1892. PARKMAN, Francis. PHOTOGRAPH AND SIGNED MANUSCRIPT NOTE (1892), MATTED AND FRAMED. Jamaica Plain [MA], 22 Sept. [18]'92. Note written to William Dana ORCUTT, author of (among other works) FROM MY LIBRARY WALLS: A KALEIDOSCOPE OF MEMORIES. The aforementioned book is based on articles he wrote for The Christian Science..... More
1928. [PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER]. VIEWS OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER. New Haven: Yale University Press; Published for Phillips Academy Andover, 1928. First edition. 30 black and white photo views, printed on rectos only, with a brief caption printed below. [62] pp. Folio, tan cloth-backed blue paper boards, printed paper label to..... More
18. [PHOTO ALBUM]. 88 HAND-COLORED 19TH-CENTURY ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN. The images, each of which is approximately 20.5 x 27 cm. (8 by 10.25 in.), cover the gamut of tourist scenes in and around Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Kobe, Idzu, etc., but also include many unusual images that are not..... More
1884. [PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN]. 25 OUTDOOR SCENES AND STUDIO POSED PHOTOS. Small late 19th century oblong 12 x 18.3 cm album of albumen photos of landscape and city scenes, genre shots of trades and customs in the studio, each about 9.5 x 13.5 cm image size. Brocade covered boards..... More
18. [PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN]. 30 Albumen Scenes around Nikko. Small late 19th, early 20th century oblong 11.5 x 17.8 cm album of albumen photos of Nikkô, each about 9.5 x 14 cm. Simple lacquer covers. The images are b+w, with a bit of fading, as usual. The condition overall..... More
18. [PHOTO ALBUM - JAPAN]. 50 ALBUMEN OUTDOOR SCENES AND WOMEN. Small late 19th, early 20th century oblong 13.4 x 18.3 cm album of albumen photos, Half of the album is made up of shots of Japanese women in kimono, in the studio and out. The other half is a...... More
1904. [PHOTOGRAPHY] PHOTO-CLUB DE PARIS. LA REVUE DE PHOTOGRAPHIE, DEUXIEME ANNEE 1904. Paris: Photo-Club de Paris, 1904. 399 pp. + 36 tipped-in plates. Most plates are monochrome, except for one. All plates are present; although six are bound out of order. 4to., 3/4 morocco with gilt spine labels and floral..... More
[PHOTOGRAPHS]. 141 HAND-COLORED & BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF 19TH CENTURY JAPAN AND ASIA. Archive consists of six groups of photographs. Most are mounted and are disbound from albums, four have ink and watercolor illustrations on the mounts, and 19 are loose b/w prints, probably early 20th century. A few..... More
1909. (PHOTOGRAPHY). THE COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHER. By R. Child Bayley. With Over One Hundred Illustrations. Third edition, revised. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. 8vo., red cloth, lettered in gilt. Very slightly cocked; mild soiling and rubbing to cloth. Slight dampstain to edge of frontis., not affecting image; else, clean..... More
1940. (PHOTOGRAPHY). THE LAST RIVET. The story of Rockefeller Center, a city within a city, as told at the ceremony in which John D. Rockefeller Jr. drove the last rivet of the last building, November 1, 1939. New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by Bernice..... More
[PHOTOGRAPHY - 19TH CENTURY]. TONKIN TYPES. Small (8.7 x 13.2 cm) red pebbeld cloth album stamped in gilt and blind, fine condition. Twelve early silver gelatin print photographs (5.5 x 8 cm) mounted to line-framed stiff pages. Captions in French at bottom of photographs (Pecheurs, Femme du Delta, En Famille..... More
1930. [PHOTOGRAPHY - 20TH CENTURY] 14 INDUSTRIAL SNAPSHOTS: INSULATING OF WIRE AND CABLE LINES. n.d., ca. 1930's. Fourteen 2.5 x 3.5 snapshots, white borders with rough edges, sepia tone. Loosely inserted in slots on three thin cardstock sheets, which are stapled to the manila folder containing them. Photos in very..... More
1910. [PHOTOGRAPHY - 20TH CENTURY] ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON NEW YORK CITY MAYOR WILLIAM JAY GAYNOR, 1910. American Press Association, event occurring August 6, 1910 (reverse of photo dated August 10). Silver gelatin print photograph, 6 9/16 x 8 1/2 inches. Small chip and slight creasing to..... More
1936. [PHOTOGRAPHY - AVANT GARDE] KOISHI Kiyoshi. SATSUEI - SAKUGA NO SHINGIHÔ. Tokyo: Genkosha, Showa 11 [1936]. Small square 8vo., cloth-bound, no jacket as issued, in a printed cardboard slipcase. Koishi was one of the most important photographers of Japan in the prewar period. His breakthrough photo book, EARLY SUMMER..... More
1998. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE]. SHINJUKU GRAND PALACE. Tokyo, Shincho^sha, 1998. Oblong 4to. Boards in illustrated dustwrappper. 13 photographers capture Shnijuku as transportation hub, entertainment venue, party-district, etc., etc. Vignettes of full bore urban life. Fine. More
1992. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] FUJIWARA Shin'ya. SHÔNEN NO MINATO. Tokyo, Switch Corp., 1992. Folio, wrappers in dustwrapper and bellyband. Signed by Fujiwara. Very fine. For more on the artist, see www.fujiwarashinya.com. More
1982. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] INOUE Hisashi & MITOME Tadao. KOKUGO JIKEN SATSUJIN JITEN. Tokyo, 1982. Square 8vo., Photos by Mitome, the winner of the first Ken Domon Photography Prize and text by Inoue. The title reveals all, but it is a very complex pun, untranslatable with our poor skills. A...... More
2000. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] KANAI, Moroi. MONOCHROME DEJA VU FROZEN SCENERY: HOLLAND with CD. Tokyo: Chez Takibana, 2000. [unpaginated]. Square 8vo., white wrappers printed in black with cutout front cover exposing b/w postcard mounted on folding panel beneath; glassine dust jacket nicked at edges. Audio CD in sleeve mounted to..... More
1997. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] KANNO Jun. UMI TO NO AI THE SEA AND ITS LOVE. Tokyo, Little More, 1997. Large square 8vo., wrappers, Original publisher's bellyband, glassine. Illustrated throughout with color photos by Kanno of Japanese at the beach - not a common subject and one handled here with considerable..... More
1648. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] Moriyama DAIDÔ. DAIDÔ hysteric no.6 1994. Tokyo, hysteric glamour, 1993. Large square folio, illustrated wrappers, 177 images (many double page) over 360 pages. Limited edition. This copy has a bit of mild creasing marks to the covers but overall in very good condition. Remarkable work in..... More
2006. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] MUDA Tomohiro. IN PRAISE OF JAPANESE BEAUTY: Japanese Aesthetics Through the Lens of Tomohiro Muda. (Tokyo): Coherence, (2006). First edition. Illustrated throughout with Muda's color photographs of Japanese cultural treasures, venerable examples of art and architecture. 136 pp. including illustrations, + errata slip laid-in. The text..... More
2001. [PHOTOGRAPHY - JAPANESE] NAITÔ Tadayuki. SAKURA-COSM. Tokyo, Switch Corp., 1990. Folio, with publisher's bellyband, all in dustwrapper, Fine. Signed by Naito. More
