Brussels: Association Belge de Photographie, 1882, 1890, 1895. First editions. 8vos. Variable paginations, all illustrated with original mounted photographs, photogravures, and b&w photographs. 3 volumes. All volumes bound in quarter leather and marbled paper over boards. The volume for 1882 has a single "Duplicate" stamp on the half-title page; the..... More
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
London: John William Parker, 1840 - 1841. First editions. 4tos., variable paginations, illustrated with numerous engravings. 2 volumes. These 2 bound volumes comprise Vols. XVI to XIX, No. 482 (January 4, 1840) through No. 608 (December 25, 1841) of this weekly periodical. There is some light transferring of ink from..... More
Lorain, Ohio: The Abel Publishing Company, 1928. First editions. 8vos., variable paginations (32 - 60 pp.). Printed wrappers. Subtle lengthwise crease due to original mailing practice. Top corner of one wrapper lacking, else very good. 52 issues. A complete year of this weekly periodical. Begins with Volume 41, No. 1046..... More
NY: Scovill Manufacturing Company, 1886. Abney. Second American edition. 8vo., vii, 192 pp., 36 pp. adverts, engraved illustrations. Printed stiff wrappers. The wrappers are lightly chipped, worn and stained; the first 75 pages have a small stain limited to the fore edge. Owner's ink stamp on the title page. A...... More
Göteborg, Sveden: 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
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1970. Adams, Ansel. First revised edition. 8vo., 304 pp., illustrated. Top edge slightly foxed; a very good copy 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..... More
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
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
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [1936]. Revised to January 1, 1936. Small 8vo., [52] pp., illustrations from photographs. Stiff paper wrappers, which are rubbed; one 4 pp. signature is detached, small stain to the blank margin of a few leaves, ink additions and revisions to some prices. Very good. [with]..... More
Binghamton, NY: Agfa Ansco Corporation, [1937]. Small 8vo., 32 pp. Stiff paper wrappers. Pencil and ink notations. Very good. Contents include chemistry for the photographer, components and action of developers, fixer, mixing; Agfa formulas - developers, fixers, reducers, intensifiers, toners; chemicals and prepared developers. 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
Caen: L'Echoppe, 1987 [1839]. 12mo., 25 pp. Printed stiff wrappers with a slight bruise to the front lower tip. Near fine. Reprinting the text from tome xxxv de La France littéraire, 1839. Limited to 800 copies. More
Paris: Gide et J. Baudry; Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1854 - 1859. First editions. 12 volumes. 8vos., approximately 7,000 pp., illustrations in text. Contemporary gilt titled quarter calf and marbled paper over boards. Light rubbing on the spine, the lower tips of vol. 1, and faint foxing on the fore edge..... More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1883. First edition. 12mo., v, 72, [1] pp. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper over boards, morocco spine label rubbed; foxed throughout; else, very good. Roosens and Salu No.1147. More
Hermance: Michel Auer, 1972. First edition. Square 8vo., 144 pp., Printed stiff wrappers. 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
London: The Autotype Company, [ca. 1925]. First edition. 12mo., 26 pp. Stiff wrappers, which are lightly soiled. Light foxing on first and last few leaves, else very good. A subtractive color process, which is similar to dye transfer; 3 color pigment sheets are used to transfer images from separation negatives..... More
London and West Ealing: The Autotype Company; New York: George Murphy, agents for the USA, [ca. 1930]. Second edition. 8vo., 35 pp., illustrated. Stiff wrappers with cloth spine; cracked at the gutter between p. 6 - 7, but firm. Very good. "The present illustrated edition ... has been entirely re-written..... More
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