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PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENERY OF SOUTH AFRICA

PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENERY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Condition
Used - Images generally clean with some foxing to margins and to tissue guards; hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Binding rubbed and w
Edition
Second Edition
Published
1880
Binding
Hardcover
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n.p.: Sam Alexander, 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. Images generally clean with some foxing to margins and to tissue guards; hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Binding rubbed and worn but still quite presentable. Very Good. Quarto (9" x 11-1/2") in publisher's gilt-decorated morocco leather, with modern rebacking retaining most of the original spine and tinted lithographic title page with… Read more about this item
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ALBUMS PHOTOGRAPHIES DE TERRE-SAINTE. ARRANGÉES AVEC SOIN PAR BOULOS MÉO, JÉRUSALEM

ALBUMS PHOTOGRAPHIES DE TERRE-SAINTE. ARRANGÉES AVEC SOIN PAR BOULOS MÉO, JÉRUSALEM

by [PHOTOGRAPHY - JERUSALEM] ZANGAKI, Adelphoi

Condition
Used - Photographs Very Good to Near Fine with good contrast. Moderate wear to binding but front hinge is broken with cover still attac
Edition
First Edition
Published
[1880s]
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Hardcover
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[1880s]. First Edition. Hardcover. Photographs Very Good to Near Fine with good contrast. Moderate wear to binding but front hinge is broken with cover still attached. Over all Very Good. Oblong folio album (15" x 11") in morocco-backed olive wood panels with a carved Jerusalem cross and inlaid border containing a letterpress title and 48 large (@9" x… Read more about this item
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VILLAS ON THE HUDSON. A Collection of Photo-Lithographs of Thirty-One Country Residences

VILLAS ON THE HUDSON. A Collection of Photo-Lithographs of Thirty-One Country Residences

by TURNER, A[uston] A[ugustus]

Condition
Used - Toning, particularly to plates with floor plans, many with some small stains, mostly to margins; split at front joint, occasiona
Edition
First Edition
Published
1860
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Hardcover
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Toning, particularly to plates with floor plans, many with some small stains, mostly to margins; split at front joint, occasional loss of small pieces of cloth at extremities. Very Good. Large folio (19" x 13-1/2") in original gilt-lettered cloth. Three preliminary leaves, 31 photo-lithographic plates (most with two… Read more about this item
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COLLECTION OF SIX MOUNTED ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF TOWNS IN AUSTRIA AND GERMANY

COLLECTION OF SIX MOUNTED ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF TOWNS IN AUSTRIA AND GERMANY

Condition
Used - Just a bit of fading to the images. Near Fine and scarce
Edition
First Edition
Published
[1868]
Binding
Photograph
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Vienna: Helm, [1868]. First Edition. Photograph. Just a bit of fading to the images. Near Fine and scarce. Six 8-1/8" x 5-1/2" albumen photographs on 12-3/4" x 9-3/4" mounts of various towns in Austria and Germany: Spitz, Persenbeug, Strudel, Passau, Weiteneck, and Grein, all from DONAU-ALBUM by Helm of scenes along the Danube. The complete album contained anywhere… Read more about this item
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CARTES DE VISITE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY

CARTES DE VISITE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY

by DARRAH, William C

Condition
Used - Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper
Edition
First Edition
Published
(1981)
Binding
Hardcover
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Gettysburg, PA: W. C. Darrah, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Red cloth; [6], 221, [1] pages. Illustrated with many photographs. Essential reference for cartes de visite photographs. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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MEIJI PERIOD PHOTO ALBUM with 50 Hand-Colored Albumen Photographs Including the Aftermath of the Great Earthquake of 1891

MEIJI PERIOD PHOTO ALBUM with 50 Hand-Colored Albumen Photographs Including the Aftermath of the Great Earthquake of 1891

by [JAPAN]

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Used - Cardboard pages in album have a slight wave; prints have light toning along edges and light silvering, a few prints with light s
Published
@1892
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Hardcover
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@1892. Hardcover. Cardboard pages in album have a slight wave; prints have light toning along edges and light silvering, a few prints with light soiling and foxing affecting content; all prints have good exposure. Heavy fraying and wear to covers, spine dry with moderate chipping and a tear along one edge. Covers Fair but overall the photographs themselves are… Read more about this item
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MEIJI PERIOD PHOTO ALBUM with 50 Hand-Colored Albumen Photographs

MEIJI PERIOD PHOTO ALBUM with 50 Hand-Colored Albumen Photographs

by [JAPAN]

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Used - Photographs are Fine and bright with tissue guards. Both boxes in nice shape. The front cover of the album with a horizontal cra
Published
@1892
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Hardcover
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@1892. Hardcover. Photographs are Fine and bright with tissue guards. Both boxes in nice shape. The front cover of the album with a horizontal crack about 3 inches from the bottom and extending across most of the cover doing little to detract from the lovely decorative scene. Overall a beautiful example, uncommon in such nice condition. Oblong… Read more about this item
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[VUES DE VENISE]

[VUES DE VENISE]

by NAYA, Charles (Carlo)

Condition
Used - A bit of light soiling to the mats; the paper holder a bit soiled and worn. The images are bright and Fine
Published
[@1880]
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Photographs
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Venice: Campo S. Maurizio, [@1880]. Photographs. A bit of light soiling to the mats; the paper holder a bit soiled and worn. The images are bright and Fine. Carlo Naya. A total of 12 large hand-colored albumen photographs, measuring 14" x 10-1/2" mounted on 25" x 19" stiff paper and housed in a paper folder printed and decorated… Read more about this item
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PHOTOGRAPH OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON

PHOTOGRAPH OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON

by [EMERSON, Ralph Waldo] HAWES, Josiah Johnson & SOUTHWORTH, Albert Sands

Condition
Used - Not examined out of the frame but appears to be Fine
Published
@1880s
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Framed Photograph
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@1880s. Framed Photograph. Not examined out of the frame but appears to be Fine. Fine portrait of Emerson, image size 8-1/2" x 12-1/2" matted and framed to an overall size of 15" x 20". On the rear of the frame are two labels from Holman's Print Shop of Boston, circa 1940, on which is stated the following: "This… Read more about this item
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SKETCHES, LIFE THOUGHTS AND INCIDENTS

SKETCHES, LIFE THOUGHTS AND INCIDENTS

by MEREDITH, Harriet [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]

Condition
Used - Some rubbing to binding, but Near Fine, contents bright
Edition
First Edition
Published
1881
Binding
Hardcover
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to binding, but Near Fine, contents bright. Bound in full, blind-stamped publisher's black morocco leather and illustrated with a carte-de-visite photograph of the author by P. Gutekunst tipped to the verso of the front free endpaper, likely as issued; 179 pages. The only copy of this book we… Read more about this item
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THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

by GERNSHEIM, Helmut & Alison

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Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
Edition
First Edition
Published
(1969)
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: McGraw-Hill, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Quarto, 599 pages. A new revised and expanded edition of this monumental reference work, illustrated with 390 photographs and engravings.
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