Brodhead, L.W. The Delaware Water Gap: Its Scenery, Its Legends, and Its Early History. Philadelphia: Sherman & Co., 1867. Inscribed and signed by the author on front fly, which is separated from book. There are 9 albumen photographs by Jesse Graves. The first one is on the back of the inscribed front fly as a frontispiece and as stated above is separated. I’ve shown this image twice to show its separation. Please review the photographs for an accurate statement of the condition of the images. G. $275
Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co. Baldwin Locomotive Works. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. Second Edition. 153 pgs. 18 mounted albumen photographs. Some wear to corners and covers o/w VG. $1250
Cheney Travel Album. Here is a rather extraordinary travel album of the 1887 European trip of members of the Cheney Family from Massachusetts with 209 photographs and over 52 pieces of ephemera from their tour for the 50th year of Queen Victoria’s reign. There are photos of the parade for the Queen, Cunard Steam Ship Company Lists of Saloon Passengers for the R.M.S Pavonia and the R.M.S. Servia, Programme of the Jubilee Coronation Procession of the Queen, Theatre flyers, Official Programme for the Royal Jubilee Thanksgiving Service, Westminster Abby, Tuesday, June the 21st, 1887, Passenger List for the Norddeutscher Lloyd Imperial German & U.S. Mail Steamship Aller, etc., etc, etc. VG. $750
Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia. Illustrated by one hundred stereoscopic photographs taken by Francis Frith for Messrs. Negretti and Zambra. With descriptions and numerous wood engravings, by Bonomi…and Notes by Samuel Sharpe. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1862. 240 pages with all 100 stereoscopic photographs. Number XLVI is mounted as a frontispiece. The first few pages including the title page are loose, not bound. The volume has waterstains fortunately avoiding touching the actual tipped-in photographs. There is some tape repair on some of the pages. Most images are good-very good although some of the pages have serious foxing. All the images are shown above and the condition of each is well presented. This rare volume has achieved the following prices in the past decade: PBA Galleries, 8/14/14, $4200; Swann Auction Galleries, 10/17/14, $5000; James E. Arsenault & Company, 2018, $12,500. Given the condition of this current volume, it is offered at $2000
Harrington, Charles. Summering in Colorado. Hardcover, illustrated with 13 tipped-in photographs by Joseph Collier. The book is 158 pages with several additional ad pages. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt title on cover. Produced in 1874 by Richards & Co. in Denver and had between zero and 15 photographs tipped-in. This copy, as indicated has 13. It was published to promote tourism. The images are mostly very good with minor fading on one or two. All images are illustrated. The title page is missing and the front cover is starting. There is wear at ends and corners. G-VG. $950
Italy. Huge Bound Album of images of Italy, 11″ x 15.” 75 images in all, page-mounted, one-sided, 8″ x 10.” Some by G. Sommer, Napoli. VG. $650
Schenck, J.H. Album of Long Branch: a Series of Photographic Views, with Letter-Press Sketches. New York: John F. Trow, 1868. First edition of this rare photographic book with 74 (of 78) albumen photos of homes and buildings of this beautiful Victorian sea-side community. Octavo. 161, [1, blank] pages. Title-page printed in red and black. With thirty-seven (of thirty-nine) inserted leaves of two albumen photographs each, all reckoned within pagination. Publisher’s full green cloth over beveled boards, covers decoratively ruled and stamped in blind, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Binding worn and soiled, text shaken with several loose pages (some of which are torn and otherwise damaged), lacking mounted photographic leaves (pages 11/12 and 143/144), as well as text leaf 145/146. Still, a fair copy of this very rare and lovely book.
More Information: The photos were done by G.W. Pach (the final photograph is of him standing with his camera in front of his sky-lit studio with his wagon), and are quite nice. The photos depict a large variety of different architectural styles used in the buildings at Long Branch, each with a page of letter-press description. In the preface, Pach describes his difficulty in obtaining good negatives in the sometimes windy and inclement weather of Long Branch. Pach and his brothers eventually established one of the most successful photographic studios in New York City of the late nineteenth-century. A true rarity: this is only the second copy to appear at auction in the last fifty years. Sabin 77561. Images are E, book is Fair. $3500
Second Annual Report of the Department of Public Works of the City of New York, for the Year ending April 10,1872. New York: Martin B. Brown, 1872. 236-page hardcover book with 7 tipped-in photographs by Rockwood, NY. Original brown cloth, gilt title stamped on cover. Each image has a sheet of tissue paper over it. Some foxing as shown. Chip at top of spine. G. $500
Smith, Theophilus. Sheffield and its Neighbourhood Illustrated. London: A.W. Bennett, 1865. (xii) + 132 pp with 16 mounted albumen photos and 11 wood engraving illustrations. First edition of a scarce but well-known book, especially notable for the oft-reproduced frontispiece view of a huge steam-hammer entitled “Ballamshire Foregmen.” Gernsheim points out that Smith was about the earliest photographer to overcome the difficulties of photographing men at work in interiors (History p. 265) and Truthful Lens 150 (and Fig. 48) includes the present with the comment “the view of the Ballamshire Forgemen is one of the early steps towards using photographs as a tool for social documentation.” 1 plate separated. A.E.G. Corners bumped. G. $750
Smyth, C. Piazzi. Teneriffe, An Astronomer’s Experiment: or, Specialities of a Residence Above the Clouds. London: Lovell Reeve, 1858. First edition. Contains 19 of 20 original tipped-in stereographs. This is the first book issued with mounted stereographs. This gold-bound hardcover has “St. Mary’s Road School, Peckham,” impressed on cover. First marbled fly is separated and has “First Reward. Edward Herbert. Diligence, Punctuality and Good Conduct, Christmas 1864. B.E.” written on it as this volume was given to the student as a “First Reward.” The one missing stereograph, No. 18, has a photographic copy laid in, not adhered to the page as are the other original stereographs. Some rubbing at edges, a.e.g. VG. $1500
The Stereoscopic Magazine: A Gallery of Landscape Scenery, Architecture, Antiquities, and Natural History, accompanied with Descriptive Articles by Writers of Eminence. Vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve, 1858. Bound volume containing 50 mounted stereoviews. Ten are by Roger Fenton, 1 by H. Taylor; 1 by William Walker. One is tinted. The front cover is detached, the back cover is missing. Pages and images in very good condition. Rare. $1500
Woodbury, Augustus, Chaplain of the Regiment. A Narrative of the Campaign of the First Rhode Island Regiment, in the Spring and Summer of 1861. Providence: Sidney S. Rider, 1862. Signed by John R. Bartlett at top right of the title page. There are 17 tipped-in photographs in the book. The frontispiece is a photo of Burnside, 4.5″ x 3.5.” The rest of the images are CDV size. Titles are: Rev. Augustus Woodbury; Major Balch; Falls Church; Fairfax Court House; Sudley Church, Bull Run; Hetacomb at Sudley Church where over 100 Federal troops were buried; Mathews’ House used for a hospital during Battle; Sudley Ford and Church, Bull Run; Sudley Ford, Bull Run; Stone Bridge, Bull Run; Fortifications at Manassas; Earl Carpenter; Col. J.S. Slocum; Lieut. Prescott; Long Bridge Across the Potomac; & Stone Church Centreville. The images are in VG-E condition. There are also many steel engravings of generals, scenes, Lincoln, etc. bound in as well a map of Bull Run. The book measures 10.25″ x 7.25,” in original old boards. There is an old waterstain along the top of the volume, which can be seen along the top of many pages and down to center on the title page. The images are not effected by the waterstain. There are some old newspaper reviews laid in. A very rare volume with 17 tipped-in photos. All copies that I have been able to find have just one image tipped-in. G. $3000