Quedlinburg and Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Gottfr. Basse, 1845. First edition. 8vo., 72 pp., folding frontispiece. Later paper over boards with panel of the original printed front wrapper mounted on the upper cover. Some leaves have small closed tears, chips, creases, and faint stains. A good copy. Calling upon..... More
Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique De Roret, 1851. Nouvelle édition, entièrement refondue, ornée de figures, et mise au courant des perfectionnements les plus récents. 16mo., xvi, 368 pp., 90 pp. publisher's catalogue, illustrations in text, and one large folding engraved plate with 36 figures. Quarter vellum gilt with spine label and..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1895. First French edition. Small 8vo., vi, 100 pp., 12 adverts, frontispiece with tissue guard, 2 plates with tissue guards, text-illustrations. The printed paper wrappers are moderately worn, with a short closed tear to front wrapper and first two pages. Very good, unopened. This manual describes..... More
Paris: Chez tous les librairies, [ca. 1860]. Second edition. 16mo., 216 pp., albumen photographic frontispiece. Occasional light foxing. Contemporary quarter morocco spine titled and decorated in gilt, with rubbed marbled paper over boards. Early owner's ex-libris affixed to the front pastedown. A very good copy. This small book of literary..... More
New York: A Studio Book, The Viking Press, 1980. First U.S. edition. 4to., 192 pp., hundreds of b&w and color illustrations. A near fine copy in dust jacket. "For two years the research team on Camera sifted through tens of thousands of photographs in great museums and private collections throughout..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1893. First edition. Small 8vo., xviii, 419 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard as plate 1: photocollographic; plate 2: photozincograph with tissue guard; plate 3: contains three mounted paper specimens, lined, grained and smooth; illustrations in text. Half faux leather and cloth, titled in gilt on the..... More
London: Kegan Paul, 1883. Fourth edition. 8vo., viii, 280 pp., mounted Woodburytype frontispiece with tissue guard, 5 plates which include examples of albumen and Woodbuytypes, copper-plate print from heliograph, and electotype from heliograph, and a survey map; text illustrations, adverts. Publisher's decorated cloth. Rebacked with the original spine laid down..... More
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. First English language edition. 8vo., xi, 288 pp., mounted Woodburytype frontispiece with tissue guard, 5 plates which include examples of albumen and Woodbuytypes, copper-plate print from heliograph, and electotype from heliograph, and a survey map; text illustrations, adverts. Publisher's cloth which is moderately..... More
London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. First English language edition. 8vo., xi, 288 pp., 35 publisher's adverts, mounted Woodburytype frontispiece with tissue guard, 5 plates which include examples of albumen and Woodbuytypes, copper-plate print from heliograph, and electotype from heliograph, and a survey map; text illustrations, adverts. Publisher's cloth..... More
London: Hazell, Watson, & Viney, 1899. Wall, E.J. Fifth edition. 12mo., vii, 104 pp., viii-xxi pp. (adverts), original carbon print mounted as frontispiece. The cloth is showing light fading from moisture and wear; tissue repair at the front hinge; text shows leght wear and edgetoning. A good copy. An excellent..... More
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Baltimore: Richard Walzl; John Cox, Book, Job and Poster Printer, 1872. Second edition. 12mo., original mounted albumen frontispiece with tissue guard, 179, [1] pp., illustrations, map. The printed and illustrated wrappers are also illustrated on the reverse. The wrappers are chipped at corners; a closed tear at the spine base..... More
Gloucester: John Bellows, [1868 - 1870]. Broadside, 12 3/16 x 10 inches [31 x 25.4 mm] printed in red and black inks on card stock, with a mounted albumen photograph 3 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches [ 8 x 7.3 mm]. There is a closed one-inch tear at the center..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/ NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1999. Watkins, Carelton. First edition. 4to., 228 pp., 105 full-page plates, including 4 gate-fold plates, other illustrations in text. Paper over boards, with photo-illustrated dust jacket. Fine, as new in the publishers shrinkwrap. Catalogue for a traveling exhibition..... More
Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1850-1871. First editions. 12mo., variable paginations, engraved frontispieces. 20 volumes. 21 years; 1850-1862, 1864-71. (1866 -67 issued as a single volume). A near complete run, lacking only the issue for 1863. All volumes bound in publisher's cloth over boards. Several volumes are ex-library with minimal..... More
's Gravenhage: Ter Algemeene lands drukkerij, 1833. First edition. 8vo., 61 pp., plus 4 plates (3 folding). Contemporary diced paper over boards, decorated with gilt, a.e.g. Ink owner's stamp on the blank verso to the title page. Lacking a tiny chip from the spine ends. Near fine. The Dutch and..... More
Aberdeen: Printed by John Duffus, 1866. First edition. 8vo., 12 card leaves with mounted albumen photographs, followed by a descriptive letterpress leaf. Light foxing to a few descriptive leaves, heavier on the title page and last leaf; the albumen photographs are richly toned, with the usual light fading at the..... More
(Aberdeen): Aberdeen University Press in association with the University of Aberdeen, (1981). Wilson, George Washington. First edition. Oblong small 4to., x, 204 pp., 220 illustrations. A near fine copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Wilson, the leading portrait photographer of Aberdeen in the 1850s, was an early innovator experimenting with..... More