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: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1876. Third edition. 8vo., viii, 196 pp., original Woodburytype frontispiece, illustrations in text, adverts. Cloth. Ex-library with stamp on endpaper, envelope on pastedown, numbers on spine but no other markings. Rubbed along the hinges, else very good. Photomechanical techniques and detailed information on a.... 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
THE PRINT.; In Collaboration with Robert Baker.
Boston: NYGS / Little, Brown and Company, [1983]. Adams, Ansel. First edition thus. 8vo., x, 210 pp., numerous b&w photos and illustrations. The original price sticker is affixed to the front panel of the dust jacket. A fine copy. The New Ansel Adams Photography Series / Book 3, revised and... 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
CONTACT: THEORY.
NY: Lustrum Press, 1980. Erwitt, Elliott. First edition. 4to., 175 pp., b&w plates. Near fine in photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Statements and photos by: Robert Adams, Mark Cohen, Judy Dater, Elliott Erwitt, Ralph Gibson, John Gossage, Horst, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mary Ellen Mark, et al. 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
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CAMERA: FROM 1839 TO THE PRESENT.
NY: NYGS, 1975. First American edition. 4to., 285 pp., profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy in illustrated dw. 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
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
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
LES QUATRE BRANCHES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE:; TRAITÉ COMPLET THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DES PROCÉDÉS DE DAGUERRE, TALBOT, NIEPCE DE SAINT-VICTOR ET ARCHER, PRÉCÉDÉ DES ANNALES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE ET SUIVI D'ÉLÉMENTS DE CHIMIE IT D'OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉS A CET ART.
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1855. First edition. 8vo., li, 416 pp., photolithographic frontis with tissue guard, large folding plate ("Tableau Synoptique des Substances Chimiques Employées en Photographie: Daguerréotypie, Talbotypie, Niepçotypie, Archérotypie and Papiers Positifs"). Contemporary quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, gilt title and decorative devices and rules on spine... More
PHOTOGRAPHIE RATIONNELLE: TRAITÉ COMPLET THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE, APPLICATIONS DIVERSES. PRÉCÉDÉ DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE ET SUIVI D'ÉLÉMENTS DE CHIMIE APPLIQUÉE À CET ART.
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 with no... More
TRAITÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE SUR COLLODION:; SUIVI D'ÉLÉMENTS DE CHIMIE ET D'OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉS À CET ART
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
THE HANDBOOK OF KINEMATOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE OF MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY AND PROJECTION
London: The Kinematograph Weekly, 1911. First edition. 8vo., v, [2], 271 pp., plus 40 pp. adverts. Gilt-titled green cloth. Previous owner's calling card affixed to the front pastedown and signature on the half-title page; dampstain to the lower portion of the front board through to corresponding portion of the third... More