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The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes

The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes

by Southworth, Albert Sands, and Hawes, Josiah Johnson; Sobieszek, Robert A., and Appel, Odette M., with Moore, Charles R. (Texts by)

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Published
1980
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Paperback
ISBN
9780486238418
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New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1980. xix, 114 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Originally published (1976) under title: The Spirit of Fact. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester, February to June 1976; at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, July to December 1976; and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,… Read more about this item
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The Creative Photographer

The Creative Photographer

by Feininger, Andreas

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Very Good
Published
1955
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Hardcover
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1955. Cloth, 329 pages, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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Panoramic Photography

Panoramic Photography

by Edkins, Diana (Essay by)

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Edition
1st
Published
1977
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New York: Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, 1977. [48] pages, illustrations; 21 x 31 cm. Exhibition held at the Grey Art Gallery & Study Center, New York University Faculty of Arts and Science, New York, September 23 to November 2, 1977. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong. Collectible.
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Pinhole Photographs: Photographs by Adam Fuss

Pinhole Photographs: Photographs by Adam Fuss

by Fuss, Adam

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Edition
1st
Published
1996
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Paperback
ISBN
9781560986225
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Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996. 64 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Published in association with Constance Sullivan Editions. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First edition. "Fuss began a series of pinhole-camera images in 1984. His work is described as speaking to the ephemerality of a moment in time and life itself. Includes an interview, a biography, and technical information.… Read more about this item
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The Print: Contact Printing and Enlarging

The Print: Contact Printing and Enlarging

by Adams, Ansel

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Published
1950
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780821207185
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Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1950. Cloth, viii, 120 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Basic photo series, 3. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. CONTENTS: The expressive print; Printing processes: a historical note; Photographic papers; Properties of photographic papers; The darkroom; Processing the print; Detailed description of making a… Read more about this item
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Polaroid: The Magic Material

Polaroid: The Magic Material

by Kaps, Florian

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Edition
1st
Published
2016
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780711237506
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London: Frances Lincoln, in association with The National Trust, 2016. Pictorial boards, 240 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A fine copy of the first printing. "Drawing on a wide range of sources, including the visual archive of the Polaroid Collection, Florian 'Doc' Kaps tells the extraordinary story of Polaroid, a photographic medium he helped… Read more about this item
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California in Depth: A Stereoscopic History

by Crain, Jim

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Used - Good
Edition
1st
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780811804233
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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. Pictorial boards, 112 pages, colour illustrations; 25 x 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Book in fine condition, but missing 3-D viewer in back pocket. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Good. 4to.
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Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860

Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860

by Taylor, Roger

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Fine
Edition
1st.
Published
2007
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780300124057
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New York, Washington D.C., and New Haven CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art; Yale University Press, 2007. Cloth, xiv, 438 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 x 30 cm. Biographical dictionary by Larry J. Schaaf in collaboration with Roger Taylor. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a… Read more about this item
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Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement

Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement

by Prodger, Phillip

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Edition
1st
Published
2003
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Paperback
ISBN
9780195149647
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New York and Oxford: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University in association with Oxford University Press, 2003. xiii, 310 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special… Read more about this item
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Health Hazards Manual for Artists

by McCann, Michael

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Used - Very Good
Edition
3rd
Published
1991
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780941130066
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New York: Lyons & Burford, 1991. vii, 100 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. This book contains important information (the untimely deaths of Morris Louis and Eva Hesse, among others, have been blamed on toxic substances in their studios).. 3rd. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton

Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton

by Edgerton, Harold; Jussim, Estelle (Text by), and Kayafas, Gus (Edited by)

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Published
2000
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Paperback
ISBN
9780810927179
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2000. 167 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Front cover slightly sunned along the foreedge. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Time-lapse photography. "Inventor of the strobe flash and a pioneer of stop-action photography, Edgerton literally stops time in these remarkable photographs. A splashing… Read more about this item
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