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2001146560North Adelaide: Endeavour Publishing 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. North Adelaide Endeavour Publishing 2001. Large quarto 132 pages with numerous colour plates after the author's photographs. Papered boards; a fine copy with the near-fine dustwrapper lightly scuffed. Signed and dated by the author; the pricelist for the accompanying exhibition is loosely inserted. Endeavour Publishing hardcover
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
76897Unique collection of labels representing a variety of camera clubs in Southern California during their heyday from the 1930s through the ‘50s. This grouping represents 20 different Southern California camera clubs one Chicago camera club and two versions of labels for amateur photographer Al Carah a Fellow of the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs in 1955.<br /> <br /> As cameras became more accessible during the first decade of the 20th century a number of serious amateur photographers reacted to the snapshot craze by forming organizations dedicated to promoting photography as a fine art rather than as a popular pastime or commercial pursuit. Camera club members were able to participate in competitions and study groups designed to advance their photographic knowledge and skills.<br /> <br /> A detailed list of all 23 labels is available upon request. unknown
191225944Rhodesia 1912. Good overall. Real picture post cards mailed from Southern Rhodesia during the period in which it was a British protectorate administered by Cecil Rhodes' company the British South Africa Company to a Mrs. J. C. Clarke of 17 Bellevue Crescent Edinburgh Scotland posted from Rhodesia by her brother Will. <br /> <br /> Real vernacular photographs many captioned by the author including: Zimbabwe Ruins "between the river & second wall of the temple"; inside the temple; "another view inside the famous temple"; "Alan Wilson's first grave; after the last stand at Shangani"; the temple outer doorway on the west side; the outer wall of the Temple Zimbabwe; Summer time on the banks of the Sanyati River near Salisbury S. Rhodesia; First Gaol Gatooma a giant ant heap; workers transporting mercury to a mine; a truly rural hut occupied by the Infant School mistress; a road side shop in Gatooma; Native War Dance; block of offices in Gatooma built by Mssrs. Ewins & Fitt; In the midst of the Sanyati River near Salisbury showing a British family with small children standing on rocky outcropping; and the Great Zimbabwe Ancient Ruins Smart & Copley Bulawayo copyright.<br /> <br /> The Great Zimbabwe ruins which still exist today are a UNESCO World Heritage site and the largest ancient structure south of the Sahara second only to the Pyramids of Egypt in size. According to legend they were the capital city of the Queen of Sheba founded between 1100 ad 1450 AD. Gatooma now called Kadoma was an important mining town founded in the 1890s.<br /> <br /> 13 postcards are postally used split backs with franked 1D stamps of the British South Africa Company Rhodesia. 5 1/4 x 3 1/4". A few corners rubbed few images somewhat sunned. unknown
79381Mount: 4 ¼†x 7â€. Image: 3 ½†x 6 ¼â€. Undated and unmarked stereoview circa 1880 of the town of Idaho Springs Colorado. Identified with a holographic notation on the verso.<br /> <br /> Founded in 1859 by prospectors during the early days of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush Idaho Springs was at the center of the region's mining district throughout the late 19th century. The Argo Tunnel drained and provided access to many lodes of ore between Idaho Springs and Central City. unknown
19782255San Francisco: NFS Press 1978. First edition. Very Good. 12 x 9 inches. 112pp. White wrappers printed in black. B&w illustrations. Light toning and wear to wrappers; bump to spine foot. Interior clean and sound. From the Preface: "The contemporary world is dominated by the presence of the photograph. Its power to displace perspectives of the external world is now equivalent to the spontaneous act of seeing. This is translated into formalist theory when the thing photographed is less important than the photograph itself. The status of the photograph has reached the position whereby the world is now compared to it." NFS Press unknown
198063690Paris France: Contrejour 1980. 4to. 159 1 pp. With over 150 photos most full page. Gray publisher’s boards white lettering front cover & spine slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art photos by Ronis minor edgewear couple corners w/ very slight bumping still VG/VG bright copy from the library of Los Angeles photographer Bill Bronstein b. 1949. First edition of this photographic work capturing the images of Ronis famed for his poetic images of post-World War II life in Paris and Provence. His images of the beauty of the ordinary and the everyday taken “on the edge of chance†offer an emotional connection with both subjects and photographer. Contrejour, hardcover
1875ABC_48856Sydney 1875. Ca. 8 x 46.5 cm. Panorama photograph consisting of three albumen prints joined together with white bookcloth. A long folding panorama photograph of Sydney Harbour in the late 19th century. It prominently features the east side of Circular Quay which at the time was a commercial working wharf dominated by the wool trade. The many wool stores that were built here have since been demolished. The large wool store of Hill Clark and Co at the end of the wharf which was completed in 1883 cannot be found on the photograph which means it must have been taken in 1882 at the latest. The photograph is not signed but is reminiscent of the work of Australian photographers Charles Bayliss 1850-1897 and Francis Whitfield Robinson ca. 1819-after 1882 who made similar panorama photos of Sydney around this time.The photograph is slightly discoloured one of the bookcloth hinges is partly torn. Otherwise in good condition. hardcover
1900250991900. A silvertone photograph showing a large boat being built by hand by a group of men in dhotis turbans and bare feet. Loose wood in foreground elementary boat yard in background. On verso is written "Tamil Boat Building". Tamils are an ethnic group from Sri Lanka.<br /> <br /> Image is 5 3/4 x 4" b&w very good condition. unknown
194868551New York: Hastings House Publishers 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. SIGNED. 124pp. Small square quarto 24 cm Green paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and a gilt stamped design on the front cover. Patterned endpapers. Light wear to the spine ends. Previous owner's name and brief notation on verso of front free endpaper. In a price-clipped dust jacket with a small loss from the bottom edge of the dust jacket obscuring a bit of the author's name along with a few smaller closed and open edge tears. Laura Gilpin's brilliant camera study of Chichen Itza and a tribute to the Maya and to the group of scientists who have restored and reconstructed the beautiful temples. Laura Gilpin 1891-1979 born in Colorado was a 1917 graduate of the Clarence H. White School of Photography. Her career of fifty years was varied and wide-ranging and established her as one of the most outstanding photographers of our time. <br /> <br /> Inscribed by Gilpin on the half title: "For ____ / with best wishes / Laura Gilpin. Hastings House, Publishers hardcover
198627869Milano: Olivetti 1986. First Edition. This copy is a presentation copy INSCRIBED to his English language publisher LIFE founding publisher Charles A. Whittingham and signed in full by Phillips and dated the year of publication. With 151 photographs by John Phillips best known for his work for Life Magazine. 4to publisher's original gray cloth lettered on the spine in white in the original dustjacket. 193pp. A very fine copy both book and dustjacket as new. INSCRIBED BY THE FAMOUS 'LIFE' PHOTOGRAPHER TO LONG-TIME 'LIFE' PUBLISHER AND EDITOR CHUCK WHITTINGHAM. This very finely produced Italian publication was produced for the Programma di Iniziative Culturali of the Olivetti company. It contains a great many of the war era photographs for which Phillips is most famous.<br> The inscription is especially warm and pleasant; "For Chuck WIttingham a good friend and a great publisher - With all best wishes for a Merry Xmas and Wonderful New Year- John Phillips 86. Olivetti hardcover
19739589Hamburg: Gruner & Jahr AG 1973. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. Square 8vo original pictorial wrappers. A very good copy. A few leaves are loose from the binding. 434 photos from 86 countries by 170 photographers. Gruner & Jahr AG unknown
188758292Rockford IL: Air Brush Manufacturing Co. 1887-1911. Four pieces. 1st - 32mo. 16 pp. Illust. title numerous illustrations. Colour-lithograph softcovers w/ colour shading simulating airbrush effect on front cover couple minor closed tears creasing still VG- copy; 2nd - 12mo. 4 pp unpaginated. illust. front cover testimonials self-printed softcovers minor edgewear toning; 3rd - 1 leaf 5.8 x 7.25 in. photo sample sheet center crease; 4th - 2 pp. 4.75 x 6.25 in. w/illust. on both sides center crease. First editions thus of these four early pieces of airbrush trade promotional literature for Liberty Walkup’s patented airbrush which transformed the photography retouching and printing industry in the 1880’s. Fitted with air blast tube air regulator and a double-action trigger the airbrush enabled touchup artists to vastly speed up colour retouching and retouching of portraits and photographs in studio settings and by 1891 were publishing an in-house “Air Brush Journal.†Originally developed by Abner Peeler Walkup d. 1927 and his brother Charles Walkup bought the rights in 1881 and quickly developed the invention further obtained patent rights and traveled the country demonstrating the value of the device. No copies in Worldcat of this edition of the catalogue or small advertising pieces; See: Airbrush History The Inventors -- Abner Peeler & Liberty Walkup 2021. Air Brush Manufacturing Co., paperback
1980ABC_48493Sharjah 1980. Housed in a clear plastic folder with a piece of cardboard for protection. Ca. 19.5 x 29 cm. One photograph. Beautiful glossy press photograph of the Souk al-Markazi or Blue Souk in Sharjah. The impressive building was designed by British architects Michael Lyle & Partners and completed in 1978. Meant to ressemble a traditional bazaar it is one of the most iconic buildings in Sharjah and serves as the main shopping centre. The present photograph of the souk was taken in January 1980 for the Sunday edition of Associated Press News APN. It accompanied an article by Elias Antar dates unknown about the United Arab Emirates. The description by APN that would have come with the photograph when it was requested for use is included on the back.The lower right corner of the photograph is slightly creased without affecting the image. Otherwise in very good condition. unknown
196686337Switzerland: Ami Guichard 1966. First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 23.5cm. Publisher's heavy burgundy cloth boards titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board with an oval photographic image of Lartigue laid on to the front board. 126pp; 2. Light bumping to spine ends and some minor scuffing to extremities some scratches and shelfwear to the rear board clean and strong; internally clean illustrated throughout with the English text and 62 images printed onto heavy grey card in the manner of a 19th century photo album. A very good smart copy indeed with very light wear.<br /> <br /> A beautifully produced collected of images and reminiscenses depicting the boyhood creativity of the man who would become one of France's most celebrated photographers. Following on from his embryonic experiments with portrait and action photography in fin de siecle France through to his developing interest in scientific and aeronautical subjects. An account of the photographer certainly but also very much an account of the age which formed him as an artist. Ami Guichard unknown
1870114169London: Peacock Mansfield and Britton 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Peacock Mansfield and Britton 1870 extra-illustrated edition using the sheets of the 131st edition published by James Parker and Co. Oxford. Small octavo xii 383 pages plus a duplicate title leaf printed in gold list of illustrations 13 original albumen paper photographs one mounted on the duplicate title leaf 12 mounted on gold-bordered leaves. Full brown morocco with a gilt-edged red morocco onlay in the shape of a cross on the front cover; spine compartments and sides bordered in blind; all edges gilt; covers a little rubbed and marked; spine a little sunned; a very good copy. A deluxe edition of Keble's influential collection of poems extra-illustrated with 13 original photographs of important religious paintings. This copy comes from the collection of South Australian pastoralist Henry Dutton 1844-1914 and contains an additional albumen paper photograph portrait of him mounted on the recto of the frontispiece. A calligraphic inscription in red and black on an early blank reads: 'An Offering to Henry Dutton from the Chorister Boys of Christ Church North Adelaide October 1871'. Peacock, Mansfield and Britton hardcover
1941128279National Educational Alliance 1941. Very Good. First printings perfect-bound and side-stapled 8vos about 64pp ea matte color wraps and b/w throughout. Vintage magazines featuring photography instructional many by leading contemporary photographers often with recognizable models or actresses studio sessions with dramatic lighting. Sometimes a tasteful artistic nude study. Good Plus to Very Good overall most with rubbing toning edge foxing a few short creases stains and/or tears and some are quite presentable.N1 1941 E. Clarke A. Kertesz K. Cramer.N2 1941 John F. O'Reilly color sectionN3 1941 D. Kessel F. Henle E.P. Custis.N4 1941 W. Disney Ansel Adams L. Gilpin.N5 1941 M. Bourke-White Ansel Adams Kessel.N6 1941 Atget B. Abbott auto accidents.N8 1941 boxing and wrestling Matthew Brady; corners chewed.N9 1941 camera clubs L. Gilpin Fr. Scherschel.N10 1941 J. M. Cameron candids A. Kertesz.N18 1942 B. Morgan H. Kloss.N26 1942 farm photography color section.N27 1942 P. Andrews F. Peel.N31 1942 L .Gilpin Beaumont Newhall. N35 1942 amateur movies lenses R. Kingslake; crown tears.N36 1942 P. Outerbridge K. Vang D. Rooks. N37 1942 livestock lighting J.C. Allen; crown tears. N38 1942 make-up marine photography medical; spine tears. N40 1942 P. Stackpole G.C. Maloney Carol Landis 1pp.N41 1942 Mubridge A. Adams; small crown tears. N42 1942 Feininger orthographic Outerbridge. N45 1942 pinhole John Plumbe E. Weston; spine tears. N46 1942 A. Adams C. Tuttle P. Andrews color pp; spine tears. N49 1943 H. Scot Baldwin H.P. Robinson E. Weston; spine tears. N51 1943 Nadar still life Stieglitz sports; spine bumps.N52 1943 surrealism B. Newhall Feininger titling films color pp. N53 1943 A. TerLouw ultraviolet underwater B. Abbott; heel tears. National Educational Alliance paperback
86822New York: Aperture Press. First Edition. Quarto. 26cm. Publisher's dark grey cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 214pp. Clean and strong very light wear to extremities and spine ends; internally clean and fresh Aperture subscription ephemera laid in at the front; in a strong bright example of the white dustjacket with some shallow marginal wear to the upper edge of the rear panel and head of spine. A very good sharp copy with a little wear to the jacket.<br /> <br /> Weston's rigorously kept and deeply revealing diaries of his time developing his art in Mexico mostly between 1923-1926. Aperture Press unknown
194614094New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1946. First Edition. Quarto 29cm. Original tan cloth boards lettered in black on spine blind-stamped on front cover; dustjacket; unpaged. 52 b/w photograhic plates halftones with accompanying text on facing leaf verso. A tight Near Fine copy in lightly rubbed but unclipped dustwrapper Very Good. Morris's landmark collection of text and photographs showing the desolation of rural America following the depredations of the Great Depression and the Second World War. ROTH 101 p.122. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
198528941<p>New York:: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1985. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. Lee Miller exemplified the restlesness of the Lost Generation. She was a stunningly beautiful Vogue model a fine photographer who studied with and was the lover of Man Ray a war correspondent and in later life a gourmet cook. She was married twice: first to an Egyptian businessman and then to British surrealist Roland Penrose. Lavishly illustrated with Miller's own work Penrose's tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented women and the turbulent times in which she lived. Contains 171 illustrations by Miller who started out as a model for Vogue magazine.</p> Holt, Rinehart & Winston , hardcover
198521596London:: Thames and Hudson 1985. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright dust jacket. Lee Miller exemplified the restlesness of the Lost Generation. She was a stunningly beautiful Vogue model a fine photographer who studied with and was the lover of Man Ray a war correspondent and in later life a gourmet cook. She was married twice: first to an Egyptian businessman and then to British surrealist Roland Penrose. Lavishly illustrated with Miller's own work Penrose's tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented women and the turbulent times in which she lived. Contains 171 illustrations by Miller who started out as a model for Vogue magazine. Thames and Hudson, unknown
198522984New York:: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1985. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine bright clipped dust jacket. Lee Miller exemplified the restlesness of the Lost Generation. She was a stunningly beautiful Vogue model a fine photographer who studied with and was the lover of Man Ray a war correspondent and in later life a gourmet cook. She was married twice: first to an Egyptian businessman and then to British surrealist Roland Penrose. Lavishly illustrated with Miller's own work Penrose's tribute to his mother brings to life a uniquely talented women and the turbulent times in which she lived. Contains 171 illustrations by Miller who started out as a model for Vogue magazine. First UK Printing. Holt, Rinehart & Winston , unknown
196958653Carmel CA & San Francisco: The Friends of Photography George Waters Productions Inc. 1969. Folio. 4 pp unpaginated. printed as double bifolium. With 12 printed black & white photographs on thick card stock sized 11.25 x 14.25 in. White limp paper portfolio title embossed in blind on front cover minor dustsoiling rubbing edgewear still VG copy. First edition 1 of 2500 sets issued of this portfolio featuring iconic photographs from such photographers as Ansel Adams Imogen Cunningham Brett Weston Minor White Aaron Siskind Frederick Sommer Paul Strand Henri Cartier-Bresson Harry Callahan W. Eugene Smith Bill Brandt and Wynn Bullock. The Friends of Photography, [George Waters Productions, Inc.], unknown
193654147Chicago: Rand McNally & Co. 1936. 4to. 9.5 x 12.5 in. 12 pp unpaginated. photo plates throughout. Photo-illustrated stiff softcovers red lettering & borders on front & back covers dustsoiling & edgewear minor scuffing still VG copy. First edition of this charming book filled with the curious and adorable animal photographs by Frees 1879-1953 known for his comedic anthropomorphic photos showing baby animals dressed up in clothing and posed in human situations. Rand McNally & Co., paperback
199543111Santa Monica: Ram Publications 1995. Folio. 14 pp. 50 photos 4 pp. Black cloth w/ d.j. F/F copy from library of Dr. Rochelle Martin signed by Kenna on title. First edition stated & signed of this stunning exhibition of Kenna photographs entitled Industrial Revelations; the Rouge and other sites on view in Detroit Michigan from Dec. 1995 -- Feb. 1996. Ram Publications, hardcover