The Origins of Photography
by Helmut Gernsheim
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0500540802
- ISBN 13
- 9780500540800
- Seller
-
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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 .
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65410
- Title
- The Origins of Photography
- Author
- Helmut Gernsheim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0500540802
- ISBN 13
- 9780500540800
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- E-085
- This edition first published
- 1982
Terms of Sale
Last Exit Books
All sales considered final. All items described to the best of my ability. Returns considered if sent back within 10 days of reciept with an email explanation sent to me first or if the item fails to match description. Refunds processed upon the reciept of the book.
�
About the Seller
Last Exit Books
Biblio member since 2005
Charlottesville, Virginia
About Last Exit Books
Please call ahead if you are visiting. Also, please have the title or number of the book that you before you come to visit. Sorry, but no browsing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...