Vienna: Verlag des Camera-Clubs, 1894 -1896. First editions. 4tos., variable paginations, with illustrations in text and original mounted photogravures. Bound in quarter cloth with marbled paper over boards. 3 volumes comprised of monthly issues: Volume 1, No. 1 (January 1894) to Volume 3, No. 12 (December 1896). Bound with a...... More
Wien: Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1864 - 1908. First editions. 8vos., variable paginations, with mounted original albumen photographic plates. 43 volumes. This set was acquired from the British Patent Office and bears their stamp throughout. A few volumes show early dampstaining, and thirty-six volumes have been newly-bound in quarter..... More
Prague: Fotograficky Obzor (first vol.) and Svaz Ceskoslovenskych Klubu Fotografu Amateru, 1931-1946. First editions. 4tos. each with text pp., plus 64 b&w photogravure plates, adverts. 5 volumes as follows: Vol. I (1931); Vol. IV (1934); Vol. VII (1937); Vol. VIII (1938); full cloth. 1946; cloth-backed paper over boards. The full..... More
Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1970 - 1978. First editions. Oblong 8vos., (48 to 60) pp., b&w photos. 12 numbers in 11 issues. Issues 8 - 17, and 19/20. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Some issues have moderate rubbing to the wrappers, else very good to near fine. Image Nation began publication..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1909. Stieglitz, Alfred. First edition. 4to., 48 pp., with 8 of 9 hand-pulled tissue photogravures (lacking plate IV "Torso"), (12) pp. adverts. Printed wrappers, yapped edges, slight chipping; light foxing on the blank endpapers, else a very good copy. Five hand-pulled photogravures by Herbert G. French; three..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1903. Stieglitz, Alfred. First edition. 4to., 54 pp., complete with 7 hand-pulled photogravures, and 3 of the 4 halftone reproductions. (16) pp. adverts. Case-bound in blue buckram with a leather spine label, titled in gilt. Although lacking the printed wrappers, this issue was not trimmed and the..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1905. Stieglitz, Alfred. First edition. 4to., 58 pp., complete with 8 hand-pulled photogravures, and 2 halftone reproductions, (20) pp. adverts. Case-bound in blue buckram with a leather spine label, titled in gilt. Although lacking the printed wrappers, this issue was not trimmed and the text leaves are..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1904. Coburn, Alvin Langdon. First edition. 4to., 56 pp., 6 hand-pulled photogravures, 1 color halftone reproduction, 1 duotone, 2 b&w halftones, (18) pp. adverts. Printed wrappers, yapped edges, chipped and worn, lacking spine, wrappers detached. Five photogravures and one color halftone by Alvin Langdon Coburn; two halftones..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1906. Coburn, Alvin Langdon. First edition. 4to., 48 pp., 8 of 9 hand-pulled photogravures, (16) pp. adverts. Custom binding of full tan calf, with black and gilt label on front and stamped leather label on spine. The original printed wrappers are bound in. Lacking one plate (Wier's..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1909. Hill, David Octavius. First edition. 4to., 54 pp., complete with 10 hand-pulled photogravures, (12) pp. adverts. Custom binding of full tan calf, with black and gilt label on front and stamped leather label on spine. The original printed wrappers are bound in. Fine. Six photogravures by..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1910. Eugene, Frank. First edition. 4to., 68 pp., 13 of 14 hand-pulled photogravures, (lacking plate XIII "Nude-A Study"), (14) pp. adverts. Printed wrappers, front wrapper detached and lacking a section at the top and bottom of the fore edge, with a few leaves dusty. The original photogravures..... More
NY: Camera Work, 1911. Steichen, Eduard. First edition. 4to., 70 pp., with 12 of 13 hand-pulled photogravures, (15) pp. adverts. Case-bound in blue buckram with a leather spine label, titled in gilt. Although lacking the printed wrappers, this issue was not trimmed. The photogravure plates are fine. Pencil notations on..... More
New Haven: Yale University; School of Art and Architecture, 1973. First edition. 8vo., 64 pp., Numerous b&w photos. Pictorial paper over boards. Moderate soiling to the illustrated boards. A very good copy. An annual publication of the Department of Photography, this issue is dedicated to Walker Evans, the first professor..... More
San Francisco: Ev Thomas, 1976 -1977. Misrach, Richard. First editions. Oblong 8vos., each approximately 24 pp., plus insert. Illustrated stiff wrappers. 3 Issues, No. 3-5. Issue No. 4 shows moderate staining to the wrappers; all very good. Bombay Duck began in 1975 and ceased with Issue No. 5, 1977. Devoted..... More
Carmel, Ca: The Friends of Photography, 1984. Adams, Ansel. First edition. 4to., 56 pp., b&w photos. Blind-embossed illustration on front wrapper. Very good or better. Issued as UNTITLED 37. Essays by Anita Ventura Mozley, John Szarkowski, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Beaumont Newhall, James Alinder, Mary Alinder, Alfred Glass, Rosario Mazzeo, Alan..... More
Carmel, California: The Friends of Photography, 1972 - 1973. First edition. 4to., 96 pp., b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Contains photos by Lee Friedlander, Adam Clark Vroman, Jerry Uelsmann, Ralph Gibson; "A Manifesto for Photographic Education" by A.D. Coleman; "Creativity is Contagious: A Second Look at..... More
Carmel, California: The Friends of Photography, 1972. Weston, Edward. First edition. 4to., 24 pp., b&w plates from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. The entire issue is a memoir of Edward Weston by Dody Thompson. More
Fremont, NH: National Stereoscopic Association, 1977 - 1988. First editions. 4tos. Variable paginations, fully illustrated with b&w photographs. Illustrated wrappers. 67 bimonthly issues. A long and unbroken run. Inserts in most issues, which include auction and dealers catalogues, newsletters, etc. Occasional minor creases and rubbing. Very good. This long run..... 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
Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1952-2015. First editions. The format changed several times, from a staple bound 8vo., to a slightly larger 8vo., to glazed paper over boards 4to., to paper bound 4to., with variations occurring occasionally. A complete run from 1952 to Fall, 2015: Vol. 1, No. 1, through Vol. 19..... More
Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1952- 2001. First editions. The format changed several times, from a staple bound 8vo., to a slightly larger 8vo., to glazed paper over boards 4to., to paper bound 4to., with variations occurring occasionally. A complete run from 1952 to Winter 2001: Vol. 1, No. 1, through Vol..... More
Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1889 - 1899, 1903, 1906. First editions. 4tos., variable paginations, illustrated with engravings and photogravures. An original mounted photographic frontispiece or a photomechanical plate in each of the biweekly issues. 13 bound volumes, as follows: Volume 26, 1889 through Volume 36, 1899, with Volume 40, 1903..... More
Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1866 - 1901. First editions. 12mos., variable paginations, illustrations. 35 issues, the complete publication. The first 25 years are bound in 8 volumes of quarter morocco and cloth with gilt titles and rules on spine, there is wear at the hinges of the first 6 volumes..... More
NY: Scovil Manufacturing Company, 1871-1885, 1887-88, 1891-1900, 1902-05. First editions. 8vo. and 4tos., variable paginations, occasional mounted photographs and photogravure plates. A long but broken run of 30 complete volumes and additional loose issues as follows: Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1871 through Vol. 2, No. 24, December 1872 are..... More
Brewster, Massachusetts: Leo & Wolfe Photography, Inc., 1998. First edition. Large 4to., [8], 216 pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Publisher's cloth with inset plate on the front cover. Fine. The trade edition of inaugural issue of this annual, limited to 4500 copies. The contents are as follows: Louis Jacques Mandé..... More