MANUALS & TECHNOLOGY from Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd

NY: Scovill & Adams, 1895. First edition. 8vo., [viii] adverts, frontispiece with tissue guard, [44] pp., [22] adverts. Publisher's decorated paper wrappers, printed in blue and gold. Although a short text, this is a thorough step by step manual, written in a clear, conversational style. It includes a brief history of the process, a list of material suppliers with… Read more about this item

[London]: Journal of Photographic Science, 1979. Offprint. 4to., 73 - 80 pp., 1 b&w illustration. Stapled stiff wrappers, which are slightly creased at the upper left corner. Very good. Abstract: "Many of the letters exchanged between Sir John Herschel and W. H. F. Talbot contain revelations about their photographic investigations. This correspondence conveys their enthusiasm about recent discoveries; it… Read more about this item

Rochester: Eastman Kodak Company, 1895. 8vo., 97 pp., illustrated from b&w photographs and drawings. Printed wrappers, which are moderately soiled; the spine is reinforced with brown paper; one leaf has a short closed tear, else very good. Kodak juniors, glass-plate Kodaks, Folding Kodaks, Folding Kodets, accessories; includes price list.

Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, Imprimeurs Libraires, Éditeurs de la Bibliothèque Photographique, 1890. Second printing. 12mo., vi, 26 pp. Chemical stain on the lower right corner of the front wrapper. The text leaves are fine and bright. Roosens and Salu No. 3047.

Rochester, New York: Blair Camera Company, 1904. First edition. 12mo., 44 pp., illustrations from engravings. Stapled into decorative stiff wrappers, which are edge rubbed, creased at upper tip, with droplet stains on the rear wrapper. The text is lightly worn and includes an errata slip. A good copy. The Blair Camera Company, manufacturers of cameras, lenses, plate holders and… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1892. First edition. Small 8vo., vi, 146 pp., illustrated; plus 18 page publisher's catalogue. Original printed paper wrappers, which have a band of erasure at the top blank margin, are ink stamped of the front wrapper and title page, " Journal de Physique Elémentaire, Rouen, Abel Buguet." Moderate wear, a good copy. A well-illustrated manual… Read more about this item

Antwerp: The Society, 1982. First edition. Square 8vos. Issue number 1 [1978] to number 12/13 [1982]; each quarterly issue approx. 20 to 40 pages. Stapled into printed stiff wrappers. Fine. Thirteen number in seven issues. Plus, Cumulative Index. Text in English, German and French. Includes abstracts of , biographies, collections, cameras, applications, conservation, iconography, restoration. listings of new books,… Read more about this item

Holyoke, Massachusetts: Robert G. Duncan, 1984. First editions. 4tos., variable pagination, illustrated from b&w photographs. Blue cloth over boards, titled in gilt along the spine. The complete run of 16 quarterly issues, approximately 560 pp. The rear wrapper of two early issues bear the address label, with postage, for Peter Palmquist, noted photo historian and author, occasionally he has… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1883. First French edition. Small 8vo., xiv, 90 pp., errata leaf, mounted platinotype frontispiece, lacking the tissue guard. Half blue calf with marbled boards, gilt title within raised bands on spine, the upper tips are slightly rubbed. Foxing throughtout; otherwise, very good. This manual discusses Pizzighelli's newly modified platinum process. Pizzighelli was the brother-in-law of H.W. Vogel… Read more about this item

London: James A. Sinclair & Co., Ltd, 1920. Sixth edition. 12mo., 60 pp.,b&w plates and other illustrations in text. Printed paper over boards, scuffed with minor loss of the printed border on the front board; lilbrary stamps on several leaves. The last 8 pp. are a priced catalogue of bromoil supplies and a "Port-land" soft focus lens for pictorial… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthiers-Villars, 1899. First edition. 8vo., (iv), 20 pp., illustrations. Printed paper wrappers. Light wear; else very good. Presents the principles of stereoscopy using projection, juxtaposition, and superimposition; as well as problems of black and white and color-image formation. With the stamp of Abel Buguet, the author of a number of photographic books. Also blind-stamped "HOMMAGE," likely by the… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Germer Baillière, 1876. First French edition. 8vo.,223 pp 48 page publisher's catalogue, mounted Woodburytype frontispiece, illustrationed with figures and engravings. Quarter leather and marble paper over boards, spine titled in gilt, paper label at the base of the spine, bookseller's paper label on the front pastedown. The frontis tissue guard has illegible ink writing; occasional foxing and… Read more about this item

Paris: Charles Chevalier, 1859. First edition. 8vo., 191, [1] pp., diagrams and charts in text, 1 engraved plate. Later half morocco and marbled paper over boards. The title page and following leaf are heavily foxed, while the remainder of the text shows an occasional spot of light foxing. There are occasional pencil notations and underlining. A very good copy.… Read more about this item

Paris: Desloges, Libraire, 1858. First edition. 8vo., 62, [2], 4 pp. catalogue. Publisher's original printed wrappers. The front wrapper is moderately soiled and the spine is lacking one small chip. A near fine copy. By 1862, Auguste Léon Mulot was already established as a photographer, practicing on rue de Rivoli under the sign "Photographie de l'Hôtel-de-ville". He then opened… Read more about this item

Courbevoie (Près Paris): E. Lamy / Maurice Bry & Cie, Successeurs, 1903. Revised fifth edition. 8vo., 312, [3] pp., figures in text. Contemporary pebbled cloth, titled in gilt on the spine. Near fine. E. Lamy was a manufacturer of photographic papers with a factory in Courbevoie on the Seine. He first manufactured a silver bromide paper, later expanding into… Read more about this item

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1887. First edition. 8vo., ix, 193 pp., two mounted plates of which one is a chromolithograph, and the other has two monochrome photoglypties; with two additional monochrome carbon photographs with a printed tissue guard; 15 engraved figures in text. The first tissue guard has five small holes where it once adhered to the surface of the chromolithographic… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 1862. First edition. Thick 8vo., 367 pp., illustrations in text. Publisher's original printed wrappers. The wrappers are soiled and chipped at the edges with a few short tears; the spine cover is chipped and worn; the front wrapper and first signature are separated but still attached; tips of first and last leaves are curled. In all,… Read more about this item

Paris: Marion et Ce, 1857. First edition. 8vo., 132 pp., 2 tipped in paper samples and 1 engraved plate; bound in at the end are the 10 folding plates from Monckhoven's 1859, RÉPERTOIRE GÉNÉRAL DE PHOTOGRAPHIE PRATIQUE ET THÉORIQUE..., which include a chromolithograph, a photolithograph, engraved plates showing optics, lenses, developing equipment, stereoscopes, and equipment for making and printing… Read more about this item

Paris: J.J. Dubochet et Cie, 1844. First edition. 8vo., iv, 248 pp., illustrations in text. Recent binding of half morocco with marbled paper over boards, with five raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine. The title page and first few leaves show an early dampstain and foxing; the foxing diminishes to light for the majority of the… Read more about this item

Paris: [Vol. 1-4] Bureau de la rédaction; [vol. 5-6] Amyot, 1866. First editions. 6 volumes. 8vo., [Vol. 1] viii, 508 pp.; [Vol. 2] [iv], 488 pp.; [Vol. 3], [iv], 376 pp.; [Vol. 4] [iv], 390 pp.; [Vol. 5] [iv], 389 pp.; [Vol. 6] [iv], 411 pp.; hundreds of b&w wood engravings. Engraved seal vignettes on each title page. Contemporary… Read more about this item