THE PHOTOGRAPH: A SOCIAL HISTORY.
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1966. First U.S. edition. 4to., 367 pp., hundreds of illustrations. A very good copy in dust jacket that lacks several large pieces. More
NINETEENTH CENTURY
NOUVEAU MANUEL DE MAGIE NATURELLE ET AMUSANTE
Paris: Librarie Encyclopédie de Roret, 1839. First French edition. 24 mo., 286 pp., 2 folding engraved plates, in seven panels each. Bound with 90 pp. catalogue for ENCYCLOPÉDIE DE RORET dated June 1857. Quarter-morocco with tips and marbled paper over boards; spine with raised bands, gilt title on spine. Moderate..... More
APPLICATIONS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE A LA MÉDICINE
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et Fils, 1896. First edition. 4to., 48, [1] pp., 6 leaves of plates (one in color), with printed tissue guards, and illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers. The wrappers are partially chipped along the spine; creased and worn at the corners and edges, some rubbing. Largely unopened. Very..... More
THE PHOTOGRAPH MANUAL;; A PRACTICAL TREATISE, CONTAINING THE CARTES DE VISITE PROCESS, AND THE METHOD OF TAKING STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES, INCLUDING THE ALBUMEN PROCESS, THE DRY COLLODION PROCESS, THE TANNIN PROCESS, THE VARIOUS ALKALINE TONING BATHS, ETC., ETC.
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1862. First edition. 12mo., 261 pp., [3] pp. adverts. Publisher's gilt and blind-stamped cloth, rubbed through at the tips; owners' names on the blank endpapers; lacking a corner from the blank free endpaper; occasional small stains. This manual substantially revises and enlarges upon the..... More
VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS MEN & FAIR WOMEN.; Introductions by Virginia Woolf and Roger Fry. Edited by Tristam Powell.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1973. Cameron, Julia Margaret. First Revised Edition. Folio, 32 pages of introduction and notes, 44 photographic plates with captions opposite. A near fine copy in illustrated dust jacket. Originally published in a limited edition in 1926, this edition has a new preface and additional photos. More
JULIA MARGARET CAMERON: A VICTORIAN FAMILY PORTRAIT.
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1973. Cameron, Julia Margaret. First U.S. edition. 8vo., 203 pp., 22 full-page captioned photos. Fine in fine dust jacket. More
DREAMING IN PICTURES:; The Photography of Lewis Carroll.
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2002. Carroll, Lewis. First edition. 4to., 172 pp., including 76 photographic plates. Text is further illustrated with 17 additional photographs. Bound in maroon cloth with a photo-illustrated dust jacket. A fine, as new copy, still..... More
SOBRE LA SUPERFICIE BRUÑIDA DE UN ESPEJO: FOTÓGRAFOS DEL SIGLO XIX; Edición Pablo Ortiz Monasterio.
Mexico, D.F. Fonda de Cultura Económica, 1989. First edition. 4to., 111, (1) pp., over 45 full-page color and b&w plates after daguerreotypes. Photo-illustrated glossy stiff wrapper with inner flaps. Light wear to the edges of the wrappers, a very good copy. The title translates to: "On the polished surface of..... More
ANTHONY'S PHOTOGRAPHIC BULLETIN.
NY: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 1870-1901. First edition. 8vos. Each monthly issue approximately 30 pp., illustrations in text, and photographic frontispiece with tissue guard starting in the 1880s. As follows: Vol. 1, No. 7, 1870, partially disbound with chipped wrappers, in cloth case; Vols. 2-3, 1871-1872, complete, bound..... More
L'ETUDIANT PHOTOGRAPHIE:; TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE A L'USAGE DES AMATEURS... AVEC LES PROCÉDÉS DE MM. A. CIVIALE, E. BACOT, A. CUVELIER, L. ROBERT.
Paris: Librairie Scientifique, Industrielle et Agricole, [1876]. First edition. 8vo., 246 pp., approximately 100 pp. of publisher's adverts. Original printed wrappers, which are chipped on the spine, with a partial printed label of the distributor affixed on the upper cover and title page. Old dampstain on the majority of pages;..... More
MÉLANGES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES. SUPPLÉMENT DES NOUVELLES INSTRUCTIONS SUR L'USAGE DU DAGUERRÉOTYPE.
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1844. First edition. 8vo., [4], errata, 127 pp., [1] folded plate, 4 pp. priced catalogue. Modern cloth over boards with gilt titled leather spine label. A contemporary related article was glued to the reverse of the title page, leaving a moderate stain on the title page as..... More
LES PAPIERS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES AU CHARBON
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et Fils, 1898. First edition, second printing. Small 4to., (vi), 82 pp. The printed paper wrappers are creased and rubbed, mildly chipped along the spine with a 3 inch separation of the front wrapper at the top of the spine. Very good and partially unopened. Text in French..... More
TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE SUR VERRE, D'APRÈS LES DERNIERS PERFECTIONNEMENTS.
Paris: Ch. Chevalier, Puech et Cie, Guilloux, 1852. First edition. 8vo., 61 pp. Original printed paper wrappers with a release stamp from the S F P [Société Française de Photographie] indicating that this was a duplicate and released for sale in 1971; with the original bookseller's stamp on the front..... More
CALIFORNIA IN DEPTH: A STEREOSCOPIC HISTORY
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. First edition. Oblong Small 4to., 112 pp., chiefly illustrated with b&w or toned stereo-views. A fine, as new copy in illustrated paper over boards (no jacket, as issued). An excellent survey and historical record. Includes stereopticon in rear pocket; bibliographical references and index... More
SOLUTION GÉNÉRALE DU PROBLÈM DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DES COULEURS.
Paris: Gauthiers-Villars et au Bureau du Journal Les Mondes, 1869. Cros, Charles. First edition. 8vo., 12 pp., later tan boards with crimson morocco spine label, printed wrappers bound in. There are a few faint spots of foxing on the front wrapper. A fine copy. Charles Cros (1842 - 1888) and..... More
Plain directions for obtaining photographic pictures by the calotype, energiatype, and other processes on paper, including the chrysotype, cyanotype, chromotype, etc. etc. with all the latest improvements.
London: T. & R. Willats, 1851. Fourth edition with additions. 16mo., 48 pp., errata, illustrations. Half morocco and cloth with original front wrapper bound in. Slight staining and soiling, with creasing to a few leaves and the blank margin of 4 leaves trimmed 1/8 inch shorter than the remainder of..... More
DAS DAGUERREOTYP:; Geschichte und Beschreibung des Verfarens.
Hamburg: Wilh. Ludwig Anthes, 1839. 8vo., 40 pp., 1 folding engraved plate. Contemporary marbled paper over boards which moderately worn and rubbed at the spine. Faint foxing; a dampstain on the title page steadily fades by p.13. Early signature on the title page. Very good. A partial German translation of..... More
HISTORIQUE ET DESCRIPTION DES PROCÉDÉS DU DAGUERRÉOTYPE ET DU DIORAMA.; PAR DAGUERRE, PEINTRE, INVENTEUR DU DIORAMA, OFFICIER DE LA LEGION-D'HONNEUR, MEMBRE DE PLUSIEURS ACADÉMIES, ETC.
Paris: Alphonse Giroux et Cie, Éditeurs, Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, No. 7, où se Fabriquent les Appareils; et chez les Principaux Libraires, Papetiers, Marchands, d'Estampes et Opticiens, 1839. Nouvelle Edition, corrigée et augmentée du portrait de l'auteur. 8vo., [ii], frontispiece portrait, [ii], 76 pp., 6 leaves of plates A fine and..... More
HISTORIQUE ET DESCRIPTION DES PROCÉDÉS DU DAGUERRÉOTYPE ET DU DIORAMA.; PAR DAGUERRE, PEINTRE, INVENTEUR DU DIORAMA, OFFICIER DE LA LEGION-D'HONNEUR, MEMBRE DE PLUSIEURS ACADÉMIES, ETC.
Paris: Alphonse Giroux et Cie, Éditeurs, Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré, No. 7, où se Fabriquent les Appareils; et chez les Principaux Libraires, Papetiers, Marchands, d'Estampes et Opticiens. 1839. Nouvelle Edition, corrigée et augmentée du portrait de l'auteur. 8vo., [ii], frontispiece portrait, [ii], 76 pp., 6 leaves of plates; complete with half-title..... More
VERDEN SET PÅ NY: FOTOGRAFI OG MALERKUNST I DANMARK 1840 - 1900
København: Nationale Fotomuseum, Det Kongelige Bibliotek, 2002. First edition. 8vo., 103 pp., illustrated from b&w and color photographs and paintings. Color illustrated stiff wrappers with a photographically illustrated over wrapper. Fine. Published as the catalogue for the exhibition at the Nationale Fotomuseum, Denmark, August 29 - October 26, 2002. The..... More
LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. TRAITÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE
Paris: Gauthier-Villars; Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1886, 1888. First editions. Small 4tos., [vol. I] xv [1], 467 pp., mounted carbon frontispiece, 1 full-page b&w collotype after a photo, with tissue guard, 120 text illustrations (including mounted color chart); [vol. II] xiii, 573 pp., photogravure frontispiece with printed tissue guard, 1 folding..... More
PHOTOGRAPHIE. ÉPREUVES POSITIVES NACRÉES, PROCÉDÉ DÉPOSÉ À L'ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES LE 28 FÉVRIER 1855, PAR E. DE POILLY. PRÉCÉDE DU RAPPORT DE LA SOCIÉTÉ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE BOULOGNE-SUR-MER
Paris, Boulogne-sur-Mer [printed]: Chez MM. A. Gaudin et Frère, 1856. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Later cloth and marbled boards. Neat library deaccession stamp of S. F. P. (Société Française de Photographie.) Very good. SIGNED by the author on the copyright page. The author presents a new process for obtaining..... More
ANNUAIRE SCIENTIFIQUE
Paris: Charpentier, 1863. First edition. 12mo., vii, 395 pp., illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Moderate wear to wrappers, newly rebacked with printed spine, ex-library stamp on title page. A partially unopened copy; a good copy. Contains information on the use of photography in astronomy by M. E. Saint-Edme... More
THE PRACTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, A MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND AMATEURS. TO WHICH IS ADDED PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL NOTATION
New York: Office of the Photographic and Fine Art Journal, 1854. First U.S. edition. 12mo., [iv], 67 pp. New calf-backed cloth over boards, with printed paper label on the upper cover. Light chipping to the foredge of the title page; a few upper tips are creased; very good. A manual..... More
THE PRACTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY: A MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND AMATEURS.
London: Photographic Institution, 1855. Delamotte, Philip H. Second edition, revised. 8vo, viii, 166 pp., (10) ads., Calotype print from a collodion negative frontispiece. Recased in the original gilt titled cloth with two small opened tears at the spine. The cloth shows chemical staining in a few places and on the..... More