NY: H.H. Snelling, 1858. Fourth edition. 12mo., xii, 257 pp., figures in text. Printed paper wrappers. Edge-chipped with a closed tear, ex-libris of the New York Camera Club affixed to the blank reverse of the front wrapper; conservation to spine, else a good copy. Housed in a newly made clamshell..... More
London: John Churchill, 1861. Sixth edition. 12mo., xvi, 571 pp., figures in text, adverts. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind on the covers; rebacked with gilt titling on the spine; the original yellow endpapers show soiling tiny chip to the blank bottom margin of the title page. Moderate wear. A near..... More
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1887. First edition. 8vo., 136 pp., frontispiece portrait, plus xxvi pp. illustrated adverts. Publisher's brown cloth decorated in gilt and black, slightly rubbed at the front hinge and the base of the spine and tips. Handwritten on front pastedown is "Orange Camera Club" with no other..... More
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London: Taylor and Francis, 1853 - 1855. Mixed editions. 8vos., 27 issues, variable paginations, loose folded sheets, illustrations and figures in text. One issue has the first leaf detatched, several partially separated at the fold with no loss, the last has a few closed tears, several are toned or dusty..... More
[London: R. and E. Taylor], 1840. First edition. 4to., 59 pp., 2 leaves of plates. Later wrappers with printed labels on the front wrapper and spine. Extracted from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 130. Fine. Housed in a newly made pamphlet case of cloth-backed paper over..... More
(Oakland, CA): The Oakland Museum, 1973. First edition. Oblong small 4to., 31 pp., 14 plates, six-plate panoramic gatefold (View of San Francisco, 1853), text illustrations. The illustrated stiff wrappers are rubbed. A very good copy. More
Edinburgh: The Scottish Arts Council, 1970. Hill, David Octavius. First edition. Small 4to., 86 pp., 31 plates, addenda and errata sheet laid-in. Pictorial stiff wrappers in printed glassine wrapper which is lacking a chip from the blank rear panel. Near fine. Published on the occasion of a traveling exhibition; lists..... More
Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 1981. Hill, David Octavius. First edition. 4to., 220 pp., numerous illustrations in text, plus a profuse catalog of hundreds of small format reproductions of their calotypes. Pictorial stiff wrappers. One tiny scrape to the front wrapper foredge; a near fine copy. David Octavius Hill and..... More
London: Times Newspapers Limited, 1973. Hill, David Octavius. First edition. 8vo., unpaged, plus 64 full-page plates with captions. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Previous owner's name monogram stamped in ink on the half-title page. Wrappers lightly soiled, else a good copy. More
NY: Robinson & Caswell, 1856. First edition. 8vo., xii, 175 pp. Publisher's decoratively blind-stamped cloth, gilt title on the upper cover. Short chip at the top of the spine, slightly extending to the upper board; slight stain at the bottom 1 1/2 inches of the front cover; scattered foxing. Very..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1898. First French edition. 12mo., (ii), 95 pp., frontispiece, figures in text. Printed wrappers. Near fine. The frontispiece is a facsimile of a platinotype print before and after development. Hinton was the editor of the PHOTOGRAPHIC ART JOURNAL and THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER. An accomplished Pictorialist, he..... More
Parisiis: Ex Typographia Firminorum Didot, 1855. First edition, as such. 12mo., xlvi, 299 pp., 18 mounted albumen photographs, and 2 double-page maps with tissue guards, a.e.g. Bound in a later full morocco, decorated with rules and corner ornaments in blind, patterned endpapers. The gutter is partially opened at the title-page..... More
New York: S.D. Humphrey, 1851. First editions. 8vo. continuously paginated vii, 384 pp. 12 issues, Vol. 2 No. 1, May 15, 1851 to Vol. II, No. 12, November 1, 1851. Original illustrated wrappers present on all but issue #10, with some mild chipping at the edges of a few issues..... More
London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, 1854. Fourth edition, revised. 8vo., [ix] adverts, series title page, chromolithograph frontispiece, xii, 329 pp., [2] pp. adverts, 87 b&w engraved figures, 1 b&w engraved chapter vignette. May, 1854 CATALOGUE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS bound into rear and partially loose Publisher's blind embossed cloth..... More
London: Reeve, Benham, and Reeve, 1849. Daguerre. Second ed. 8vo., xxvi, 478 pp., (24) pp. Half calf and marbled paper, with all edges marbled, calf spine and tips replaced. The front marbled endpaper is partially detatched. A very good copy. Hunt (1807-1887) was librarian and keeper of mine records at..... More
Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Co., 1841. First edition. 8vo., viii, 96 pp., lithographic frontispiece showing an image in positive and negative, with 29 illustrations in text. The frontispiece shows staining and foxing at the edges; a few leaves have creased corners and modest foxing. The top and bottom of the..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1844. First edition. 8vo., vii, 303 pp., 32 pp. adverts, hand-colored engraved folding frontispiece, text diagrams. Recased in the decoratively blind-stamped publisher's original cloth. The lower edge of the binding is rubbed, with moderate wear at the tips. A very good copy..... More
Southampton: Photo-Zincographed by Her Majesty's Command at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Colonel Sir H. James, Director. 1862. First ed. Folio, (vi), 16 pp.; illustration, text in red and black. The original 4 pp. prospectus has been tipped-in following the text. Decoratively blind-embossed cloth with gilt title and emblem, recased..... More
Paris: Bureaux de l'Artiste, 1839. First edition. 4to., 4 pp. Faint foxing, archival paper repair along the fold; with a toned area, 1 x 1/2 inch at the top blank margin where tape has been removed. Very good. Laid-in a paper and boards folder with a printed paper label on..... More
San Francisco: Published for an exhibition organized by Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986. First ed. 8vo., 47 pp., frontis, 27 plates, detailed listing of the 78 daguerreotypes exhibited. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight wear to extremities..... More
The Bibliographical Society of America. 1973. 8vo., 283 - 304 pp., illustrations. Stapled into printed wrappers. Light crease at the spine. Near fine. The authors present evidence that Henry Hunt Snelling's 1849, THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY, which was commonly referred to as the first bound..... More
Seebruck am Chiemsee: HeeringVerlag, 1979. First ed. Small 4to., 279 pp., (1) advert, numerous b&w photos, 6 in color. Illustrated paper over boards. Spine toned. Very good. A detailed and extensive work; the chapters include an overview of the development of the daguerreotype; individual practitioners and histories by cities and..... More
Seebruck am Chiemsee: HeeringVerlag, 1979. First edition. Small 4to., 270 pp., (1) advert, numerous b&w photos, 6 in color. Illustrated paper over boards. A near fine copy. A detailed and extensive work; the chapters include an overview of the development of the daguerreotype; individual practitioners and histories by cities and..... More
Paris: Amyot, [1861]. First edition. 8vo., 330 pp., 65 illustrations in text. Contemporary quarter leather with title and decorations in gilt with marbled paper over boards; edges and hinges rubbed; contents clean and very good. Presented in nine parts: the first part offers a comprehensive history starting with Euclid to..... More
Paris: [Vol. 1-4] Bureau de la rédaction; [vol. 5-6] Amyot, 1862-1866. First edition. 6 volumes. 8vo., [Vol. 1] 508 pp.; [Vol. 2] 488 pp.; [Vol. 3], 376 pp.; [Vol. 4] 390 pp.; [Vol. 5] 389 pp.; [Vol. 6] 410 pp.; hundreds of b&w wood engravings. Engraved seal vignettes on each..... More