LOOK AT US
1967. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. LOOK AT US... Words by William Saroyan, Photographs by Arthur Rothenstein. New York: Cowles, (1967). First edition, later printing. Bookstore stamp to ffe. Fine, in a dust Jacket. More
1967. [PHOTOGRAPHY]. LOOK AT US... Words by William Saroyan, Photographs by Arthur Rothenstein. New York: Cowles, (1967). First edition, later printing. Bookstore stamp to ffe. Fine, in a dust Jacket. More
1937. [PHOTOGRAPHY] KIMURA Ihei. KOGATA KAMERA NO UTSUSHIKATA TSUKAIKATA. Tokyo, Genko^sha, Sho^wa 12 [1937]. 8vo. A master's handbook to photographic techniques, here on the use of the pocket camera. Kimura Ihei's second publication, from his early years. It includes the famous images of a market-day in Naha (Okinawa) as well..... More
1934. [PHOTOGRAPHY] OZAKI Sankichi. POOTOREETO NO UTSUSHIKATA PORTRAIT Tokyo: ARS, Sho^wa 14 [1939]. 8vo. Techniques for portrait photography by Ozaki (1912-1994), an important photographer in pre-war Japan. From the ARS series of practical handbooks on photographic technique. The original edition. Some rubbing on the spine, else very good in rubbed..... More
1938. [PHOTOGRAPHY] To^kyo^ Shashin Kenkyu^kai. KENTEN GASHU^ Dai Ni-ju^-hasshu^. To^kyo^ & O^saka, Sho^wa 13 [1938]. Bound, Western-style in bold patterned wrappers. Many photo-illustrations. A catalogue of the 28th exhibition of photography held by the Tokyo Photo Research Society. The book itself is near perfect, the tied wraparound case is a...... More
2008. RICHFIELD, Robert. A PIVOTAL PERSPECTIVE. PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT RICHFIELD. (New York: Alan Klotz Gallery, 2008). Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated with 30 color plates showing Richfield's multiple-panel 360? panoramic photographs of urban and industrial views, train stations and gardens, and interiors of shops and restaurants. A 13 by 24"..... More
19. ROUGET, Bernard, photographer, et al. ESQUISSE D'UN PORTRAIT DE LA MAROCAINE. [N.p., n.d., but perhaps Casablanca: Societe Shell du Maroc, circa 1950-1960]. Text in French. [16] pp. essay by Francois Bonjean, illustrated by Edy Legrand, accompanied by a group of 8 black and white photographs by Bernard Rouget showing..... More
1869. SCOTT, Sir Walter. THE LADY OF THE LAKE. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1871. Re-issue of the Author's edition, with 11 mounted albumen photographs, and wood engravings after Birket Foster and John Gilbert. [10] + 375 pp. 8vo., pebbled back morocco stamped in gilt and blind, with King's College..... More
1918. [SIBERIAN EXPEDITION]. Teikoku Gunjin Kyo^iku-kai, editors. SHIBERI JIHEN KINEN SHASHIN-CHO^. To^kyo^, Taisho^ Tsu^shinsha, Taisho^ 7 [1918] Oblong folio, bound western-style in cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in collotype. Photos and cations on the International Siberian Expedition in support of the Whites against the Red Army, in which the Japanese played..... More
SMITH, Hamilton. ANNALS OF SCIENCE, BEING A RECORD OF THE INVENTIONS, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIED SCIENCE. Conducted by Hamilton L. Smith, A. M. Cleveland: Printed by Harris, Fairbanks & Co., 1852(-1853). Thirteen issues containing early articles and notices about photography. Most issues are 16 pp., except for Vol 2, No..... More
1890. STANLEY, Arthur Penrhyn. HISTORICAL MEMORIALS OF CANTERBURY. New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co. [n.d. ca. 1890]. 361 pp. 8vo., purple and white cloth stamped in gilt. Frontispiece (illustration) plus 18 tipped-in plates, 13 of which are gelatin silver prints, the rest being b/w illustrations. All but two..... More
1966. STEINBECK, John. AMERICA AND AMERICANS. Photographs edited by the staff of Studio Books,The Vicking Press.New York: The Vicking Press, (1966). First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout, some color. 207 pp. 4to., bound in half blue and half green cloth, gilt title at spine, endpaper maps. A little foxing along the..... More
1889. MUIR GLACIER BEFORE DEVASTATING CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS TABER, I. W. [photographer]. ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH: VIEW OF MUIR GLACIER AND MORAIN, GLACIER BAY, ALASKA. 8 x 9.5 inches, mounted on 11 x 14 inch board. Photo captioned at bottom: "4582. View of Muir Glacier and Morain, Glacier Bay, Alaska. Copyrighted by..... More
1898. VIGNON, Paul. THE SHROUD OF CHRIST. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. [n.d. ca. 1900]. 170 pp. 4to., burgundy buckram. Ex-library with usual markings. Fair to good. Spine sunned, faded; cloth splitting at joints, frayed at heel, crown and corners. Complete but with several loose plates, pp. 15-16..... More
1930. VON HUBL, Arthur Freiherrn. DAS DEUTSCHE LICHTBILD JAHRESSCHAU 1931. Berlin: Robert & Bruno Schultz (1930). Unpaginated text, 160 pp. b/w photo reproduction plates. 4to., taupe colored cloth printed in black and white. Fair to good, backstrip detached (laid in), moderate soil and wear to boards. Light to moderate foxing..... More