: Hughes and Son, 1885. Printed for private circulation. 8vo., iv, 54 pp., 17 original composite photos, many of which are gate-folded and mounted on blank leaves at the rear; cracked between the title page and introduction but holding fimly. Opposite one of the photos are explanatory notes in holograph... More