Millerton: Aperture in association with Verlag Zwolftes Haus, Berlin, 1986. Baltz, Lewis. First edition. Square 4to., 58 b&w photographic plates, (12) pp. text. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket, with printed acetate over wrapper which is moderately rubbed as usual. Limited to 1200 copies. SIGNED by the photographer..... 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
NY: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991. Limited first edition. Oblong folio, [14] pp. with [9] leaves of chromogenic photographs. Half pale blue morocco with blue cloth over boards, housed in a matching blue cloth over boards slipcase. The spine is light struck, turning the blue..... 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, pages and wear to spine; light scattered. A good copy, housed in a new clamshell box of linen with a paper spine label. Charles..... 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
Each photograph measures 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm.) width x 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm.) height. Each has a printed paper label from the Ministry of Information affixed to the blank verso; beneath it is stamped "Cecil Beaton Photograph." Slight silvering to each at the bottom right corner; one print..... More
[Philadelphia: Michael Becotte], 1977. Becotte, Michael. First edition. Oblong elephant folio, 17 x 22.5 inches, which consist of a title sheet, colophon and 20 offset lithographs from photographs, loose as issued, all contained in a cloth box of tray and lid with a mounted illustrated offset photographic plate. Two corners..... More
Paris: Librairie de Firmin Deidot Frères, Fils et Cie, 1867 - 1868. First edition. 2 volumes bound as one. 8vo., iii, 431, [1]; 377, errata, [1]; 8 plates (some folding), of which 5 are color printed, other illustrations in text. Aside from occasional faint foxing, a fine and complete work..... More
Boston: The American Photographic Publishing Co., 1891 - 1906. First editions. 8vos., approximately 50 pp. plus numerous adverts., a frontispiece after a b&w photograph, and other illustrations. Illustrated printed wrappers. 48 individual issues as follows: Vol. IV, No. 3,7,9-11; Vol. V, No. 1-4, 9; Vol. VI, No. 4,5,7, 9-12; Vol..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, [1861]. First edition. 16mo., 129 pp. Printed wrappers. A segment of the front wrapper, which was lacking, has been replace with no loss of text; author / title in holograph was added to the spine. A tear on the title page has been repaired on the blank..... More
Paris: The Author, 1858. First edition. 8vo., [iv], 447 pp. Contemporary quarter roan and marbled paper over boards. Mild rubbing at edges; shelf numbers and deaccession stamps of the Société Francaise de Photographie on the blank margin of the half-title and title page, a few blank lower tips are creased..... More
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, [1857]. First edition. 8vo., III, 276 pp. Contemporary quarter calf, titled in gilt and marbled paper over boards. Tips rubbed and light chipping at the joints. Laid-in is a 2 page holograph sheet of items purchased from Belloc. Very good. Auguste Belloc, born in Paris in 1800..... More
Paris: Belloc, [1861]. First edition. 16mo., 129 pp. Later half morocco and marbled paper over boards, title in gilt on the spine, original printed rear wrapper bound-in. Slight toning; very good. Auguste Belloc (b. 1800, Paris) was a portrait miniaturist, watercolor painter and photographer of the nude. He began making..... More
Paris: Leiber, 1862. First edition. 8vo., [ii], [2], 413, [blank 414], 419 - 420 pp. [i.e. 416 pages, and complete]. Original printed wrappers, bound in modern half brown morocco and marbled paper over boards with the spine in six compartments, titled in gilt. Publisher's address eradicated from the front wrapper..... More
Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1854. First edition. 8vo., 208 pp., 3 pp. adverts. Printed wrappers, which are slightly chipped at the spine ends, with a short tear at the front joint. Scattered foxing, with a few chemical stains. A very good copy. Auguste Belloc, born in Paris in 1800, was a...... More
Paris: P. Dupont, 1892. First edition. 8vo., 88 pp., illustrated adverts. The original decorative wrappers are chipped with cello-tape stains; the front wrapper, formerly detached, has been laid down on archival paper; text shows light toning. A good copy. Housed in a cloth clamshell box with label on upper cover..... More
Paris: Photographie de la Presse Artistique, [ca 1860]. 4to., lithographic title page and 25 of 26 [?] leaves of mounted albumen photographic portraits 9.5 x 6.5 cm, with lithographic borders and the names of the subjects printed below the images, a.e.g. All leaves are attached to linen tabs, as issued..... More
Melun: Imprimerie Administratice, 1893. Nouvelle edition. Small 4to., lxxxiv, 148 pp., frontispiece, illustrated and charts in text. [bound with] IDENTIFICATION ANTHROPOMÉTRIQUE. INSTRUCTIONS SIGNALÉTIQUES. ALBUM: PREMIÈRE PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AUX OBSERVATIONS ANTHROPOMÉTRIQUES. [and] DEUXIÈME PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AUX RENSEIGNEMENTS DESCRIPTIFS. [and] TROISIÈME PARTIE. PLANCHES RELATIVES AU RELEVÉ DES MARQUES PARTICULIÈRES. Melun..... More
Berlin: Ferd. Beyrich, circa 1861 - 1865. 6 loose folio cards, 34.8 x 42.5 cm., each with a mounted albumen print of varying sizes, from approximately 4 3/8 x 7 1/6 inches (11 x 18 cm.) to 8 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches (21.3 x 24.5 cm.). On the lower..... More
Riverside, Calif. The Riverside Camera Museum and the "Camera Shop" 1970-1987. First editions. 4tos., various paginations, illustrated. 41 numbers in 39 issues as follows: No. 7-14, 16-17, 19, 21,-22, 24-32, 34, 37-48, 57, 67, 72/73, plus membership lists and other ephemera. A long but broken run. Began publication as a...... More
London: George Knight and Sons, 1850. Fourth edition. 16mo., 60 pp., illustrations in text, 4 pp. adverts. Original printed paper wrappers. The front wrapper bears the contemporary signature of the original owner and is moderately soiled, with wear and partial separation at the spine. The lower tips of several text..... More
Paris: Leiber; Leipzig: Jung-Treuttel; Madrid: C. Bailly-Baillère, 1864. First separate edition. 12mo., 35 pp., mounted photo plate frontispiece. Illustrated original paper wrappers, which are creased, occasionally stained; else very good. Housed in a newly-made morocco and cloth clamshell box. Blanquart-Evrard was a prolific inventor of photographic process and a notable..... More
Lille: Imprimerie L. Danel, 1869. First edition. 4to., Original printed front wrapper, 2 blanks, half-title, title, 61 pp., 14 leaves of plates with tissue guards, rear printed wrapper. Newly bound in half navy morocco and marbled paper over boards, spine in 6 compartments with raised bands and gilt titling, rules..... More