Collection of Six Mounted Albumen Photographs of Towns in Austria and Germany

Vienna, Helm, [1868]. First Edition. Photograph. 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 between 20 and 35 images and has auction records as high as 5000 Euros. Just a bit of fading to the images. Near Fine and scarce Amand Helm was born in 1831 in Teplice (now Czech Republic). His photographic career began in 1861 in Prague. In 1864 he exhibited his landscape photographs and photographs on porcelain at the Vienna Photographic Exhibition. He first published the DONAU-ALBUM in 1868.

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Book number: 020374

Catalogue: 19th Century Photography

Keywords: 19th Century Photography, Austria, Europe, Castles 19th Century Photography Castles Austria Europe

Photographic Scenery of South Africa

n.p. Sam Alexander, 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. 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 onlaid collotype photographic portrait of Sir Bartle Frere, the book's patron; [x], 56 pages with 50 stiff card leaves containing 100 collotypes mounted as pairs on rectos and versos. The photographer, Robert Harris of Port Elizabeth, captured views of all the major South African cities and towns as well as views in Mozambique, Zanzibar, and Zululand. Among the subjects are diamond fields, people, and landscapes. 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 .

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Book number: 021510

Catalogue: 19th Century Photography

Keywords: 19th Century Photography, Travel, Africa, South Africa, Illustrated Books, Mozambique Travel 19th Century Photography South Africa Illustrated Books

CALDWELL, Erskine

Say, Is This the U.S. A.

New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto in pictorial boards. Illustrated with photographs by Margaret Bourke-White. A wonderful collaboration. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper .

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Book number: 001203

Catalogue: Modern Photography

Keywords: Southern Literature, Illustrated Books, Modern Photography, Margaret Bourke-White, Erskine Caldwell, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Nonfiction Literature: American Illustrated Books

CHATWIN, Bruce; MAPPLETHORPE, Robert

Lady Lisa Lyon

New York, The Viking Press, (1983). First Edition. Wraps. Pictorial wraps, 9" x 11". A revealing portrait of the first Women's Bodybuilding Champion with text by Bruce Chatwin and photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. Ill.: Robert Mapplethorpe. Near Fine .

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Book number: 007017

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: Modern Photography, Bodybuilding, Nudes, Robert Mapplethorpe, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Women's Sports Robert Mapplethorpe Modern First Editions Modern Photography Bodybuilding Women's Sports

FRANK, Robert

Tal Uf Tal Ab. 29 Fotos

(Gottingen), Steidl, (2010). First Edition. Softcover. Textured wraps, 8" x 9-7/8". Mostly photographs with some text. Ill.: Robert Frank. Fine .

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Book number: 020007

Catalogue: Modern Photography

Keywords: Photography, Modern Firsts, Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions, Modern Photography, Robert Frank, Beat Literature Robert Frank Illustrated Books Literature: American Beat Literature Modern Photography

GERNSHEIM, Helmut & Alison

The History of Photography

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

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Book number: 001785

Catalogue: 19th Century Photography

Keywords: Photography Reference Illustrated Books Books on Books

MEREDITH, Harriet [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]

Sketches, Life Thoughts and Incidents

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. 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 were able to locate, at Brown University, makes no mention of a photograph. Includes at least two poems touching upon photography--"A Group of Cartes-de-Visite" and "Lines on a Photographic Group of Authors. Some rubbing to binding, but Near Fine, contents bright .

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Book number: 009581

Catalogue: Early Photography

Keywords: Poetry, 19th Century Literature, 19th Century Photography, Early Photography, 19th Century American Literature Literature: American 19th Century American Literature 19th Century Photography Women's Literature

OGAWA, K[azumasa]

Famous Castles and Temples in Japan

Tokyo, (Ogawa Photoengraving Company}, (1885). First Edition. Softcover. Oblong folio (14-7/8" x 10-1/2") in original pink and green floral silk cloth over thin boards, two purple cord ties, green and gilt speckled finish inside the covers and on the facing free pages, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 35 hand-colored captioned collotypes with tissue guards of various Japanese temples and castles. Quite scarce. Minor fading and foxing to covers; bottom right corner lightly bumped throughout not affecting images. Near Fine .

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Book number: 021858

Catalogue: 19th Century Photography

Keywords: Castles, Temples, Japan, Illustrated Books, 19th Century Photography, Collotypes, Color Plates, 19th Century Japan 19th Century Japan 19th Century Photography Illustrated Books Color Plates

PFRUNDER, Peter

Ernst Brunner. Photographien 1937-1962

(Zurich), Offizin, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Brunner's work was included in THE FAMILY OF MAN exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 1955. Ill.: Ernst Brunner. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 017889

Catalogue: Modern Photography

Keywords: Photography, Modern Firsts Ernst Brunner Illustrated Books Modern Photography Modern First Editions Photography

WEBER, Bruce

All-American IX. A Near-Perfect World

Little Bear Press, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Contributions by Weber, Willa Cather, Carl Sandburg, and Walter Cronkite, among others. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions. Fine .

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Book number: 021775

Catalogue: Modern Photography

Keywords: Modern Photography, Illustrated Books, Bruce Weber, Willa Cather, Carl Sandburg Modern Photography Illustrated Books Bruce Weber Willa Cather

WEBER, Bruce

All-American Volume Twenty. Coming Home

Little Bear Press, (2020). First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions. Small tear to rear cover. Near Fine .

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Book number: 021776

Catalogue: Modern Photography

Keywords: Modern Photography, Illustrated Books, Bruce Weber Modern Photography Illustrated Books Bruce Weber

WEBER, Bruce

All-American XXII. That Towering Feeling

Little Bear Press, (2022). First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions. Printed holiday card from Weber laid in. Fine .

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Book number: 021778

Catalogue: Modern Photography

Keywords: Modern Photography, Illustrated Books, Bruce Weber Modern Photography Illustrated Books Bruce Weber

WEBER, Bruce

All-American. Volume XVIII. Facing the World

(Little Bear Press), (2018). First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions. Fine .

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Book number: 021779

Catalogue: Modern Photography

Keywords: Modern Photography, Illustrated Books, Bruce Weber Modern Photography Illustrated Books Bruce Weber

WEBER, Bruce

All-American XVII. Glory Be

Little Bear Press, (2017). First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial wraps (9-1/2" x 12") with black cloth tape spine. Many black-and-white and color photograph reproductions. Fine .

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Book number: 021781

Catalogue: Modern Photography

Keywords: Modern Photography, Illustrated Books, Bruce Weber Modern Photography Illustrated Books Bruce Weber