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186129188Cape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. Quarto. xii 180 pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt with leather label. Light scattered foxing occasional faint offsetting from images. Photographs generally clean. Very good.<br/> <br/>With some of the earliest photographic images from South Africa with a striking portrait of a Basuto Chief.<br/> <br/>An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was made to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. The book was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well-received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others do capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of the African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center of the image dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the Government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. Graham's Town from the West The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies Moshesh and His Counsellors The Prince and His First Wildebeeste The Prince's Travelling Equipage A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa.<br/> <br/>Not in The Truthful Lens. Saul Solomon unknown books
1861WRCAM49581ACape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. xii180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Original publisher's gilt cloth rebacked with most of original spine laid down. Corners lightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Light foxing and toning heavier in some places. Most images clean though one or two with some light foxing at the edges. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was made to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. The book was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well- received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. <br> <br> The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others do capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of the African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center of the image dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: <br> <br> 1 Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. <br> <br> 2 "Graham's Town from the West" <br> <br> 3 "The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown" <br> <br> 4 "The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies" <br> <br> 5 "Moshesh and His Counsellors" <br> <br> 6 "The Prince and His First Wildebeeste" <br> <br> 7 "The Prince's Travelling Equipage" <br> <br> Not in THE TRUTHFUL LENS. A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa. Saul Solomon hardcover books
1861WRCAM49581Cape Town: Saul Solomon 1861. xii180pp. plus photographically illustrated titlepage and sixteen mounted albumen photographs. Quarto. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Light scattered foxing occasional faint offsetting from images. Photographs generally clean. Very good. An early photographically illustrated book and the first such book printed on the African continent. The volume was produced to commemorate the visit of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha one of Queen Victoria's sons. It was designed to showcase the colony which had hitherto been viewed in a less than positive light by the general British public. Prince Alfred was well received by the colonists in South Africa and the volume contains many positive facts about the colony's usefulness to the British Empire. <br> <br> The book includes seventeen images by photographer Joseph Kirkman who was active in South Africa from 1859 to 1870. Some of the images in this volume are photographs of drawings or other artwork but others capture live scenes along the Prince's route including a grand portrait of African chief Moshesh and his advisors. The chief is pictured seated in the center dressed in a top hat and suit holding a cane. The man seated next to him glowers at the camera and is draped in an animal pelt and holds a spear. Four men all in Western dress stand arrayed behind them. The images taken from life during the Prince's progress are as follows: <br> <br> Untitled image on the titlepage showing several men next to a rail car full of large rocks. In 1860 Kirkman and Frederick York were employed by the government and the Harbour Board to photograph the tilting of the first truck of stone off the Breakwater by Prince Alfred. This is presumably an image from that scene. <br> <br> "Graham's Town from the West" <br> <br> "The Reception of the Prince by a Burgher Escort near Queenstown" <br> <br> "The Prince's Interview with the Tambookies" <br> <br> "Moshesh and His Counsellors" <br> <br> "The Prince and His First Wildebeeste" <br> <br> "The Prince's Travelling Equipage" <br> <br> Not in THE TRUTHFUL LENS. A rare and interesting work and notable for being the first photographically illustrated book produced in Africa. Saul Solomon hardcover books
1840196571840. 1 vols. 1 3/4"x2" image in gold frame. 1 vols. 1 3/4"x2" image in gold frame. unknown books
1860CAT01491860. A striking photograph featured on page 89 of David Deitcher's Dear Friends: Photographs of Men Together 1840-1918. "Romantic friendship between American men acquired a different kind of social prestige and meaning within the Civil War. No sooner did young recruits leave the shelter and ties of home and family than they were thrust into mutual dependence care and collective terror of being comrades in arms. Intimate ties were tacitly encouraged as a result of the soldier's need to steel himself for battle to prepare emotionally for the prospect of injury and death and for having to inflict such suffering to others." - Deitcher p. 87. A remarkable image of two young soldiers holding hands. It shows the vulnerability and intimacy described by Deitcher. Provenance: From the collection of gay rights activist and Washington D.C. Councilman Jim Graham. unknown books
187019029Rome and Naples 1870. 1 vols. Most are 9-5/8 x 7-1/4 inches. Mounted on folio cards. With one exception the Coliseum which is faded most of the images are bright and clear. 1 vols. Most are 9-5/8 x 7-1/4 inches. Fine large views of antiquities in Rome Naples Pompeii Herculaneum from the Warren Delano family; each of the mounts is captioned and inscribed in a neat hand at the lower right corner "ALD from ED"or "ED to ALD" and dated either February or April 1870<br/><br/>The views include: "Casa de Cornelio Russo" - Pompei; Strada della Tombe Pompeii; Roman Forum; Rome - The Capitol; Temple of Minerva Rome; Cypress trees at Tivoli near Rome; Temple of Vesta; Bath of Caracalla Rome etc. unknown books
1893019029Boston: Joseph Knight 1893. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong quarto 4to. According to the September "Publisher's Weekly" this book was issued late in 1893 by Joseph Knight of Boston. It was done with the cooperation of Ernest Edwards' New York Photo-Gravure Company. Essentially an oblong quarto view book it features ten superb Japan-tissue photogravures by Edwards' New York concern. Printed on Japan paper. Bound in cloth with silver stamp and fancy paper side. Quarto 9 ½ x 11 ½. It includes two images by Davis & Sanford "A Figure Study and A Young Artist" two images by H.P. Robinson "A Trespass Notice and He Never Told His Love" and one each by Geo. H. Taber Jr. "Away-Back" D. P. Watts "A Corn Roast" Mrs. N. Gray Bartlett "Bric-a-brac" Mrs. M.B. Greenwood "On Fishing Bent" W.C. Walker "In The Woods" and P. Thiery "Feeding the Poultry". There is a short gift inscription on the front endpaper: Christmas 1893. There is minor soiling and foxing to most of the pages. Other than the title page the volume which retailed for $2.00 features no letterpress of any kind. The delicate tissue plates are each tack-glued at the corners and tipped-in centered on each of the ten leaves. These delicate and finely-printed examples of hand-pulled photogravures are representative of the type of artistic work being done in the United States in the 1890's. Rare with only two copies appearing on Worldcat. Includes the work of at least two female photographers. Joseph Knight Hardcover books
1900CAT0160XReading 1900. Oblong 8vo black cloth covered boards. With 101 prints 70 on silver and 31 on printing out paper. Each picture captioned. Near Fine. The Reading Crane and Hoist Company later Roeper Hoist and Crane Works installed cranes throughout the Northeast many of which are pictured here. Many pictures show designs patented in the late 1890s making the production date most likely circa 1900-1910. The photographs are well composed proto-modernist and quite detailed. Unrecorded in OCLC. One page detached else about fine with minimal wear. unknown books
1880247838Bremen Verlag von C. Ed. Müller 1880. 12 photographs mounted with printed legend below. Oblong 4to. Original red portfolio split and worn photos fine but chipping to edges of some mounts title-page foxed. 12 photographs mounted with printed legend below. Oblong 4to. unknown books
186610471Ithaca NY: Spence Spencer 1866. 1st edition Johnson B2061; Sabin 89381. Terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. VG lt soil & wear to cloth. 153 pp. Illustrated with woodcuts & 20 tipped-in contemporaneous photographs. 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" <br/><br/> Spence Spencer hardcover books
1860CAT0175American 1860. 3 ½ x 2 ¼ inches uncased. A striking image featured on p. 79 of David Deitcher's Dear Friends: Photographs of Men Together 1840-1918. Images of men together from the nineteenth century do not necessarily suggest a sexual relationship as Deitcher explains in his book but rather a show of intimacy within the very separated realms of the sexes. From the Jim Graham collection. unknown books
189026534Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils 1890. First edition. 8vo. xviii 202 pp. 5 unnumbered leaves of plates other illustrations in text. Printed paper wrappers which are slightly dust soiled; there is a small chip lacking from the coated spine. Léon Gaumont's neat bookplate and signature on the half-title page with a 2 page prospectus laid-in. Very good and unopened. "The first International Congress of Photography was held in Paris in 1889 with the object of giving those interested in photography whatever their nationality the opportunity of meeting together to discuss questions of general importance. It was hoped that in some cases standards might be agreed upon so that the confusing and often inconvenient variations that occur for example in nomenclature in definitions in the character of apparatus sometimes even in the same country but noticeable more especially in passing from one country to another might at least be reduced." AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY Vol. IV January - December 1910 p. 226. Among the attendees are: Becquerel Fizeau Davanne Marey Londe Vidal Wada Abney Robinson Ives Alinari et al. Among the plates are an early form of a zone or tonal scale which could be removed for use in the studio. Held in conjunction with the Exposition Universelle de 1889.<br/><br/>The prior owner Léon Ernest Gaumont was a French inventor engineer and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry.<br/><br/>Roosens and Salu No. 2326. OCLC locates four copies with the George Eastman House and the National Gallery of Art as the only North American holders. <br/><br/> Gauthier-Villars et Fils unknown books
1900309837V.p. in Europe chiefly Germany France Switzerland & Italy 1900. 92 vintage albumen and gelatin silver prints many hand-colored mounted to album leaves photos measure from approximately 6-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches to 10-1/2 x 8 inches. 4to. Full contemporary padded morocco with brass clasp a.e.g. Fine. 92 vintage albumen and gelatin silver prints many hand-colored mounted to album leaves photos measure from approximately 6-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches to 10-1/2 x 8 inches. 4to. Album of professional photographs of European travel destinations including the Midi Monte Carlo Stockholm Brussels London Capri Innsbruck Jena Paris Venice and St. Moritz. Many of the images are hand-colored; a few of the photographers are named including C. Hertel Sommer Naples and C. Naya Venice. The front cover title translates to "Memories of Travel unknown books
186715802Philadelphia: Bennerman & Wilson 1867. Illustrated with 12 mounted photographs by various photographers Wm. Notman J.C. Browne N. Sarony Wenderoth Taylor & Brown F.S. Keeler J. Carbutt Wm. Bell J.H. Kent LÅ“scher & Petsch. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half brown morocco worn endpapers stained text and plates generally very good signed Morris Moses at bottom of spine. Illustrated with 12 mounted photographs by various photographers Wm. Notman J.C. Browne N. Sarony Wenderoth Taylor & Brown F.S. Keeler J. Carbutt Wm. Bell J.H. Kent LÅ“scher & Petsch. 1 vols. 8vo. With 12 Mounted Photographs. Fourth year of this famous and outstanding early photographic journal.<br/><br/>In Part 48 December 1867 is A MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPH OF A LADY ICE-SKATING BY THE RENOWNED CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER WILLIAM NOTMAN OF MONTREAL <br/><br/>"Through the efforts of Wilson this journal achieved an outstanding place in the photographic literature of the times. For many years it was the foremost publication of its kind in this country . " - Taft Photography and the American Scene p. 205. Bennerman & Wilson unknown books
1860CAT0150New York 1860. An unusual image of a Zouave soldier in an outdoor setting holding a horse. During the Civil War roughly 95 Zouave regiments formed adopting the names uni-forms and sometimes fighting styles of the North African Zouave brigades. The bulk - about 70 of the regiments - fought for the Union cause. We were unable to determine anything else about this soldier though the image was found in a New York estate. New York was home to two of the most famous Zouave brigades the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry and the 11th New York Volunteer In-fantry. A nearly fine image with a slight crease housed in a full case. unknown books
185518139Paris: Didot 1855. Deluxe edition with full amount of photos. With 8 mounted photographic vignettes after drawings by F.J. Barrias. 64 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Marbled boards red morocco spine covers worn internally fine. Deluxe edition with full amount of photos. With 8 mounted photographic vignettes after drawings by F.J. Barrias. 64 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed Copy With the Full 8 Mounted Photographic Plates. Inscribed by the editor on flyleaf "A Monsieur et Mme de La Grange.". The Truthful Lens 179 notes; Yanul Photographically Illustrated Books Before 1860 P. 7 notes Didot unknown books
18850000358New York: published by the photographer no date ca. 1885. The images measure 7.75 inches by 9.5 inches or the reverse & are mounted to thick card stock 14†x 17â€. Most of the photos are numbered in the negative & the mounts each bear the printed imprint of the photographer with his Bond Street New York address. The images are a bit light. The mounts are wavy soiled foxed & one has the lower corner chipped away otherwise Good or better. <br/><br/>A pioneer of architectural photography Albert Levy 1844–1847 - 1907 was a French photographer active in Europe and the United States. He produced thousands of images documenting the history of civil domestic and church architecture in France Italy Germany the United Kingdom Austria the Netherlands Switzerland and the United States. Significant collections of his work can be found at the Bibliothиque Nationale de France the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University and the Art Institute of Chicago. Additionally Levy began the manufacture of the gelatin dry plates in 1878 preceding by a year George Eastman’s patent. published by the photographer unknown books
189022210Washington DC: Various ca. 1890s-1910s. Very good. Six late 19th- and early 20th-century mounted studio portraits. One portrait with handwritten name and date on reverse "EB Williams /1877; others undated. Four cards gilt-edged in very good condition with some foxing and moderate wear to edges and card backs. Corners of one card chipped; mounted photograph unaffected. Final card shows more signs of wear with some damage spots and chipping to cardstock back. Mounted photograph affected at outer edge only. Collection in very good condition overall. Individual portrait details follow: 1 4.25'' by 6.5'' approx. Standing man wearing several medals and a sword otherwise in civilian dress. Identified on reverse as "EB Williams / 1877." Taken at Johnson Bros. 2 4.25'' by 6.5'' approx. Seated woman in armchair holding a book. No studio name. Card heavily chipped along edges with some discolored spots and staining to back. 3 3'' by 4.25'' photograph mounted on 5'' by 7.5'' cardstock. Infant in elaborate gown seated on chair taken by the Spurlock Studio. Undated but no earlier than 1904 the year of the studio's founding. 4 Standing young woman in late 19th. century dress undated. Taken at the Rice Studio. One corner creased. Negative number written on back in pencil. 5 Standing young woman in late 19th or early 20th c. dress undated. Taken at J.D. Merritt. 6 Group of five men apparently related but not identified. Taken at Paul Tralles Studio. <br/><br/>Six cabinet cards of African-American subjects photographed at various Washington D.C. studios. Includes one card from the Scurlock studio undated but most likely from the early 1900s. Addison Scurlock arrived in D.C. from North Carolina in 1900 and opened his own business four years later after an apprenticeship with white photographer Moses P. Rice whose studio is also represented here. Scurlock specialized in portraiture and became the premier African American photographer to Washington's black middle-class in the early 20th century. Two other studios represented in the collection J.D. Merritt and Johnson Bros. both located on Pennsylvania Avenue's "photographer's row" where a number of white studio owners employed African-American photographers some of whom like Scurlock eventually established their own businesses "Picturing the Promise: The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington". An early portrait from an important African American photographer together with several other studio portraits from both the Washington African American and photographic communities. [Various] unknown books
1860CAT0177American 1860. 2 ⅜ x 3 ⅜ inches uncased. An arresting and uncommon image of a girl bathing her dolls in a formal studio setting. Some discoloration at margins image area in excellent condition. unknown books
189046773Washington DC: Mathew Brady or an assistant 1890. For a similar photograph see plate 411 in Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James Horan NY 1955. "Copyright Secured" in image slightly faded in places but very good. <br/><br/> Mathew Brady or an assistant] unknown books
188530592Chacago: Smith's Studio of Photography 1885. Housed in an elaborately decorated wood frame with gilt fabric and hand-painted mat. 1 vols. Image 5 x 3-1/2 inches; overall frame is 14-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Fine condition. Housed in an elaborately decorated wood frame with gilt fabric and hand-painted mat. 1 vols. Image 5 x 3-1/2 inches; overall frame is 14-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. 1885 Photo of Elaborate Child In Elaborate Frame. The elaborately dressed child wearing a pensive look sits on a low plush-covered bench; the photographer's advertisement on back for "Children's Photos par excellence" gives the firm's address as 206 N. Clark Street in what was Chicago's fashionable Near North Side. The frame is a bravura creation of rich complexity easier viewed than described. A splendid piece of late-19th century upscale Americana. Smith's Studio of Photography unknown books
1856309210London 1856. First edition. With Nine tippedin photographic illustrations by J. A. Spencer. vi 54 pp. designed by Wyatt and printed lithographically by Standige & Co is also of note. 4to. Original printed illustrative boards black modern cloth spine and new endpapers. Very Good. First edition. With Nine tippedin photographic illustrations by J. A. Spencer. vi 54 pp. designed by Wyatt and printed lithographically by Standige & Co is also of note. 4to. Early photographically illustrated book. The preface comments on how time-consuming the photographic process was. Yanul Photographically illustrated books before 1860 typescript p. 20;Gernsheim Incunabula 51; Bulletin N.Y.P.L. 20a 20b. Masterpieces of Victorian Photography Arts Council 1951 cat. no. 424 unknown books
1896D11320Berlin / Weimar: Neue Photogr. Gesellsch / Deutschen Photogr. Seitung K. Schwier 1896-1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth and decorative paper portfolio "Internationale Musterblätter von Portrait-Aufnahmen" stamped on front board; contains 49 silver print photographic plates 6x9 inches with 3-9 images per sheet; loose as issued. Commercial portraits and images of European theatre performers with the plate number and date in the plate. Some show good humor -- a classroom of children being taught by a dog men drinking a woman peering through a tennis racket and the like. Portfolio soiled and worn. A few plates very lightly chipped along the edges but contents are generally VG or better. <br/><br/> Neue Photogr. Gesellsch / Deutschen Photogr. Seitung (K. Schwier) hardcover books
186523553No Place Listed: Not Published 1865. Image showing hundreds of tents guardhouses at perimeter a few soldiers and guards visible appearing to be in Union Army Civil War era uniform hilly landscape and river in background; skillfully spliced from three panels to create a panoramic view; overall approx. 5 1/4" x 22" size; dark brown cardstock mount approx. 10" x 27" no photographer or place listed; some edge tips wear to cardstock; image with spotting browning; still with plenty of detail and in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
189524907London UK: Orient Steam Navigation Company 1895. Photograph of this steamship at anchor; identified on the bow as the Ophir and also below the image on the window-matte surround written in a decorative calligraphic hand in ink as 'RMS Ophir.' The image approx. 5 1/2" x 10 1/4" sight; the surrounding matte make it 13 1/2" x 18 ¾." A little fade to the image; no photographer or studio noted not dated circa 1895. The photo with clear details; the surrounding cardstock matte darkened old framing line at outer edge; in good condition. A handsome ship once used as the Royal cruiser for the future George V while on his world tour of the British Empire in 1901. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Orient Steam Navigation Company paperback books
