1st ed., 4to. 3/4 red cloth. 24 b/w plates, 62pp. of text.
Heilprin was an American geologist who arrived in Martinique soon after the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902; he was the first scientist to ascend the crater of the volcano. This work is his report on his third visit the volcano in 1903 and includes photographs by him. Good: Internally, a clean, tight copy. Covers worn at extremities, panels soiled and toned, rubbing to spine; hinges lightly shaken. View More...
1st. edition, INSCRIBED by Horst and author Valentine Lawford to Connie Wald, the wife of Hollywood producer/writer Jerry Wald. A very good copy overall, but with spotting on the back cover and a half-page unrelated gift inscription on the front end-paper. Dust jacket is good only, with two 1/2-inch closed tears near the spine and several smaller nicks View More...
1st ed. 4to (11 x 15.5 inches). 166 pp. Library binding, orange cloth. With original pictorial covers bound in. Hundreds of period photographs and advertisements illustrate East African agriculture, hunting, architecture, natural history, sports, etc. [Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar]. This was the second year of publication. Ex-libris Paramount Pictures Research Department with the film studio’s ink stamp and library pocket inside front cover.
Condition: Good; Covers fair -- well worn and soiled. Interior very View More...
1st ed., 4to, unpaginated. Brown boards with gilt lettering on cover, including recipient Roger Morgan. Showcase volume of the Times-Mirror Press with approximately 80 pages composed of color lithographic photos as originally published in the twelve issues of Arizona Highways Magazine during 1947. Among the photographers featured are Ansel Adams [with uncommon color photographs] and Barry Goldwater.
CONDITION: Very good; Very light wear along edges of binding, some spotting to front board. Interior fine. View More...
4to, Publisher's blue boards with bright gilt design and black lettering. 128 pp. plus folding map. The first only of two volumes; this volume for the winter olympics. Several hundred glossy photographs tipped-in to their pages; mostly b/w but some color. A good+ copy overall. Text block and photos are very good-fine with some light toning to page margins. Covers are rubbed at corners and top of spine with a 2" white crayon mark on front cover and some rubbing to the gilt logo. View More...
First Edition.Two volumes. 704 pp. (27½x18½"), full leather; cherrywood bookstand designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando; original wood shipping crate. No. 0430 of 500 in the Art Edition from a total edition of 3000 copies. Signed by Salgado at the colophon; with a clothbound book of detailed captions explaining each stunning shot./////Salgado's magnum opus is breath-taking in its scope, and the 'sumo' size of the volumes presents each of the images in sharp museum quality. Published in five 'Art Editions' of 100 copies each and a signed Collector's Edition of 2,500 copies. Each of the Art... View More...
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Paris: Imprimerie Charaire at Sceaux. : 1890
Seller ID: k200312m
5 original issues of the serial format -- published in fifteen parts.
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1st ed. stapled wrappers, 10-1/2”x14-1/2”. Five original issues of this serial publication, depicting the events and destruction of the Paris Commune -- photographs of barricades, destroyed buildings, battle scenes. Each issue has eight or nine photographs. Accurate bibliographic information is scarce, but we believe there were fifteen issues published -- subsequently bound in book form. The bound volume was published in1890 and these serial parts were probably published shortly before. While the bound volume is ... View More...
Orwat and Wife - Colored Silver Gelatin Print of Inuit Couple, 1898
7.5-9.5”, signed by the photographer at bottom and again, with hand-lettered title on verso. The photo was taken in 1898; unknown when Leeson printed and colored this particular copy.
Benjamin William (B. W.) Leeson (1866 - 1948) of Vancouver, B.C. was a scholar, customs official, and photographer who studied the Quatsino peoples of Vancouver Island. He began taking photographs in the Cariboo in 1887 and moved to Quatsino Sound in about 1894 where he and his father managed the salmon and clam cannery located on the oppos... View More...
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