Indianapolis: Graphic Enterprises, 1970-1974. First editions. 4tos., approx. 30 pp. each, illustrated from b&w photographs. Illustrated stiff wrappers. 12 issues as follows: Vol. I, No. 1, July 1970 through Vol. III, No. 4, Spring 1974. Original wrappers, bound in a single volume of yellow buckram, titled on the spine. A...... More
Columbus: Ohio Camera Collectors Society, 1969-1976. First editions. 4tos., approx. 4 to 10 pp. each, illustrations; one issue contains an original nineteenth century cabinet card. Illustrated wrappers. 46 numbers in 44 issues. Numerous other ephemeral items included. Very good. Volume I, No. 1, July 1969 through Volume VIII, No. 2..... More
NY: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Inc., 1940 - 1941. First editions. 4tos., variable paginations, each approximately 80 pp. 24 issues as follows: Vols. 2 and 3, an unbroken run from January 1940 to Dec. 1941. Bound in full cloth, titled on the spine; wrappers bound in. Very good. A monthly publication..... More
Paris: Victor Masson et Fils, 1866. First edition. 8vo., 271 pp., 5 large folding engraved plates. The title page is torn and partially detached, partially opened at the gutter. Contemporary marbled paper over boards, recently rebacked in quarter morocco with 5 raised bands, titled in gilt. A good copy. Roosens..... More
Göteborg, Sweden: Victor Hasselblad Aktiebolag, 1980. First English language edition. 8vo., 28 pp., 13 plates from photographs, other illustrations in text. Stapled into photo-illustrated wrappers. Light wear. Very good. The contents are based upon Adams' five books in the Basic Photo Series. Text in English. More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, 1940. 8vos., 40 pp., illustrations from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers, which are lightly rubbed. Very good. A priced and indexed catalogue of cameras, films, papers and chemicals. More
New York: Berlin Aniline Works, [ca. 1900]. 12mo., 88, pp., [viii] blanks. Illustrations from engravings. Stiff paper wrappers, stain on rear wrapper. Signatures loose and laid-in wrappers; else very good. Discusses and describes Agfa developers in substance and ready for use, intensifiers, reducers, isolar plates and flat films. Includes useful..... More
Berlin: I.G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Agfa, ca. 1950. 12mo., 80 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good. The process of development, composition of developers, making solutions, fine-grain development, development of photographic papers, causes of faulty results, etc. Text in English. More
[Berlin: Agfa [Actien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-fabrikation], ca. 1915. 12mo., 296 pp., illustrations from b&w photographs and drawings. Stiff paper wrappers. Very good. Complete instructions for the beginner, from choice of cameras through film developing, printing the picture and printing-out papers, exposures, dark room and its illumination, etc. Makes specific reference to..... More
Binghamton, NY: Ansco Company, 1920. 8vo., 48 pp., illustrations. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Front wrapper has short closed tears and a small crease; very good. An illustrated catalogue of cameras, lenses, accessories and supplies; includes technical specifications and prices. More
Hermance: Michel Auer, 1972. First edition. Square 8vo., 144 pp., Printed stiff wrappers, which are lightly rubbed at the edges. Near fine. Detailed entries for 968 items, including daguerreotypes, callotypes, and every form of camera and apparatis for still and motion pictures, all represented by a thumbmail photograph. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889, 1890. First editions. Royal 8vo., vii, 132 pp.; 138 pp. The first volume has been recased in new stiff wrappers with the original front wrapper mounted on the upper cover. Text shows a few light creases. The second volume is fine in the original publisher's..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Imprimeurs Libraires, Éditeurs de la Bibliothèque Photographique, 1889. First edition. 12mo., vi, 26 pp., (12) pp. publisher's catalog. Newly added facsimile wrappers. A fine copy. Sewn in at rear is the publisher's "Catalogue de Photographie." Roosens and Salu No. 3047. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Imprimeurs Libraires, Éditeurs de la Bibliothèque Photographique, 1890 [1889]. Second printing. 12mo., vi, 26 pp. Chemical stain on the lower right corner of the front wrapper. The text leaves are fine and bright. Roosens and Salu No. 3047. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1891. First edition. 4to., 30 pp., 11 plates. The original printed wrappers are lacking two small chips at the spine ends; slight bump at the lower spine end. Very good. Germain Bapst's treatise on panoramas and dioramas, with 11 plates by Édouard Detaille, is the first history..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition. 8vo., xx, 580 pp.,engraved figures in text. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards. Blank upper corner of the title page lacking; occasional foxing, else very good. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., charts and tables. Original printed stiff wrappers. Chipping to edges of wrappers and pages, with wear to spine; light scattered. A good copy, housed in a new clamshell box of linen with a paper spine label..... More
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., 4 pp. prospectus at rear, charts and tables. Scattered foxing, else very good in contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working with Claude Bernard. After..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition. 8vo., xx, 580 pp., engraved figures in text. The blank tip of the front fly leaf and half-title page are lacking, with scattered foxing. [bound with] Auxerre, P. C. COURS DESCRIPTIF DE PHOTOGRAPHIE PRATIQUE A l'USAGE DE TOUT LE MONDE. CONTENANT DE NOUVEAUX PROCÉDÉS. St..... More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., [ca. 1915]. 12mo., 36 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs. Decorative paper wrappers. Fine. A priced catalogue of a variety of lenses in various focal lengths; prices included. More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., [1909]. Small 4to., 19 pp., illustrations (one in color). Printed stiff paper wrappers, which are soiled and moderately worn along the spine. Several leaves are partially loose; upper tip bumped, dampstained at edges, pencil notations. A fair copy. Revised price list tipped-in. Priced catalogue..... More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1920. 8vo., 64 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and engravings. Decorative stiff wrappers. Color illustrated wrappers, which are slightly worn at the edges; faint tidemark on the rear wrapper, slight wrinkling to text, a few pencil figures on p. 57. Revised priced list of..... More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1914. 8vo., 62, [1] pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and engravings. Printed stiff wrappers; slight bump at upper tip. Very good. Provides an overview of lenses, a section on selecting a lens for different work, a detailed catalogue of lenses and related supplies; prices..... More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1912. 8vo., 63 pp., illustrated from b&w photograph and engravings. Decorative stiff wrappers, which are rubbed and lacking portions at the edges. Near very good. Provides an overview of lenses, a section on selecting a lens for different work, a detailed catalogue of lenses..... More
Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., 1930. 8vo., 48 pp., illustrated. Decorative stiff wrappers. Fine. Provides detailed specifications on a number of lenses, glasses, shutters, etc.; prices included. More