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Madison: Pickarts & Nicodemus, 1900. 12 color views of Madison attached to linen hinges, copyright by the Detroit Photographic Co.; including university buildings, the lakeshore path (with bicycle!), view of and from Bascom Hall, the State Capitol building, lakes, Picnic Point, panorama of the city. Softcover, full red buckram with yapp edges, gilt titling. Shows some wear, light creasing, mouse-nibbling to the edges, waterstain to the inside of the front cover, not affecting the contents; light smudging; the plates showing the Capitol and three lake views (two leaves) are creased; small spot to the edge of another plate. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 9" by 6".

New York: S. D. Humphrey, 1855. First American edition of this important early manual of photography, with sections on preparing & using salts of silver, development of the image by use of reducing agents, fixing the image, nature & properties of light, chemistry & photographic properties of the collodio-iodide of silver, positive & negative collodion photographs, theory of positive printing, proposed substitution of bromine for iodine, chemistry of the Daguerreotype process, practical details of the collodion process, outline of general chemistry. The American edition misspells London chemistry professor Hardwich's name. Small hardcover, as pictured. General wear, corners frayed, stain & some damage to front cover, minor waterstains; bookplate of New York engineer D. Judson Jenne (his son (?) of the same name owned a creamery in Wisconsin around 1900); ink name of University of Wisconsin chemistry professor Aaron Ihde, small ink number of title page, minor tanning & a few… Leer más

Rochester, NY: Press of the Visual Studies Workshop, 1974. Reprint of the 1888 work, a standard on alternative photographic processes, methods and materials used, including various salts of silver, iron, chromiun & uranium (!). Paperback, patterned grey covers. Light wear, hint of fading to spine, hint of crease to front cover. Text clean; [4], 143 pages; index, table of chemicals, chemical recipes, figures.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 6¾" by 10¼".

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002. Scholarly study of the photography of Woolf & Bell, as well as other women writing on cinema & visual culture, drawing "on a range of photographic, psychoanalytic and visual theory, on modernist criticism, and on extensive, original archive research", with many photos published here for the first time. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Book shows minor bumping to corners, very light wear to book & jacket. Text clean; xii, 244 pages; index, bibliography, b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto.

Lausanne: Editions de la Tour, 1976. Photos from and essays about the Festival, from its beginning in 1967 to 1975. Mosly in French; a couple of essays in English - and a brief one in Japanese! Hardcover, pictorial cover. Light wear, slanted spine; bumps, dents & minor wear to edges of boards, corner bumped; binding slightly loose. Text clean; [144] pages; color & b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 9" by 12¼".

Mount Horeb, WI: Mount Horeb Area Historical Society, 2011. Captioned photos and accounts of this southern Wisconsin city, best known for its unusual troll infestation. Oblong hardcover, shiny color covers. Light wear, corners lightly bumped. Text clean; [4], 124 pages, color & b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gerald Glaeve, Peter Riphahn, Jr., Connie Jo Zwettler. 11¼" by 8¾" oblong.

México D.F. [Mexico City]: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1989. Monograph on the influential Mexican photographer, one of the publisher's Colección Río de Luz series. Text in Spanish. Oblong paperback, as pictured. Stated Primera edición (first printing). Covers rubbed, minor wear, small dent to front cover, minor tanning to pages. Text/plates clean; [96] pages; 64 b/w plates. Text in Spanish.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Manuel Álvarez Bravo. 10¼" by 8¼".

San Francisco: Muso Press, 1987. Poetry and b/w photos of 1890s to WW2-era fortifications around the San Francisco area; introduction by NPS manager Charles S. Hawkins, brief essays by military historian Colonel Milton B. Halsey, Jr. INSCRIBED by the author/artist on the second leaf: "To Bruce with Best Wishes [signature]". Paperback, white covers. Light wear, minor creasing & tanning. Text clean; 64 pages, b/w photos.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Frank Aoi. 8½" by 11".

Odense: Brandts Klædefabrik, 1987. Collection of photography from the Nordic countries, with essays on each, published in conjunction with the exhibition »Nordisk Photokunst 85«. Oversize paperback, blue-gray covers. Rubbed, front cover curled, minor creasing, spine faded. Text (in Danish & English) clean; 96 pages, color & b/w plates.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 9" by 11¾".

Albuquerque: Horizon Communications, 1997. Anfenson ran her own photo gallery in De Beque, Colorado in the early 1900s before marrying & moving to Rifle, where she continued in the photography business with her husband. Stapled pamphlet, off-white covers. Light wear. Text clean; 84 pages, b/w photos.. First Edition. Staple Bound Pamphlet. Very Good. Illus. by Ola Anfenson. 8½" by 11".

Detroit: Detroit Black Writer's Guild, 1998. Collection of poetry, essays, & photographs recalling Detroit's lower east side, a hub of enterprise & entertainment in the segregated city. INSCRIBED by one of the contributors on the free endsheet: "Peace to all of you love[?] Murray Jackson" and in a different hand, "Happy Birthday, Susan 30 June". Jackson contributed ten poems; we think Susan bought the book as a gift for someone's birthday. Hardcover, full black cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book; jacket shows light rubbing, minor edgewear, creasing at corners. Text clean; viii, 112 pages; index, many b/w photos.. Inscribed by a Contributor. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto.

U.S.A.: Author, 1969. No text; each page contains a single b/w photograph, mostly apparently unposed depictions of people in everyday situations. Stapled pamphlet, covers show light scuffing. Plates clean; 14 images including front cover.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. Illus. by Author. 8" by 5¾".

Rosholt, WI: Rosholt House, 1976. Historic photos of Wisconsin, circa 1890-1915; another handsome production from the industrious Rosholts, offering pictures mainly from the towns of Rosholt, Franzen, & Elderon in Marathon County, with a chapter on Stevens Point in central Wisconsin (mostly a bit more recent); featuring Lumberjacks, Farmers, Shopkeepers, etcetera. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Book shows light wear, jacket shows a few minor spots of cockling, perhaps a paper flaw. SIGNED by the authors. Text clean; 208 pages; mostly b/w pictures with commentary.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 11¼" by 8¾" oblong.

Madison: Institute of Continuing Legal Education for Wisconsin, 1971. Technical guide to introducing photographic evidence in trials, with relevant case citations and comments on types of pictures likely to be useful. Dated but still relevant. The book was a followup to a guide on civil trial evidence, both intended for practicing trial lawyers. Hardcover, full orange cloth, black titling. Light wear to book; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; xiv, 113 pages; index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963. Sumptuous photography book, with the photographs printed on laquered Kromekote "to achieve maximum brilliance and fidelity", recording the spectacular gorge in remote Utah carved by the Colorado River, and flooded by the building of a dam in 1963; the book is a remembrance and a warning. Its prehistoric sites hurriedly studied before the dam was built, and visited by numerous conservationists before its flooding (including Edward Abbey, who wrote about his trip 'down the river' in Desert Solitaire), the canyon remains a focal point of environmentalists, with renewed interest now that submerged areas are re-emerging under historic drought conditions. Oversized hardcover in jacket, as pictured; first edition (first printing), listing no later printings. Light wear to book; bookplate on flyleaf, cockling the page; hinges tender; jacket shows some rubbing & chipping, short tears; $20 price Until 6-1-63 remains. Text clean; 170 pages, references,… Leer más

Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A.: Prentice Hall, 1994 576 pgs; index; glossary; appendices on processing formulas, references, & suppliers. Bound in green paper covers, with hologram on front. Text is clean & unmarked. Binding tight & spine uncreased. Cover shows only light wear.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hudson, WI: Iconografix, 2005. Scarce collection of photos from the glory days of drag racing. Oblong paperback, as pictured. Light wear, clean & unmarked, minor chipping to the edges. 126 pages + 2 pages publisher's ads; mostly captioned photos, b/w & color. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 10¼" by 8½".

London: Focal Press, 1967 292 pgs; references; bibliography; index, 8 b&w plates; 53 figs. Translated by J.N. Davidson from "Dünne Schichten für die Optik" (1965). Book is clean & unmarked, inside & out; binding tight; hinges sound. Jacket shows moderate edge wear, with a few small chips & short tears; light soiling overall. "The first comprehensive presentation to examine each stage involved in the preparation of high quality radiographs.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Budapest: Helikon Publishing, 2005. Photo book of Transylvania, concentrating on its Hungarian past, with a few historical photographs of a long-vanished way of life - most of the pictures were taken by Tóth in 2003 & 2004. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, jacket shows a bit of rubbing; six-line gift note on title page. text clean; 208 pages; many color & a few b/w photos, brief essays. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Zoltán Tóth. Quarto.

The Herald-Dispatch/Pediment Publishing, 2012. Specifically, the Huntington-Ashland-Ironton metropolitan area of southern Ohio, eastern Kentucky & western West Virginia. As the name implies, a plethora of b/w photos with captions; sections include Views & Street Scenes, Transportation, Commerce, Education & Schools, Industry, Community, Disasters, Public Service, Recreation & Celebrations. Glossy hardcover, no jacket as issued. Light wear, near fine. Text & photos clean; 128 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 11¼" by 8¾".