Chicago: Geo. K. Hazlitt, 1900. First edition. 12mo., 66 pp., (12) adverts., 5 photographic plates tipped to colored mounts, other illustrations in text. A rubbed photographic plate mounted on upper board. The title page has been reattached on a tab; several ex-library stamps. A good copy. Includes 2 portraits by... More

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

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

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

NY: NYGS, 1975. First American edition. 4to., 285 pp., profusely illustrated in color and b&w. A fine copy in illustrated dw. More

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

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

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

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

Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1898. First edition. Small 8vo., viii, 139 pp. The printed paper wrappers are moderately age-toned, with a shallow crease at the lower tip and the publisher's price sticker affixed to the rear wrapper; else near fine and unopened. A complete guide to the equipment, sensitized materials... More

Livorno: Raffaello Giusti, 1878. First edition. 8vo., 250, (1) pp., 41 figures in text. Later cloth with spine label. Scattered light foxing, else very good. A practical and chemical manual which includes a summary of photographic history. More

NY: Arno Press, 1973. Facsimile of the 1853 first edition. 8vo., 104, 8, [4] pp. Silver cloth, titled and decorated with blue ink. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine. Issued in the reprint series, The Literature of Photography, this is a most complete and early American manual on the daguerreoype... More

Paris: Leiber; Leipzig: Jung-Treuttel; Madrid: C. Bailly-Baillère, 1864. First separate edition. 12mo., 35 pp., mounted photo plate frontispiece. Illustrated paper wrappers. Creased, occasional staining, else very good. Housed in a newly made morocco and cloth clamshell box. Blanquart-Evrard was a prolific inventor of photographic process and notable publisher of outstanding... More