Books and Catalogues | Magazines
B1. Andrews, Ralph W. Photographers of the Frontier West. Their Lives and Their Works. Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1965. First Edition. DW. VG. $45
B3. Avery, Sid. Photographs. Hollywood at Home: A Family Album 1950-1965. Text by Richard Schickel. NY: MJF Books, 1990. First edition. DW with chips. VG. $15
B4. Barry, Les. Hasselblad Photography. NY: Universal Photo Books, 1960. DW. VG. $10
B4a. Bleeker, Sylvester. GENERAL TOM THUMB’S 3 YEARS TOUR OF THE WORLD BOOKLET! Great 144 page booklet of Gen’l Tom Thumb’s 3 Years Tour Around the World, Accompanied by His Wife-Lavinia Warren Stratton, Commodore Nutt, Miss Minnie Warren, and Party by Sylvester Bleeker. Copyright 1872 by PT Barnum. Back cover is missing, spine is mostly chipped off, some page corners folded, but all the rest intact and a fabulous read with many illustrations. G+. $250
B4c. SLEEPING BEAUTY. Hardcover Book titled Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America by Stanley B. Burns, M.D. Twelvetrees Press, 1990. First Edition of this classic work on American Memorial Photography with dust jacket in plastic protective sleeve. Bookplate of previous owner on front end paper. VG. $325
B7A. Combs, Barry B. Westward to Promontory. Building the Union Pacific across the plains and mountains. A Pictorial Documentary. New York: Garland Books, 1969. DW. VG. $27.50
B7B. Cowan’s Auctions, Inc. Historic Americana, June 8-10, 2005. Huge auction catalog, 1418 items, many, many fabulous photographic images of in all formats. VG. $10
B7C. Darrah, William Culp. Stereo Views-A History of Stereographs in American and Their Collection. Gettysburg, Pa: Times and News Publishing Co., 1964. The first Darrah book. Indispensable to any collector. Signed by Darrah on the title page. VG. $95
B9. Eaton S. Lothrop, Jr. A Century of Cameras from the Collection of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, Inc., 1973. DW. VG. $35
B9B. Forsee, Aylesa. William Henry Jackson, Pioneer Photographer of the West. NY: The Viking Press, 1964. First edition. DW. E. $25
B10. Frank, Waldo, Lewis Mumford, Dorothy Norman, Paul Rosenfeld & Harold Rugg (eds.) America & Alfred Stieglitz, A Collective Portrait. NY: The Literary Guild, 1934. First Edition. VG. $40
B10A. Gernsheim, Helmut and Alison. The Recording Eye. A Hundred Years of Great Events as Seen by the Camera 1839-1939. NY: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1960. First American Edition. DW with wear and chips in protective plastic wrapper. G. $15
B11. Gilbert, George. Collecting Photographica. The Images and Equipment of the First Hundred Years of Photography. NY: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1976. DW. $45
B12. [Gleason, Herbert]. The Western Wilderness of North America, Photographs by Herbert Gleason. Intro. & commentary by George Crossette. Barre, Mass.: Barre Pubs., 1972. E. $27.50
B12A. Haas, Ernst. In America. NY: The Viking Press, 1975. First edition. DW, VG. $15
B13. Horan, James D. Mathew Brady, Historian with a Camera. NY: Crown Pub. Inc., 1955. DW with tears. VG. $25
B13A. Hurley, F. Jack. Portrait of a Decade. Roy Stryker and the Development of Documentary Photography in the Thirties. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1974. This is the story of the remarkable Roy Stryker, director of the historical section of the Farm Security Administration, and his amazing staff of photographers: Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, John Collier, Jr., Jack Delano, John Vachon, and others. DW with some tears and wrinkles but intact and covered with plastic protector. VG. $85
B14. Iles, George. Flame Electricity and the Camera. Man’s Progress from the First Kindling of Fire to the Wireless Telegraph and the Photography of Color. Toronto: The Publisher’s Syndicate, 1900. Worn & rubbed. $20
B14A. Jammes, Andre. William H. Fox Talbot. Inventor of the Negative-Positive Process. NY: Collier Books, 1973. Paper. VG. $18.50
B17. [Keppler, Victor] Victor Keppler Man + Camera-A photographic autobiography. NY: Hastings House, 1970. Slipcase. VG. $35
B18. Kilgo, Dolores A. Likeness and Landscape. Thomas M. Easterly and the Art of the Daguerreotype. St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1994. DW. E. $95
B19. Mailer, Norman. Marilyn. Grosset & Dunlap, 1972. First Printing. DW. VG. $45
B22. Moss, George H., Jr. Double Exposure. Early Stereographic Views of Historic Monmouth County, NJ and Their Relationship to Pioneer Photography. Sea Bright, NJ: Ploughshare Press, 1971. Small plastic viewer not included. $85
B24. Newhall, Beaumont. The Daguerreotype in America. NY: NY Graphic Society, 1968. DW. VG. $35
B24A. [New York] New York Then And Now. 83 Manhattan Sites Photographed in the Past and Present. Captions by Edward B. Watson. Contemporary Photographs by Edmund V. Gillon, Jr. NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976. Paper. $10
B24B. [New York] Black, Mary. Old New York in Early Photographs. 196 Prints, 1853-1901 from the Collection of the New York Historical Society. NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976. Paper. $15
B24C. Nicol, Philippe. MIDGETS PALACE BIOGRAPHICAL BOOKLET. This 32-page booklet measures 6″ x 4 1/4″. It is titled Biographical Sketches of Count and Countess Philippe Nicol and their son Philippe Jr. The Midgets Palace was located in Montreal and this booklet is in both English and French. I have shown scans of the two sides of the cover page, one in each language. I have shown all of the interior pages of the English section. The French section has the exact same pictures with French text. E. $50
B25. Petrie, Francis J. Roll Out The Barrel. The Story of Niagara’s Daredevils. Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press, 1985. Paper. E. $10
B26A. Phillips, Sandra S., Richard Rodriguez, Aaron Betsky, & Eldridge M. Moores. Crossing the Frontier. Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to Present. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Chronicle Books, 1996. Paper, VG. $35
B26. Pollack, Peter. The Picture History of Photography from the earliest beginnings to the present day. NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1969. Revised and enlarged edition. 700-page huge tome. DW. VG. $65
B27. Rowe, Jeremy. Photographers in Arizona 1850-1920, A History & Directory. Nevada City: Carl Mautz Pub., 1997. DW. E. $45
B29. Sandburg, Carl. Lincoln Collector. The Story of the Oliver R. Barrett Lincoln Collection. NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1949. DW. VG. $35
B30. Scharf, Aaron (comp. by). Pioneers of Photography. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1976. DW. VG. $25
B31. Seelye, John. Mark Twain in the Movies, A Meditation with Pictures. NY: The Viking Press, 1977. DW with tears, VG. $15
B32. Smith, Margaret Denton, and Mary Louise Tucker. Photography in New Orleans, The Early Years, 1840-1865. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. In original shrinkwrap, as new w/DW. E. $45
B33. Sobieszek, Robert A. and Odette M. Appel. The Spirit of Fact. The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, 1843-1862. Boston & Rochester: David R. Godine & The International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, 1976. DW. VG. $100
B34. Steinem, Gloria. Photographs by George Barris. Marilyn. NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1986. DW. VG. $20
B34A. Steichen The Photographer, exhibition catalog from the Museum of Modern Art, NY, 1961. Softcover, measures 9.5 x 8.5 inches, 80 pages. Texts by Carl Sandburg, Alexander Liberman, Edward Steichen and Rene d’Harnoncourt; biographical outline by Grace M. Mayer. 50 pages of plates showing Steichen’s great work. $10
B35. Swann Galleries. Photographs, Wednesday, April 7, 1993. Catalog for Public Auction Sale. $5
B36. Swann Galleries. Photographs, Tuesday, October 8, 1991. Catalog for Public Auction Sale. $10
B37. Swann Galleries. Photographs, Monday, October 5, 1998. Catalog for Public Auction Sale. $10
B38. Szarkowski, John. Mirrors and Windows. American Photography since 1960. The Museum of Modern Art, NY. Paper. E. $17.50
B39. Thomas, D.B. The First Negatives. An account of the discovery and early use of the negative-positive photographic process. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964. 42 pps. Water stained at bottom third of booklet. Paper. $5
B40. Weinstein, Robert A. and Larry Booth. Collection, Use, and Care of Historical Photographs. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1977. First edition. DW. VG. $60
B42. Willsberger, Johann. The History of Photography. Cameras, Pictures, Photographers. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1977. DW. VG. $40
M1. This lot consists of 3 issues of “The Photographic Collector” magazine that became “The Photographic Historian” magazine in the mid-80s. Vol. 2, Nos. 2-4. 1981-82. Articles: The Oglalla Sioux Indian Company; Value Guide to Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and Tintypes; Kilburn Bros.; California Stereographs. VG. $10
M1a. This lot consists of 1 issue of “The Photographic Collector” magazine that became “The Photographic Historian” magazine in the mid-80s. Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 1982-1983. Articles: Anthony, Watkins, Kilburn Graves. VG. $4
M1b. This lot consists of 3 issues of “The Photographic Historian” magazine in the mid-80s.Vol. 5, Nos. 2-4. 1984-85. Articles: Cartes de Visite; California’s Amazing Collector: Lester Silva; Pioneers of Color Photography; Medical Photography in America; Rare Antique Cameras; Death of a Rebel Raider. VG. $10
M1c. This lot consists of 2 issues of “The Photographic Historian” magazine in the mid-80s.Vol. 6, Nos. 2 & 4. 1985. Articles: Pioneers of Color Photography; Sioux War of 1876; Custer in Photographs; Collector Profile: Julian Wolff; Mosaic CDVs. VG. $8
M1e. This lot consists of 1 issue of “The Photographic Historian” magazine. Vol. 8, No. 4. Winter 1987-88. Articles: Watkins, A Biography; Shooting for the Stars. VG. $4.
The following lots are partial volumes or single issues of Stereo World magazine. They are all original issues, not reprints. They are all in VG-E condition and may come with some of the original inserts.
M5. Vol. 12, Nos. 1-5. March-April 1985 through Nov.-Dec. 1985. 5 Issues. Dinosaurs through the Stereoscope; St. Louis, Then and Now; William Henry Jackson; JJ Reilly; The Heart of Alfred A. Hart; Celebrities of Nook Farm. $25
M9. Vol. 16, No. 2. May-June 1989. Single Issue. Color Issue. The Raisins in 3D. $10
M10. Vol. 17, Nos. 2, 3, 6, May/June 1990, July/August 1990, & Jan/Feb 1991. 3 Issues. Canadian Stereo Library; The Apollo Stereo Record; Easter Island. $20
M11. Vol. 18, Nos. 1, 2, & 4. March-April 1991, May-June 1991, & Sept.-Oct. 1991. 3 Issues. Les Theatres De Paris; McKinley in Arizona; Holmes and his Stereoscope. $15
M12. Vol. 19, Nos. 1 & 3. March-April 1992, & July-August 1992. 2 Issues. The Oakland Fire; Comet Orbits in 3D; Leica 3D Gold; Stuffed & Tinted. $15
M13. Vol. 20, Nos. 5 & 6. Nov.-Dec. 1993 & Jan.-Feb. 1994. 2 Issues. George Lewis, Keystone’s Last Stereographer; Martin Mason Hazeltine. $10
M14. Vol. 21, Nos. 1 & 3. March-April 1994 & July-Aug. 1994. 2 Issues. 3D LA Earthquake of 1994; ’92 Winter Games; Two Men of Vision.. $15
M16. Vol. 23, No 2. May-June 1996. 1 Issue. Seneca Ray Stoddard; William H. Jackson in Books. $7