London: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 1976 - 1997. First editions. 4tos. Printed stiff wrappers. 84 issues. Volume 1, No. 1 to Volume 21, No. 4. A long and unbroken run. Very good to fine. A scholarly journal, largely concerned with the early history of the medium, and the historical through... More
Los Angeles: Balcony Press, 2003. First edition. Small 4to., frontispiece, 325 pp., numerous b&w and color illustrations and photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. A survey of the modernist movement in Los Andeles by such noteables as Jake Zeitlin, Merle Armitage, Arthur Millier, Henrietta Shore, Peter Krasnow, Paul Landacre... More
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light soiling to the wrappers, with scattered light foxing in the text. A very good copy. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul Delaroche and Camille Roqueplan. As Pierre-Lin Renié wrote, "Alophe epitomizes the mediocre painter... More
Seattle: Superior Publishing Co. 1964. Muybridge, E. First edition. 4to., 192 pp., fully illustrated with b&w photos. Very good in a lightly worn illustrated dust jacket. An important history which includes biographies and examples of photographers who were active in the west but seldom mentioned in other texts, i.e.; Duhem... More
NY: NYGS, 1975. First American edition. 4to., 285 pp., profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy in illustrated dw. More
Munich: Schirmer/Mosel, 1977. Later printing. Thick 8vo., 703 pp., 313 plates. Near fine in the illustrated dust jacket that is toned on the front panel. An exceptionally well researched history of the science and art of photography through 1925. More
Leipzig: VEB Fotokinoverlag, 1966. Third printing. Thick 8vo., 703 pp., 313 plates. A fine copy in the color illustrated dust jacket that is worn at the edges. An exceptionally well researched history of the science and art of photography through 1925. More
Leipzig: Fotokinoverlag, 1965. Second printing. Thick 8vo., vii, 703 pp., 313 plates. Lower board tips lightly bumped and endpapers toned. A very good copy. An exceptionally well researched history of the science and art of photography through 1925. More
Praha: ASCO, 1993. First edition. 8vo., 451 pp., numerous b&w illustrations from photos. Near fine in a very good illustrated dust jacket. An essential reference for the study of Czech and Slovakian photographers; each photographer's entry includes a biography, chronology, exhibition list and bibliography. Also includes a detailed list and... More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1891. First edition. 4to., 30 pp., 11 plates. Newly bound in quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, with paper label on spine; original front wrapper is bound-in with a tissue repair at the gutter, partial loss of 2 letters from removed label. Very good. Germain Bapst's... More
Boston & Toronto: LIttle, Brown and Co. 1975. First American edition. 4to., 304 pp., profusely illustrated with color and b&w photos. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Beaton's history brings forward the biography and contributions of several little known photographers. More
Leipzig: Fotokinoverlag, (1977). First edition. 8vo., 184 pp., 2 diagrams, 44 b&w photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. Essay on the aesthetics of photography. Text in German. More
Bern: Benteli Verlag und Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1979. First edition. 4to., 413 pp., illustrated with 917 b&w reproductions. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Near fine. A broad historical survey of the relationship between photography and painting; with artists' biographies. More
Bern: Benteli Verlag und Zürich: Kunsthaus, 1977. First edition. 4to., 413 pp., illustrated with 917 b&w reproductions. Cloth. A near fine copy. A broad historical survey of the relationship between photography and painting; with artists' biographies. 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
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Paris - Lille: Didron; Chez L. Quarre, 1869 - 1870. First edition. 8vo., [ii], 561 pp. Contemporary quarter morocco gilt and cloth over boards, t.e.g., others untrimmed. The board tips are rubbed through and there is scattered foxing to the text. A near very good copy. LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, SES ORIGINES... More
NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1962 and 1972. First editions. 2 volumes. Small 4to., xvi, 335 pp.; xv, 535 pp. Gilt-titled cloth. Near fine set in dust jacket. Essential reference. More
Frankfurt am Main: Societäts-Verlag, 1930. Talbot, William Henry Fox. First edition. Large 8vo., (192) pp., 5 reproductions of cartoons and 199 halftones after photos. Nicely rebound in green cloth with gilt title on spine. A light crease and soil to the half-title, else a very good copy. A survey of... More
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1966. First U.S. edition. 4to., 367 pp., hundreds of illustrations. A very good copy in dust jacket that lacks several large pieces. More
NY: G.K. Hall & Co. 1994. Annan, J. Craig. First ed. Small 4to., xx, 192 pp., illustrated. Cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket. Fine. J. Craig Annan (1864-1946), photographer and son of a photographer, played an important role in the fight for recognition of photography as an art in its own... More
Mexico, D.F. Fonda de Cultura Económica, 1989. First edition. 4to., 111, (1) pp., over 45 full-page color and b&w plates after daguerreotypes. Photo-illustrated glossy stiff wrapper with inner flaps. Light wear to the edges of the wrappers, a very good copy. The title translates to: "On the polished surface of... More
(London): Hurtwood Press in association with The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983. First edition. 4to., 112 pp., 37 b&w and color plates, text illustrations. One board tip has a tiny bump, else a very good copy in lightly scuffed dust jacket. A guide to the major photographic processes from 1840... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1975. First edition. 4to., x, 180 pp., 110 b&w plates. A fine copy in a near fine pictorial dust jacket. These essays by twenty-one internationally known authorities in the field cover many facets of the history of photography. Essayists include: J. Adhémar, T. Barrow... More
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1972. Revised and enlarged edition. 4to., (xvi), 324 pp., b&w illustrations. A fine copy in the illustrated dust jacket that is lightly rubbed. SIGNED by the author. Greatly expanded from the 1964 first edition of 79 pp., issued in paper wrappers. More
Paris: Georges Carré et C. Naud, 1898. First edition. 8vo., 186 pp., 40 pp. publisher's catalog at end. Cloth over flexible boards. A near fine copy. Letters and papers by these first inventors of photography, with annotations and comments by Colson; includes bibliographical footnotes. Texts in French. An early anthology... More