Portraits.
New York: Pantheon, (1987). First American edition. Folio, original gray cloth, 247 pages. Illus. Original pictorial dust jacket. Remainder mark to the lower edge of the text block. More
Photography
Early portrait of five tourists posed on the Canadian side in front of Niagara Falls.
[Niagara Falls, Ontario: n. p., ca. 1860s]. Evident albumen print, 6 x 7.94 inches on a slightly larger plain cardstock mount. A moderately early tourist photo, presumably from one of the many studios that sprung up beside the falls. The shrubbery here and the very falls themselves tremble in the..... More
Cabinet photo portrait of an unidentified man superimposed over the front page of a newspaper with the masthead “Keytesville Democrat.”
[Keytesville, Missouri: n. p., ca. 1890-1900]. Albumen print measuring 5.88 x 4.13 inches on an unprinted, rounded corner mount measuring 6.25 x 4.25 inches. The usual bibliographical sources suggest that the county seat of Chariton County, Missouri, had the Chariton Courier as its longtime newspaper in this era, along with..... More
Charming studio portrait carte de visite of an unidentified woman with a curl hanging loose.
Kenosha, Wis. Photographed by Truesdell, [ca. 1860-1870?]. Image approx. 3.5 x 2 inches on a slightly larger gilt-ruled mount, Truesdell backstamp. A lovely and even haunting image. Per a genealogical account of the Hollister family (into which Truesdell had married) the photographer had come to Kenosha in 1860 and was..... More
Original outdoor photographic portrait of a woman and her husband, her mother, and her daughter.
[San Francisco? n. p.], 1902. Black and white printed measures 3.75 x 4.75 inches on a 5.25 x 6 inch embossed mount. Annotated in pencil on the verso, "Mary Mombach, Mike Topp, Christine Topp, Dorothy. Aug. 1902." An obitiuary for Christine Topp in the San Francisco Call on July 10..... More
Real photo postcard outdoor portrait of a dignified matron named Mrs. Jones posing with a manual push lawnmower.
[N. p., but Ohio? ca. 1904-1918]. Unused real photo postcard, approx. 3.5 x 5.5 inches, AZO stamp box with four triangles pointing upward. A charming image, annotated (repeatedly) in pencil on the verso, "Mary Jones." More
Cabinet card studio portrait of the Newburyport lawyer and politician Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), inscribed on both sides with a neatly-executed contemporary ink autograph biographical notice of the recently-deceased Cushing.
Boston: Warren's Portraits, 465 Washington St. [ca. 1879]. Photo measures approx. 5.88 x 4 inches on a slightly larger printed mount. Biographical encomium of approx. 160 words. "His Enormous Brain Power marked him with Rank of Benjamin Franklin as one of Massachusetts noted productions. . . . Spoke all languages..... More
Original mounted photo of a group of people in costume in celebration of Washington's Birthday.
[N. p., ca. 1900?]. Original oval sepia print, approx. 3.13 x 4.13 inches on a 4.25 x 6.5 plain drab mount. Contemporary pencil notation on the verso, "George Washington's Birthday." A curious portrait of about a dozen people in what appears to be an attempt at Colonial American costumes (and..... More
Leitz Vergrößerungs-Apparate.
Wetzlar: Ernst Leitz. 1929. First edition. Small 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 31, [1] pages. Illus. On enlarging equipment, reproduction tools, and lenses for Leicas. More
Original studio portrait photograph Carte de Visite (CDV) of four young men posing as though they are smoking pipes and drinking liquor.
[N. p., ca. 1870-1880?]. CDV measuring approx. 2.25 x 3.38 on a plain buff 2.5 x 4 inch square-cornered mount. An excellent vision of a certain ideal of dissolute masculinity. More
Real photo postcard of a man posed atop a parked early Indian motorcycle.
[N. p., ca. 1907-1913?]. Real photo postcard, image measures approx. 3 x 3.88 inches on a 3.5 x 5.5 inch card, postally unused, Cyko stamp block. To this untrained eye, the rider in his pea coat and cap (posed with his visible foot on the pedal) appears to be sitting..... More
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Wie arbeitet man mit Leitz “Leica”-Kamera [wrapper title].
Wetzlar: Ernst Leitz, (1930). First edition. Small 8vo, original pictorial brown wrappers, [20] pages. Illus. A manual on how to use the Leica camera, this pamphlet from the manufacturers of the original Leica, Ernst Leitz Optische Werke in Wetzlar. (February 1930 date at the foot of the final page.) Pamphlet..... More
Real photo postcard view of the sidewalk of Main Street in Park City, Utah, flanked the length of the sidewalk by snow piled higher than a man's head.
[Park City, Utah? n. p., 1916]. Real photo postcard, image measures approx. 2.5 x 4.25 inches on a 3.5 x 5.5 inch card, Noko stamp box. Postally unused, brief contemporary pencil note on the verso. A dramatic image, though with pedestrian sidewalk traffic visible, clearly life continued amid the epic..... More
Real photo postcard, and aerial view of the wreckage of the Dewey Theatre in Park City, Utah after its collapse under a heavy snowfall in January, 1916.
[Park City?, n. p., 1916]. Real photo postcard, approx. 3.5 x 5.5 inches, postally unused, Noko stamp box. A sharp, vivid picture of the collapsed theater (with its lobby and rear wall still intact); its large posters on the fence out front include two attractive designs plugging the popular Mutt..... More
Real photo postcard portrait of a young girl posed outside beside a cane bottom chair.
N. p., ca. 1910-1920? Black and white photograph on Cyko real photo stock, 5.5 x 3.5 inches. With age appropriate contemporary pencil scribbles and rough writing on the verso. Postally unused. More
14th Street . . . Introduction by Paul Goldberger.
Providence, R. I. Matrix Publications, Inc., (1982). First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperback in original printed wrappers, 6.88 x 8.5 inches, 96 pages. Illustrated throughout after photos by Rubin and Siegel. Street photography, life on 14th street in Manhattan—the Saul Steinberg nougat at the center of the chocolates in the confectionary..... More
Carte de visite (CDV) studio portrait of a woman in a beaded Salvation Army uniform and bonnet. She holds a five-string banjo.
Stockport [England]: Bullock Bro's, Woodland Bank, 108 Wellington Rd. South, [1883-1885?]. Image measures approx. 3.63 x 2.5 inches on a slightly larger rounded-corner mount, with the Bullock Bros. imprint at the foot and the full studio imprint on the verso. A lovely image from the Manchester area studio. Bullock seems..... More
Four original publicity photographs and a pictorial envelope for Herbert’s Seals, Tonawanda, N. Y.
New York: Central Studio, [ca. 1917?]. 4 sepia publicity photographs on heavy stock, approx. 10 x 8 inches, each embossed with the Central Studio device. Pictorial business envelope with a nice halftone view of a seal climbing a ladder while a ball balances on its nose. Sharp images of performing..... More
Real photo postcard image of a group of Boy Scouts standing near cannons with a small child in an Uncle Sam costume saluting the camera.
N. p., n. p., between 1910-1930 [ca. 1914-1918?]. Sepia image on AZO stock, 5.38 x 3.5 inches. The troop of scouts (and the little Uncle Sam) appear to include East Asian and Pacific Island members. Postally unused, no autograph additions. A sharp, evocative image. More
Snapshot portrait of a man and a woman and a young child at a rough camp, annotated on the verso in contemporary ink autograph, “Pete, Dolly, and Marie at the Sheep Camp on Willow Creek.”
N. p., ca. 1920s? Black and white print on thin paper, 3.38 x 5.25 inches. The scenery suggests a western landscape. A baby buggy sits opposite a rough large tent; an evident Model T pokes its nose out from behind a covered wagon. More
Original carte de visite (CDV) portrait, “Eli Bowen, Wife and Child.”
(Philadelphia: A. Newman, Photographer), [ca. 1873-1875]. Image approx. 3.88 x 2.25 inches on a slightly larger mount, photographer’s printed title and imprint on the verso. A fine studio image of famed performer Eli Bowen (1844-1924) with his wife Mattie and his oldest son Frank, the family looking every inch (so..... More
Carte de visite (CDV) studio portrait of an albino sideshow performer.
[N. p. n. p., ca. 1875-1885?]. 3.75 x 2.38 inches on a slightly larger mount, no photographer imprint. Signed in violet pencil on the verso, “Aggie Zuletia, age 23.” A nice portrait of a woman who made her living as a Circassian albino on the sideshow circuit (she pops up..... More
Cabinet photo studio portrait of a woman (attributed in later pencil autograph on the verso as Ella Gertrude McKee (Potter)), posing in a heavy coat amid artificial snow.
Johnstown, Pa. Green and Caddy, Riverside Photograph Gallery, Franklin St. [ca. 1880]. Print measures 5.5 x 3.88 inches on a 6.5 x 4.25 inch mount, photographer stamp at the foot of the photo and printed in gilt on the rear. A sharp example of studio snow. More
Cabinet card studio portrait of a man posed in a classic trapper or Voyageur outfit, tying on snowshoes against a snowy studio backdrop.
Cowansville, Quebec: Jackson [i.e., John Jackson?], [ca. 1885?]. Photograph measures 5.63 x 4 inches on a slightly larger mount, studio name printed in gilt at the foot, Jackson, Cowansville, PQ. With an early contemporary photograph album page annotated in later ink autograph, “George Buzzell . . . Ceinteur Bleu Club..... More
Warriors.
New York: Harper Colophon Books, (1975). First edition. Paperback. Original pictorial white wrappers, 8.25 x 9.5 inches, unpaginated. Illustrated from photographs by Stack throughout. A photo documentary of Marine training on Parris Island, shot with a critical eye, from a former Marine turned photographer. Small black ink mark (perhaps remainder..... More