The Origins of Photography by Helmut Gernsheim - 1982

Thames & Hudson. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Thames & Hudson. GF646 1982, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy goed exemplaar

London, Thames & Hudson, 1982. Third rev. ed.. 280pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper. 191 photographs- a fine copy.. The plates have been especially reproduced to bring out the silver and sepia tints of the original prints.

Thames and Hudson. Very Good. 1982. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Used; Like New. 20-A-03 Thames and Hudson 1982 Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket has light discoloration on spine. Slipcase has some bumps to the corners and a scratch on the front. Book Condition; Like New Jacket Condition; Very Good . 1982. SLIPCASED.

Thames & Hudson, 1982. 4to, 280pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in dust jacket.

E-085. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Thames & Hudson, New York. 1982. 280 pgs. Illustrated with191 black-and-white, sepia-toned & color illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Profusely illustrated account of the evolution of photography as an art and technique from its antecedents to 1857. The revised and expanded version of this classic with plates that have been specially reproduced to bring out the silver and sepia tints of the original prints; includes information on heliography and the calotype, but the main focus of the book is an in-depth look at the daguerreotype. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

(New York): Thames and Hudson, Inc., (1982).. (1982).. Fine. - Quarto [11-1/4 inches high by 10 inches wide], black cloth in a dust wrapper. The book is housed in a pictorial paper covered slipcase. The slipcase is bumped & rubbed at the corners. There is some light soiling & rubbing to the rear panel of the case with a short tear to the paper on the top edge. 280 pages. 191 black-and-white, sepia-toned & color illustrations. Near fine in a very good slipcase. <p>First American edition.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1982. NOT a library discard. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket in a Very Good slipcase. Two corners of the slipcase are mildly bumped but the book and jacket inside are NOT affected. The book itself appears unread with sharp corners and perfect hinges. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. An authoritative history from the prehistory of photography to the calotype and other paper processes in use from 1841 to 1857. Lavishly illustrated with 191 photos including several full page daguerreotypes in color. 1982. First Edition Thus with "First published in the United States in 1982" so stated [but actually a revised & expanded third edition of the first part of the author's HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY (1955), with the addition of many new illustrations and a new chapter on the origins of photography in Italy]. Bound in the original silver-stamped black… Read More

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1982. First edition thus. Hardcover. Includes 191 illustrations. A fine and tight copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket and in a near fine slipcase that has a tiny bit of wear. A lovely copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.