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THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1685 - 1914. From the Camera Obscura to the Beginning of the Modern Era
by Gernsheim, Helmut; Gernsheim, Alison
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw Hill, 1969. Large, thick quarto in full black cloth. 599 pages, illustrated with 390 photographs and engravings. Clean and very good with some shelf wear to spine ends and extremities. Firmly bound with no name, bookplate or other markings. In a moderately edge-worn price-intact dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41114
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1685 - 1914. From the Camera Obscura to the Beginning of the Modern Era
- Author
- Gernsheim, Helmut; Gernsheim, Alison
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
Terms of Sale
RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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About the Seller
RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
Biblio member since 2017
CARLSBAD , California
About RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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- Quarto
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