Paris: Chez les Principaux Libraires, 1854. First separate edition (reprinted from Moniteur Universel December 11,12, and 31, 1853 and January 11,13 and 23, 1854. 8vo., 58 [1] pp. Several leaves show staining, largely concentrated at the fore edge, with chipping to the foredge and rounding to the bottom tip; in..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1865. 8vo., 74 pp., 4 lithographic plates. String-tied, issued without wrappers. Near fine. The author disputes the claim that several images were photographically created in the eighteenth-century. They were actually made with a camera obscura. It was the author's grandfather, Matthew Boulton, a collaborator with James..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1981. First edition. 4to., illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Louis..... More
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
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
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
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
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
Gettysburg, PA: W.C. Darrah, Publisher, 1981. First edition. 4to., illustrated. Fine in dust jacket. Still the best single volume on the history and practitioners. More
Gettysburg: William Culp Darrah, 1964. First edition. 8vo., xii, 255 pp., illustrations. Gilt-titled cloth. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. An essential history and reference. More
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