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
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