INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY
NY: The Scovill and Adams Company, 1895. First U.S. edition. 12mo., (viii), 95, [1], ii pp., adverts, illustrated. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Near fine. Roosens and Salu No. 5321. OCLC locates only seven copies. More
MANUALS & TECHNOLOGY
PHOTOGRAPHY WITH EMULSIONS:; A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICAL WORKING OF GELATINE AND COLLODION EMULSION PROCESSES.
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1883. Abney. First American edition. 8vo., vii, 192 pp., 36 pp. adverts, engraved illustrations. Printed stiff wrappers. The lightly chipped and stained wrappers have been expertly repaired and attached with a new printed paper spine. Small piece torn from the top corner of the first blank;..... More
INSTRUCTION IN PHOTOGRAPHY
London: Puiper & Carter, 1874. First trade edition after a privately printed edition. 12mo., viii, errata slip, 168 pp., viii adverts, illustrations in text, adverts. Original printed wrappers lightly worn and soiled, hand lettered "ABNEY '74" on the blank spine. Very good. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a wide..... More
CHEMICAL AMUSEMENT:; COMPRISING A SERIES OF CURIOUS AND INSTRUCTIVE EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMISTRY WHICH ARE EASILY PERFORMED, AND UNATTENDED BY DANGER.
London: Printed for Thomas Boys, 1817. First edition. 8vo., half-tile, xxv, 191 pp., [with] A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE APPARATUS & INSTRUMENTS EMPLOYED IN EXPERIMENTAL AND OPERATIVE CHEMISTRY, IN ANALYTICAL MINERALOGY, AND IN THE PURSUITS OF THE RECENT DISCOVERIES OF VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY. MANUFACTURE AND SOLD BY FREDRICK ACCUM, OPERATIVE CHEMIST..... More
CAMERA AND LENS: THE CREATIVE APPROACH STUDIO, LABORATORY AND OPERATION.
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1970. Adams, Ansel. First revised edition. 8vo., 304 pp., illustrated. Near fine in a slightly worn pictorial dust jacket. For those who still use film and the darkroom, an essential reference and manual. For those of the digital era, yes, even you can benifit from..... More
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTOR, FOR THE PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1892. Fourth edition. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text, plate with tissue guard. Newly bound in paper over boards, with printed label on front. Slight foxing especially at edges, faint stains, a few tips creased; else very good. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures..... More
PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTOR, FOR THE PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR
NY: Scovill and Adams, 1897. Sixth edition, eighth thousand. 8vo., 215 pp., illustrations in text. Publisher's decorative illustrated paper wrappers. Previous owner's neat stamp on the title page; a small sliver is lacking from the blank rear wrapper; else near fine. This manual leads the reader through darkroom procedures, printing..... More
LE PASSÉ, LE PRESENT ET L'AVENIR DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. ; MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE.
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
LE PASSÉ, LE PRESENT ET L'AVENIR DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE. MANUEL PRATIQUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861. First edition. 8vo., 47 pp. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Later cloth and marbled boards. Tips of a number of leaves creased; ex-library of the Sociéte Française de Photographie with their deaccession stamp and minimal markings. Very good. Menut Alexander Alophe, 1812 - 1883, studied under Paul..... More
ANNUAIRE GÉNÉRAL ET INTERNATIONAL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE.
Paris: Librairie Plon, 1904-1908. First edition. Small 4tos., each volume approx. 700 pp., tipped-in and mounted plates, other illustrations in text, and illustrated adverts and appendices. 4 volumes: 1904, 1905, 1907 and 1908. All volumes in publisher's printed cloth, which is slightly soiled, with advert stamped on the top or..... More
JO BABCOCK, LOW TECH: PINHOLE CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
San Francisco: San Francisco Artspace, 1989. Babcock, Jo. First edition. Oblong 8vo., (12) pp., 10 b&w photos. Die-cut stiff wrappers. Very good. Jo Babcock transforms objects into pinhole cameras -- suitcases, paint cans, mailboxes, gallery spaces and even Volkswagen buses. Babcock received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco..... More
TRAITÉ DE PHOTOGRAPHIE PAR LES PROCÉDÉS PELLICULAIRES.; TOME PREMIER. GÉNÉRALITÉS. - PLAQUES SOUPLES. THÉORIE ET PRATIQUE DES TROIS DÉVELOPPEMENTS AU FER, A L'ACIDE PYROGALLIQUE ET A L'HYDROQUINONE
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1889. First ed. 8vo., vii, 132 pp. Rebound in new stiff paper wrappers with the original wrappers mounted to front and rear. Some creases, else very good. Volume one of two. More
L'HYDROQUINONE: NOUVELLE MÉTHODE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT.
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
METHODE POUR EMPLOYER LE PAPIER TRANSPARENT AU GÉLATINO BRÔMURE D' ARGENT.; POUR CLICHÉS ET POSITIFS PAR TRANSPARENCE [cover title]
Paris: MM. Puech, [1884]. First edition. 8vo., 15 pp. Printed wrappers. Near fine. Eder discusses, in his chapter "Film Photography and the Rapid Growth of Amateur Photography," (HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY) the advantages of using light sensitive paper over glass plates and lists the various inventors who advanced the processes. He..... More
Chimie photographique:; contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Des manipulations photographiques.--Les procédés de photographie sur plaque, sur papiers sec ou humide, sur verres au collodion et á l'albumine.--La manière de préparer soi-même, d'employer tout les réactifs et d'utiliser les résidus.--Les recettes les plus nouvelles et les derniers perfectionnements. -- La gravure et la lithophotographie.
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
Chimie photographique:; contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Des EXEMPLES EMPRUNTÉS A LA PHOTOGRAPHIE; Les procédés de photographie sur GLACE (COLLODION SEC OU HUMIDE ET ALBUMINÉ) sur papiers, SUR PLAQUES; La manière de préparer soi-même, D'ESSAYER ET d'employer touS les réactifs et d'utiliser les résidus, ETC.;
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
Chimie photographique:; contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Des EXEMPLES EMPRUNTÉS A LA PHOTOGRAPHIE; Les procédés de photographie sur GLACE (COLLODION SEC OU HUMIDE ET ALBUMINÉ) sur papiers, SUR PLAQUES; La manière de préparer soi-même, D'ESSAYER ET d'employer touS les réactifs et d'utiliser les résidus, ETC.
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, [1858]. Second edition. 8vo., xx, 412 pp., charts and tables. A fine and bright copy in contemporary gilt titled and decorated quarter morroco and paper over boards. Charles Louis Barreswil, 1817 - 1870, studied chemistry under Jules Pelouze, and later directed his laboratory, working with Claude Bernard. After..... More
CHIMIE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE:; contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Les manipulations photographiques. --Les procédés de photographie sur plaque, sur papiers sec ou humide, sur verres au collodion et À l'albumine. --La manière de préparer soi-même, d'employer tout les réactifs et d'utiliser les résidus. --Les recettes les plus nouvelles et les derniers perfectionnements. -- La gravure et la lithophotographie
Paris: Mallet-Bachelier, Gendre et Successeur de Bachelier, [1854]. First edition. 8vo., xvi, 296 pp., 16 pp. publisher's catalogue, charts and tables. Bound in quarter black morocco and marbled paper over boards. The spine is six compartments and titled in gilt. Original printed stiff wrappers are bound in. An occasional light..... More
LA PHOTOGRAPHIE AÉRIENNE PAR CERF-VOLANT
Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1890. First edition. 8vo., [iv], 74 pp., frontispiece collotype from a photograph accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive text, illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers. Slightly toned. Near fine, and unopened. The first manual of aerial photography specific to using kites. Roosens and Salu No. 5678..... More
A HISTORY OF INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, AND ORIGINS.; Translated from the German, by William Johnston. Carefully revised and enlarged by William Francis and J.W. Griffith.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. Fourth ed. 2 volumes. 12mo., [vol. I] xxiii, 528 pp.; [vol. II] xii, 548 pp.; each with engraved portrait frontispieces. Half calf and marbled boards. The tips are rubbed; light foxing to portraits and title page. A very good copy. A vast survey including information..... More
LA LUMIÈRE SES : CAUSES ET SES EFFECTS.
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
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLEASURES: POPULARLY PORTRAYED WITH PEN AND PENCIL; With an introduction by Peter Pollack.
Garden City: Amphoto, 1973. Facsimile of 1855. with new material. 8vo., (7) 83 pp., plus illustrations. Very good in moderately soiled dust jacket. A classic in photographic literature. Bede (Bradley) wrote and illustrated this humorous instructional manual. More
MANUEL BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE DU PHOTOGRAPHE FRANÇAIS, OU, NOMENCLATURE DES OUVRAGES PUBLIÉS EN FRANCE DEPUIS LA DÉCOUVERTE DU DAGUERRÉOTYPE JUSQU'À NOS JOURS PAR E. B. DE L.
Paris: Auguste Aubry, 1863. First edition. 12 mo., 22 pp. Original printed wrappers. Mild marginal dampstain and an occasional spot of foxing at the edges. A very good copy housed in a pamphlet case of cloth over boards with printed labels. By 1854, Émile Bellier de la Chavignerie, was a...... More
CAUSERIES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES
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
COMPENDIUM DES QUATRE BRANCHES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE:; TRAITÉ COMPLET, THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DES PROCÉDÉS DE DAGUERRE, TALBOT, NIEPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR, ET ARCHER. APPLICATIONS DIVERSES. PRÉCÉDÉ DES ANNALES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE ET SUIVI D'ÉLÉMENTS ET CHIMIE ET D'OPTIQUE, APPLIQUEÉS À CET ART.
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