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HAWK-EYES:
Rochester, New York: Blair Camera Company, March 15, 1904. First edition. 12mo., 44 pp., illustrations from engravings. Stapled into decorative stiff wrappers, which are edge rubbed, creased at upper tip, with droplet stains on the rear wrapper. The text is lightly worn and includes an errata slip. A good copy..... More
PHOTOGRAVURE. With an Introduction and Additions by the Editor.
NY: Scovill & Adams, 1895. First edition. 8vo., [viii] adverts, frontispiece with tissue guard, [44] pp., [22] adverts. Publisher's decorated paper wrappers, printed in blue and gold. Although a short text, this is a thorough step by step manual, written in a clear, conversational style. It includes a brief history..... More
ADVENTURES OF MR. ELECTRIC: Poems by Gary Blankenberg, Photographs by Stephen John Phillips.
Baltimore: Tropos Press, 1990. First edition. 16mo., [80] pp., illustrated with b&w plates from photographs. Stapled stiff wrappers. Fine. Limited to 500 unnumbered copies, this copy is additionally signed by both the poet and the photographer. More
TRAITÉ DE PHOTOGRAPHIE SUR PAPIER: AVEC UNE INTRODUCTION PAR M. GEORGES VILLE.
Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique Roret, 1851. First edition. 8vo., l, 199 pp. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards, rubbed along the edges. The foxing on the title page diminishes to mild as the text progresses; the last 80 pages show a faint dampstain along the lower edge, which increases towards the..... More
INTERVENTION DE L'ART DANS LA PHOTOGRAPHIE:
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
LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, SES ORIGINES, SES PROGRÈS, SES TRANSFORMATIONS:
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
ALBUMS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES ÉDITÉS PAR BLANQUART-EVRARD, 1851-1855: une exposition du Département des relations publiques de Kodak-Pathé.
[Paris]: Kodak-Pathe, 1978. Blanquart-Evrard. First edition. Square 8vo., [28] pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Stapled illustrated wrappers, which are slightly soiled; stamp of the Cohen-Johnson collection on the title page. Very good. More
ALBUMS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES ÉDITÉS PAR BLANQUART-EVRARD, 1851-1855: une exposition du Département des relations publiques de Kodak-Pathé.
[Paris]: Kodak-Pathe, 1978. Blanquart-Evrard. First edition. Square 8vo., [28] pp., b&w illustrations from photographs. Stapled illustrated wrappers. [with] 10 pp. checklist for the exhibition held at the Bibliothèque Forney, May 24 - July 1, 1978. More
ERNEST BLOCH ARCHIVE. Compiled by Sharon Denton. Introduction by Bonnie Ford Schenkenberg.
Tucson: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, 1979. Bloch, Ernest. First edition. 4to., 24 pp. Printed stiff wrappers. Near fine. Ernst Bloch was a renowned composer and gifted amateur photographer. His music served as inpiration for Alfred Stieglitz's sequence of Cloud photographs, and Paul Strand solisited his comments on..... More
THE REDUCER'S MANUAL, AND GOLD & SILVER WORKER'S GUIDE, BEING A COMPLETE, PRACTICAL HAND-BOOK ON THE SAVING AND REDUCTION OF EVERY CLASS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC WASTES, AND GOLD AND SILVER RESIDUES. COMPRISING ALL THE WET AND DRY PROCESSES OF REDUCTION AT PRESENT KNOWN, WITH MANY IMPORTANT ORIGINAL DESIGNS, FORMULAS AND ADDITIONS.
NY: Joseph H. Ladd, Publisher, [1867]. First edition. 8vo., xii, 167 pp., illustrations. Publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on the spine; spine head and tail frayed. Lacking the rear free endpaper, with pencil notes on the pastedowns. Occasional pencil underlining and soiling. A good copy. Roosens and Salu No. 10926..... More
CADENCIES, PHOTOLOGIES AND RUMINATIONS: ASPECTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY:
San Francisco: SF Camerawork, 1989. First edition. 4to., 55, [5] pp., b&w illustrations largely from photographs. Stapled stiff wrappers, with photo-illustrated dust jacket that has two short tears and lacking a tiny chip. Near fine. A collection of essays on various aspects of photographic history and comtemporary issues. Published as..... More
KARL BLOSSFELDT, 1865-1932: DAS FOTOGRAFISCHE WERK. MIT EINEM TEXT VON GERT MATTENKLOTT. BOTANISCHE BEARBEITUNG VON HAROLD KILIAS.
Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1981. Blossfeldt, Karl. First edition. 4to., 67 pp., numerous text illustrations, plus 240 full-page b&w plates. Tiny bruise to the lower board tips. A near fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket. Reproduces all of the photos from URFORMEN DER KUNST and WUNDERGARTEN DER NATUR; contains bibliography, list..... More
DONALD BLUMBERG: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Cranbrook Academy of Art/ Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
[Buffalo]: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1979. First edition. 4to., 48 pp., b&w and some color illustrations from photographs. Stapled printed wrappers, which are lightly worn and soiled. Very good. Published as the catalogue for the exhibitions held at the Cranbrook Academy of Art/ Museum, March 25 - April 15, 1979..... More
BLUMENFELD: PHOTOGRAPHS. A Passion for Beauty.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. First edition. 4to., 256 pp., 47 color and 128 duotone plates, other illustrations in text. A fine, as new copy in the color illustrated dust jacket. More
INSTRUCTIONS IN THE GUM-BICHROMATE, OIL AND BROMOIL PRINTING PROCESSES.
Philadelphia: Photographers Association of America, 1912. First edition. 16mo.,[ii], 42 pp., frontispiece with printed tissue guard, chapter heads and tails illustrated in vignette, initial caps illustrated. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. Prepared for the 32nd Annual Convention of the Photographers Association of America. The authors comprised the faculty of..... More
INDIANS HUNTING THE BISON:
London: Ackermann & Co., [1839 - 1841]. Bodmer, Karl. First state. Tableaux 31 from TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE YEARS 1834,1835, & 1836. ... Hand-colored aquatint, stipple and engraving; sheet measures 16 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches, with the image measuring 11 15/16 x 17 5/16 inches. Date not..... More
PROCÉDÉ AU COLLODION SEC: Augmentée du Formulaire de Th. Sutton...
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. Second edition. 12mo., 63 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. The wrappers have been reattached with clear tape along the spine. The title page bears the ink stamp of the Grand Hotel, Paris; light foxing. A better than good copy. The second edition greatly expands the first edition of..... More
THE CONTEST OF MEANING: CRITICAL HISTORIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1990. First edition. Second printing. 4to., xix, (2), 407 pp., b&w photo-illustrations. Previous owner's neat signature on the front blank flyleaf. A very good copy in the illustrated dust jacket. A host of essayists contributed to this volume, which was divided into four parts: What are..... More
WHITE MOTIF: THE CYCLADES ISLANDS OF GREECE.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Goodrich Press, 1991. Bond, Howard. First edition. 4to., unpaged, 42 full-page plates from b&w photographs. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Signed by the photographer on the half-title page. Additional materials on Bond's other publications laid-in. Elegant abstractions from churches and other buildings..... More
SOUVENIRS D'ORIENT: album pittoresque des sites, villes et ruines les plus remarquables de la Terre-Sainte.
Alais (Gard): Chez l'auteur, 1878. First edition. Oblong 4to., 3 leaves of text, followed by 50 leaves of hinged cards with printed titles, each with 2 albumen photographs 75mm x 95mm, recto mounted, interleaved with guards with printed captions in French, English and German. Bound in the publisher's gilt stamped..... More
MANUEL DE PHOTOTYPIE:
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889. First ed. Small 8vo., x, 146 pp., illustrated. The printed paper wrappers are chipped at the corners and lacking much of the spine; very slight occasional foxing. A good copy. Phototype was a name formerly given the photolithographic process invented by Poitevin and to a...... More
INCIDENTS AND SKETCHES CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
Cincinnati: U. P. James, [1847]. First edition. 8vo., 72 pp. printed in double columns, frontispiece wood engraving of Col. Daniel Boon (sic), 8 additional full-page and numerous smaller wood engravings. Publisher's illustrated wrappers bound-in later full morocco, titled in gilt along the spine. The first few and last few leaves..... More
AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY TWO. THE SECOND ANNUAL OF AMERICAN EDITORIAL, ADVERTISING AND POSTER, BOOK, PROMOTION AND UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHY.
NY: American Photography Two, 1986. First edition. 4to., (15) pp., plus 168 color and b&w photos, (6) pp. index. Fine, as new, in dust jacket. Includes photos by: Richard Avedon, George Hurrell, Les Krims, Mary Ellen Mark, Robert Mapplethorpe. More
HEARTBEAT. Translation by Karen Gamester.
Haarlem, The Netherlands: Volute, 1994. BOTMAN. First edition. 4to., unpaged, full-page b&w plates. Photo-illustrated paper over boards. Fine, as new. Housed in illustrated slipcase. SIGNED. A passionate and erotic sequence of remembrance, renewal and regeneration. The photographer's first book. Published in English, French and Dutch, each limited to 15 SIGNED..... More