Photography's Beginnings: A Visual History Featuring the Collection of Wm. B. Becker
by Cameron, John B. and WM. B. Becker
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 092585901X
- ISBN 13
- 9780925859013
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Rochester, MI/Albuquerque, New Mexico: Oakland University/Meadow Brook Art Gallery, 1989 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 176 pp, preface, acknowledgments, introduction, A Closer Look: New Perspectives on Photography's Past; Early Photography and Art History; The 193 Color & b&w Illustrations; Notes to the Illustrations; A Primer on Processes; Afterword. First Edition, 191989. "Nearly 200 photography, reproduced in duo-tone and full color, creating a visual history of photography's first 75 years. An extensive selection of images depicts the world as Amerians of the last century discovered it;: exotic people and picturesque places, captured through the camera's truthful lens." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board and spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002866
- Title
- Photography's Beginnings: A Visual History Featuring the Collection of Wm. B. Becker
- Author
- Cameron, John B. and WM. B. Becker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 092585901X
- ISBN 13
- 9780925859013
- Publisher
- Oakland University/Meadow Brook Art Gallery
- Place of Publication
- Rochester, MI/Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- PHOTOGRAPHY PICTORIAL HISTORY EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
- Size
- Oblong Quarto
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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