Boston: [publisher illegible], 1864. First edition. Original photograph from a drawing, approx. 3.5 x 2.38 inches on a slightly larger printed mount. A lively and moderately salacious CDV image of a woman angler who has caught her skirt on her back-cast, exposing her stockinged legs. The imprint on the mount..... More

New York: Congdon & Lattès, Inc., (1979). First American edition. 4to, original black cloth, 253, [3] pages. Illus. Original dust jacket. Photos of the French dancer and choreographer by Colette Masson, accompanied by text in Béjart’s hand and other explanatory text. More

[N. p. n. p., ca. 1910?]. Approx. 3.5 x 5.5 inches, postally unused, divided back, no stamp box. An evocative image of the trio atop their various cycles--a man in evening dress on a unicycle, an ingenue upon a bicycle that would do credit to any contemporary fixie-hipster, and a...... More

Ann Arbor: Goodrich Press, 1991. First edition. 4to, original dark gray linen stamped in silver, [8], [84], [4] pages. Illus. Original dust jacket. 42 photos, abstractions from Greek churches and other built and natural features of the Cyclades Islands. More

[Various places, 1940-1941]. Oblong album, textured cork paper over boards, album measures approx. 11-1/2 x 15 inches. 186 photos, the bulk approx. 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches, plus 10 mounted color linen postcards of California locations. A nice slice of middle-class California life. Includes a few pictures dating from girlhood in..... More

(New York: Chas. Eisenmann), [ca. 1870?]. Albumen photograph measures approx. 3.5 x 2.25 inches, flowers highlighted by hand in pink ink, gilt border on a slightly larger mount. Eisenmann imprint in gilt on the verso. An attractive sideshow studio portrait of a popular Barnum attraction, sold under the Eisenmann name..... More

[Houghton-le-Spring? n. p., ca. 1880-1900?]. Original black and white gelatin print, 1.5 x 2.25 inch image on a mount measuring 4.13 x 2.5 inches, mount with scalloped edges. 8-line autograph manuscript poem captioning the image. A clear, crisp, striking image of men standing in front of structures (including smokestacks) at..... More

[New York: n. p., ca. 1875?]. Image approx. 3.25 x 2.25 inches on a slightly larger printed mount with promotional text on the verso. The printed reverse of the card includes Villiers' title of "The American Humorist" and titles of his four humorous lectures (viz. "Funny People We Meet" or..... More

New York: Harper & Row, (1978). First edition. 4to, original gray cloth, 199, [5] pages. Illus. A 220-photo survey of the career of one of the great American photographers. Small remainder stamp to the lower edge of the text block. Old remainder book shop price sticker to the iside of..... More

(Hartland, Michigan): Galbraith-Scott Publications, (1985). First edition. Large 8vo, original tan linen, gilt lettering, 199, [1] pages. Illus. throughout. Original dust jacket. Documentary photography of this small Livingston County, Michigan town. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink by the photographer D. James Galbraith and by Susan Scott Galbraith, dated November..... More

Minneapolis: American Photographic Publishing Co., 1950. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, red lettering, 188, [1] pages. Illus. Original dust jacket. “Sooner or later, every male who picks up a camera will look through the view finder and come face to face with a rarely beautiful young lady.” On the..... More

New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, 139 pages, illus. Original price-clipped dust jacket. Early scholarly treatment of what is now known and revered as the vernacular photograph. More

Mechanic Falls, Maine: O. C. Bridges, [after 1886]. Scant 5 x 3.75-inch print on a 6.5 x 4.25-inch mount, photographer’s stamp at the foot of the mount. A fine image of a presumed street evangelist, very much in the American grain. Per an 1891 history of Androscoggin County, Bridge took..... More