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Three Photographs of Gold Mining on the Rogue River, Grants Pass, Oregon
1910. Three photographs (one duplicate) laid down on canvas (as issued?). Roughly 9-1/4 by 7-1/4 inches. The two views are taken from opposite sides of a small inlet. The mining operation consists of a water-powered conveyor leading to two spinning drums. Water is pumped out of the drum enclosures through a tall pipe. Location and date written in pencil on the verso (back) of one of images. ISBN: 281AIB1023322.
Medium contrast images. Generally very good. One of the duplicate images with creasing to one corner. [JSP02]
Book ID: 103727More details Price: $250.00 -
San Francisco
First Edition
San Francisco: The H. S. Crocker Company, 1918. Unpaginated. Contains 25 black-and-white photographic images. Bruguière was born in San Francisco; in 1905 he joined the Photo-Secession. ISBN: 281AIB1047273.
First edition (first printing). The contents are separated from the staples attaching them to the covers but the contents are near fine. Dust jacket has mild surface soiling only.
Book ID: 260958More details Price: $200.00 -
#1 Camp I
McCloud, CA: Miller Photo Co, (n.d. but ca. 1910). 8-3/16 by 6-1/16 (image) on 11 by 8-1/2 mount. Image of approximately 40 loggers in front of a plain building. One or two of the men may be Indians. Probably McCloud Lumber Co. ISBN: 281AIB0077685.
Medium contrast image with a bit of silvering at the edges. Stiff black paper mount very good or better, with Miller's McCloud blindstamp in lower right corner.
Book ID: 42649More details Price: $125.00 -
American Places
First Edition
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1981. 224 pages. 10-3/4 by 12-3/8 inches. Essays on the human and natural histories of the United States, ranging from Maine to the plains and the Rockies to the Pacific Northwest. Illustrated with 96 color photo reproductions by nature photographer Eliot Porter. ISBN: 9780525053903.
First edition (first printing). Spotted at the edges, thus a near fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to a fellow writer: "For Howard Lachtman, from his friend / Wallace Stegner." A large, heavy book.
Book ID: 178547More details Price: $125.00 -
The Origins of Photography
First Edition Thus
(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1982). 280 pages. 10-1/4 by 11-1/2 inches. With 191 illustrations "that have been specially reproduced to bring out the silver and sepia tints of the original prints" -- from the front flap. First published in 1955 and enlarged in 1969. This edition further revised and with a new chapter on the the origins of photography in Italy. ISBN: 9780500540800.
First edition thus. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. In the publisher's near fine matching slipcase with lamination beginning to peel in a few places. A large, heavy book.
Book ID: 226803More details Price: $75.00 -
The Art of French Calotype With a Critical Dictionary of Photographers, 1845 - 1870
First Edition
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983. 284 pages. 10-3/4 by 9-1/5 inches (oblong). Illustrated with nearly 200 black-and-white photograph reproductions. A history of the early photographic process known as calotype, and it's use in France. ISBN: 9780691040028.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy with a previous owner's signature on the front paste-down endpaper; in a very good dust jacket with edgewear and light chipping to spine head. [JSP04]
Book ID: 16848More details Price: $75.00 -
Francis Eginton: A Monograph
First Edition
(N.-pl.): (n.p.), 1871. 14 pages plus a correction page. "Reprinted with corrections and additions from the Birmingham Daily Post, April 25th, 1871." Author attribution from WorldCat. A refutation of the claims that Egintonn, who was known for making reproductions of his painitings, was an early pioneer of photography. An uncommon (three copies in OCLC) early treatise on photography. ISBN: 281AIB1020433.
First edition (first printing). Front cover darkened at spine, thus very good in stapled wrappers.
Book ID: 91027More details Price: $75.00 -
Male Nudes
First Edition
Paris: Fitway Publishing, 2005. 143 pages. 10 by 14-1/2 inches. Photo reproductions mostly in color. ISBN: 9782752801616.
First English edition (first printing). A Near fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Bump to one corner with a small tear to the paper cover. A large, heavy book.
Book ID: 235358More details Price: $40.00 -
Portraits From a Village (1977-1979)
First Edition
Greece: N.P, n.d. 4 pages of commentary, in Greek and English. 16 loose black-and-white photographs in folder. ISBN: 281AIB1047986.
First edition (first printing). The illustrated brown folder with black lettering is partially torn on right hand edge. The 16 photographs and the text are fine.
Book ID: 262900More details Price: $40.00 -
Fotografia latinoamericana: Coleccion Anna Gamazo de Abello, una seleccion (1895-2008)
First Edition
(Mexico): Editorial RM, 2008. 192 pages plus indices. Text in Spanish and English. Catalog of an exhibition of the Latin American photography collection of the wife of Spanish billionaire Juan Abello. Your cataloguer cannot recall a more important photography collection assembled by a woman. ISBN: 9789689345220.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Security sticker on final page.
Book ID: 84960More details Price: $40.00 -
L'amour fou: Photography & Surrealism
Washington, DC and New York: Corcoran Gallery of Art / Abbeville Press, 1985. 244 pages. Heavily illustrated in black and white. ISBN: 9780896595798.
Very Good
Book ID: 28521More details Price: $35.00 -
Wayne F. Miller: Photographs 1942-1958
First Edition
Brooklyn: powerHouse Books, (2008). 256 pages. This monograph "chronicles the evolution of a largely self-taught photographer." - from the flyleaf. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 11.5 x 11 inches. ISBN: 9781576874622.
Near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket with mild edge wear and a short 1 in. tear on back near flap crease.
Book ID: 250314More details Price: $25.00 -
Marion Belanger: Rift / Fault
Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2017. 2-1/2 by 10 inches. Photographic reproductions of two land-based edges of the North American Plate, one in California along the San Andreas Fault, and the other in Iceland. Belanger "photographs the cultural landscape, particularly where geology and the built environment intersect" -- from her website. ISBN: 9781942185154.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap.
Book ID: 249344More details Price: $20.00 -
Yesterday's Perfume: An Intimate Memoir of Paul Bowles
First Edition
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2000. 239 pages. 10 by 11-1/4 inches. Nutting's memoir of her friendship with Bowles, illustrated with photo reproductions, most in black-and-white. "Interwoven among Cherie's narrative are bits and pieces of Paul's previously unpublished writings -- diarylike fragments, retellings of dreams, little stories -- a sharp counterpoint in his inimitable voice" -- from the front flap. ISBN: 9780609605738.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A large, heavy book.
Book ID: 230721More details Price: $20.00 -
Frozen In Iron: A Selection of Tintypes from The Peter E. Palmquist Collection
Arcata, CA: (the author), 2001. 217 pages. 9-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. Illustrated with more than 200 full-page reproductions of Palmquist's tintype collection, now housed at the Beinecke Library, at Yale. Limited to 300 copies. ISBN: B002FT6ODG.
Fine
Book ID: 245567More details Price: $20.00 -
Yesterday's Perfume: An Intimate Memoir of Paul Bowles
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2000. 239 pages. 10 by 11-1/4 inches. Nutting's memoir of her friendship with Bowles, illustrated with photo reproductions, most in black-and-white. "Interwoven among Cherie's narrative are bits and pieces of Paul's previously unpublished writings -- diarylike fragments, retellings of dreams, little stories -- a sharp counterpoint in his inimitable voice" -- from the front flap. ISBN: 9780609605738.
Very Good
Book ID: 145639More details Price: $15.00 -
The World in My Camera
First Edition
New York: The Dial Press, 1974. 259 pages. 7-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches. Photographs reproduced mostly in black-and-white. First published in 1970 in French as Le Monde et Ma Camera. ISBN: 9780803797321.
First American edition (first printing). Near fine in a dust jacket with some edge wear. Light bumps to corners.
Book ID: 230216More details Price: $15.00 -
Det evige ojeblik: Dansk pressefotografi gennem 75 ar
First Edition
(Stavnsager): (Presse Fotograf Forbundet), (1987). 227 pages. 8-3/4 by 11 inches. Published for the 75th anniversary of the Danish Press Photography association. Text in Danish. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photo reproductions. ISBN: 9788772750774.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket.
Book ID: 230367More details Price: $15.00 -
Augnablik. The Blink of an Eye
First Edition
London: Govett-Kerr, 2006. 31 pages. Margretardottir is an Icelandic photographer, Silverstein and Unwin are painters. This is the catalogue to accompany an exhibit in 2005. ISBN: 281AIB1047893.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in light bluewrappers (paperback).
Book ID: 262779More details Price: $12.50 -
Images for the End of Century: Photomontage Equations
First Edition
London: Journeyman Press, 1990. Unpaginated; about 80 pages. 6 by 8-1/4 inches. Exhibition catalog. Images in black-and-white. ISBN: 9781851720323.
First paperback edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Color-fading to spine.
Book ID: 252987More details Price: $10.00
