Photographic Amusements, Including Tricks and Unusual or Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera
by Fraprie, Frank R. and Florence C. O'Connor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Boston: American Photographic Publishing Co., 1937 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Eleventh Edition. Large Quarto. First Edition, @1896, this edition the 11th. vii, 247 pp, Intrduction; The Tricks and Camera Effects; bibliography with 250 b&w illustrations throughout. Eleventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 1937. "This book is intended for the photographer who has mastered his camera so that he knows the rudiments of his craft, especially those who wish to try their hand at the more uncommon and unusual applications and uses of his camera. It is in no manner to be considered a textbook or a thorough treatise on any of the subjects included. It is rather an appetizer, which will perhaps awaken a desire to investigate and experiment. The material which Walter E. Woodbury collected for the first edition some 40 years earkuer has been augmented and amplified, while subjects which have become outmoded and unused have been deleted from the present edition. And, a bibliography has been appended for the earnes photographer who wishes to go further into some of the subjects here included." from the jacket flap. Inked name ffep with a rubbed spot on front pastedown with lightly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to front board, and spine. 8.8" x 11" bl;ack cloth boards..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002563
- Title
- Photographic Amusements, Including Tricks and Unusual or Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera
- Author
- Fraprie, Frank R. and Florence C. O'Connor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Eleventh Edition
- Publisher
- American Photographic Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- AMUSEMENTS AND CAMERA TRICKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
- Size
- Large Quarto
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