‎Photography‎

‎Photography Attie Shimon‎

‎Sites Unseen Inscribed‎

‎Burlington VT: Verve Editions 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Oblong quarto. 120 pp. Introduction by James Young. Illustrated with color photographs manipulated by Attie to great effect. Very good condition in very good dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the artist and dated in 1999. <br/><br/> Verve Editions hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 16041

‎Photography‎

‎Circa 1920 Large Format Photographic Gravure of the Sailing Cargo Ship Gaviota in Harbor with Other Sailing Craft‎

‎1920. Black and white matte finish gravure of this cargo sailing ship at harbor with "Gaviota" painted on her bow a few slightly scruffy deckhands visible harbor tender approaching many other sailboats in harbor - probably Caribbean or South American place not identified; large format image 6" x 10" with generously wide margins making it 13" x 16" overall; printed on quailty heavy paper stock; no photographer or studio noted or date; light wear small 1/4" closed edge-tear; very good condition; interesting early 20th century maritime commerce sailing era & photographic imagery history nicely professionally taken. Very Good. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 20860

‎France 19th century Photography Paris‎

‎Rue De Rivoli Taupin Ledot Jeune Carte-de-Visite Photograph‎

‎Paris France: Ledot Jeune Editeur 1869. CDV photograph of a painted image of the Rue de Rivoli; Ledot Jeune Editeur 168 Rue de Rivoli Paris Photographie Taupin 45 Rue du Port St. Ouen Paris Batignolles studio imprint on back of mount; not dated circa 1869. Approx. 2 ½" x 4" overall size. Light edge tips wear and darkening to card mount old mounting tape residue on back; in very good condition. Photography. Very Good. Ledot Jeune Editeur unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 4152

‎Photography Ogawa Atsushi‎

‎Indian Tower‎

‎Munich: Nazraeli Press 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. A very good copy in photographic bound wrappers. Small sticker shadow to rear cover. First edition. <br/><br/> Nazraeli Press paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 006688

‎Gay Interest: Physique Photography‎

‎THE MODERN MALE: Volume One Spring 1967‎

‎New York: Tomorrow's Man Publishing Co. 1967. First Edition. Wraps. Very good . 4to. Color pictorial wrappers. Stapled. Split beginning at spine fold. Mild stress at spine edges. Overall well preserved clean. <br/><br/>The scarce premiere issue of MODERN MALE an uncommon male physique photography publication produced by pioneering gay interest New York magazine publisher Tomorrow's Man. Credited photographers include Bruce Champion Luc Geslin Art Enterprises Hoffman Rogers Studio Holl Stark Swede Roberts and others. Named models include Tor Lind cover Jim Johnston John Hunter Glen Campbell not that Glen Campbell Lee Stevens Wayne Burdick and more. 63pp. Tomorrow's Man Publishing Co. paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 15521

‎Women's Education; Photography‎

‎Original Photograph Album of the Cortland Summer School‎

‎Cortland NY 1914. Very good. Oblong 32mo. album. Green pebbled cloth covered boards. Metal post binding. Marbled interior pastedowns. <br />57 paper leaves with signatures and 52 small black and white portait photographs measuring approximately <br />1.5" x 1.25" each recto mounted. Contents well preserved very good-plus overall. <br/><br/>A small photograph album of classmate portraits from the 14th and 15th annual sessions of the Cortland Summer School a specialized two-month term of the Cortland Normal School intended to aid student's in securing New York state teacher's certificates. 3 images capture male administators and teachers. The remaining 49 are artful diminutive portraits of young women quintessential of the American style of the period in the years just prior to WWI. <br /> <br />A lovely photographic record of early 20th Century women's education. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 15965

‎Photography; The Seventies; Texas‎

‎Snapshot Archive of the 1974 WURSTFEST‎

‎New Braunfels TX 1974. Very good. 69 approximately 4.25" x 3.5" color snapshot photographs loose plus a color brochure and printed menu from the fest. Faint odor of must to contents. Otherwise clean sharp well preserved. Very good overall. <br/><br/>A small archive of color photo prints of a group of friends attending the 1974 WURSTFEST in New Braunfels Texas an annual German heritage festival held since 1963 and boasting a current attendance of over 100000 people. The 1974 fest drew an estimated 75000. Images capture a quintessential mid-1970's Texas style in an innocent and engaging vernacular style. The period color and often blurred shots of debauchery dancing drinking etc. compose an artful snapshot collection strikingly reminiscent of the era mined by Richard Linklater in his 1993 Austin-set film DAZED AND CONFUSED. Dude. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 15972

‎Gay Interest: Physique Photography‎

‎JR.: Special Edition Winter 1968 No. 5-5‎

‎New York: Tomorrow's Man Publishing Co. 1967. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. 4to. Color pictorial wrappers. Stapled. Light stress at spine edges. Overall clean bright. <br/><br/>An uncommon issue of JR. a male physique photography publication produced by pioneering gay interest New York magazine publisher Tomorrow's Man. Credited photographers include Rikki Defosses Hoffman of Edinburgh Champion Hills M. Tod and more. Named models include Johnny Connelly cover Alan Hale Henri Lesage Juan Ruiz Buddy Bunz Frank Gardner Peter Heinrichs Buddy Holland Roscoe Pryor and others. 63pp. Tomorrow's Man Publishing Co. paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 15523

‎Gay Interest: Male Nude Photography‎

‎EL TORO: Volume 1 Issue 1‎

‎San Francisco: np ca. 1965. Wraps. Very good. 4to. Pictorial color wrappers. Stapled. Mild handling wear creased at spine. A single folded leaf loose from staples. Overall sound clean. <br/><br/>An uncommon likely pre-Stonewall gay men's magazine. With 32 full page full male nude color photograph reproductions. No place of publication though backgrounds and environs suggest San Francisco. Gay interest magazines of the era often masqueraded as bodybuilding publications and avoided full nudity which is most definitely not the case with thie premiere issue of EL TORO. np paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 15525

‎Photography‎

‎Group of Photography Related Marketing Materials‎

‎Circa 1920s. Very good. Contains: Price list for Hammer Dry Plate Co. 3.5" x 6.25" approx. with accompanying short letter on company stationary; pamphlet for The True Ball Tripod Head from Fred Hoefner of Los Angeles measuring 6" x 3.5" approx.; pamphlet for Goerz Cine Lenses 3.5" x 6.5" approx.; flyer for "extra equipment for studio enlarger" manufactured by Elwood Pattern Works 3.5" x 8" approx. printed recto and verso; instructions for developing Agfa-Plates in seven panels folded to 3.5" x 4" approx. printed recto and verso with instructions in thirteen languages; and flyer for Justophot automatic light meter by Willoughby Inc. printed recto only measuring 9" x 6" approx. Some light creasing edgewear and toning. Generally very good. <br/><br/>Small collection of photography and film-related advertising dating circa 1920s. An interesting collection representing a number of advances in photographic technology particularly considered in the context of the rise of the cinema. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 17401

‎Marketing: Candy: Photography‎

‎MCCORMICK'S CANDY AND BAKERY MARKETING AND SALES ARCHIVE‎

‎London Ontario: McCormick's Limited ca. 1953-1982. Very good . Collection of 175 C prints in various sizes: 1 One hundred and twenty-seven 3.5'' x 5'' photographs. Of these sixteen are set into posterboard displays in groups of four with the remaining 111 photos loose. The majority have only minor edgewear with a small number of loose photos showing small tears or tape to corners. 2 Twenty-four 8.5'' x 11'' prints. Moderate to heavy scuffing at corners; some foxing. 3 Thirteen 3.25 x 7/25 prints. 4 Eleven 5'' x 7'' prints. Also included: Assorted branded ephemera approximately 40 items including: company correspondence safety & sanitation posters brochures stickers three leaflets placards calendars packaging mailing envelopes inter-office memo pad petty cash slips billing and order forms. Very good plus overall with individual exceptions as noted above. <br/><br/>Vibrant archive of marketing presentation mailing advertising and sales materials for a wide assortment of primarily candy and other confections from McCormick's Limited and affiliated bakeries - consisting mainly of a colorful collection of 175 original photographs of various McCormick products. <br /> <br />The company was established in the 19th century as the McCormick Biscuit and Candy Company and by the years represented in this collection was owned by George Weston Limited producer of Wonder Bread for the Canadian market. Concerned with promotion and publicity from its early years McCormick's was a provider of biscuits to the Dionne Quintuplets a recipient of their youthful endorsements and a donor of sizable royalties to their trust fund. In an included four-page spread from September 1967's THE MERCHANDISER the company proudly notes this connection while advertising its own advertising prowess through the decades: "The brochures are attractive and mouth-watering." <br /> <br />Included brochures verify this claim; pictured products range from familiar vintage confections like cherry cordials and Walnut Shorties "WALNUTS make the difference"! to discontinued exotica like Ceylon Mallows Pie Face &" Fat Emma" candy bars a Minneapolis invention of the 1920s all but disappeared by the 1970s now extinct; Golden Humbugs Canada Lozenges and Sea Kings/Roi de la Mer. McCormick also produced accessories edible and otherwise through the Imperial Cone Company represented here by an illustrated leaflet with photos and dimensions of Torch Cones Buddy Waffles Sweetheart Straws etc. <br /> <br />The small selection of dated items range from 1953 to 1982 though most materials are undated; the majority of the archive consists of product photographs in vibrant glowing color for use in promotional materials catalogs and store displays. Most of these prints date from the 1960s through the early 1970s with several showcasing 1967 Canadian Centennial packaging. Shut down in the 2000s the abandoned McCormick factory has become a tantalizing attraction to urban explorers. <br /> <br />Though a Canadian company there is something of the quintessentially mythic innocent post-war American childhood captured in these indelible primary-color images. Simultaneously a engaging record of this important culinary company and an undeniably nostalgic document. [McCormick's Limited] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 23230

‎Photography: Medical‎

‎Photo Album of Northwestern University Medical School and Hospital‎

‎Evanston IL ca. 1920s. Very good . Oblong string-tied 8vo album. Flexible black cloth covers gilt-stamped. Rubbing and chipping of cloth to back cover. 76 black and white photographs mounted to sixteen black leaves recto and verso. An additional four leaves are blank. Album very good; photographs very good plus. <br/><br/>Photographs of the Northwestern University medical school campus buildings treatment facilities and a number of patients posed in various therapeutic positions or rehabilitative devices. Also included are snapshots of young medical students lounging in empty patient wards gowned for procedures and posing for portraits. A few hospital-affiliated women are shown some apparently nurses women were refused admittance to Northwestern's medical school until 1926 and then limited to four per entering class. The photographer likely a med student himself closes the album with scenes of his family and friends. <br /> <br />Among the patients photographed are a young boy his jaw heavily bandaged apparently following some form of reconstructive surgery; a young woman reclining in a wheeled chair; a man supine on a metal table with an oxygen tank underneath in the course of getting a chest x-ray; and a woman standing in a complex device head listed by a chin-strap and arms on two supportive bars. Nearly all are smiling aware of the camera and seem to be willing and eager participants in the picture-taking process. A unified and intimate collection of Depression-era medical images. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 23769

‎Chicago: Photography‎

‎1900s Family Photo Album of Gilded Age Chicago‎

‎Chicago ca. 1900. Hardcover. 4to. Maroon cloth gilt-stamped boards scuffed and frayed at corners and spine ends. Binding a bit shaken but secure. Multiple photographs per page mounted recto and verso throughout with additional photos and ephemera laid in. Some rippling and small tears to photos/pages. About very good minus. <br/><br/>A copy of "Integral" the Illinois Institute of Technology yearbook for 1900 repurposed as a photo album and memorializing the domestic life of a close family group. Other scenes include a mixed-sex bathing party at the shore in the heavy Edwardian-styled swimming costumes of the day; two young men frolicking and lounging around a gazebo in the manner of an Edward Gorey illustration; two young women both dressed in men's heavy overalls and roughhousing or acting out a tableau; and portraits of new parents with their infant. A few mystifying poses most likely preserve some long-lost jokes while others capture many moments of physical affection in an era not known for easy emotional display in photographs. <br /> <br />Laid in are several newspaper clippings concerning members of the Ridenour family presumably pictured within; the latest dates from the 1920s though the vast majority of photographs all appear to date from the early 1900s with fashions not far ahead of those worn in those photos still visible from the yearbook itself. A small number of photos from ca. the 1910s show young men brandishing sledgehammers part of the "Red Path Chautaqua Crew" for the traveling-circuit tent show. <br /> <br />Note that one photograph towards the end of the album shows two men backs turned to the camera wearing white robes with pointed hoods; one is decorated with the crude logo of a skull and two crossed flags or axes. It is possible that these figures are wearing the costume of new Freemason initiates rather than the KKK robes they resemble the insignia resembles the Oddfellows skull-and-crossbones and the Klan was not universally identified with such costumes until 1915 and after. The identification is thus uncertain but the iconography is nevertheless highly disturbing to a modern eye; and with its placement following page after page of harmonious domestic scenes it serves as a reminder of the violent allegiances of some white Chicagoans in the period leading up to the city's anti-black riots of 1919. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 24106

‎Photography: Fetish‎

‎Photo Albums of Women Smoking‎

‎np: np ca. 1997. Fine. 12mo. Commercial red boards spiral photo album. Containing 100 color photographs of various women smoking loosely inserted in individual sleeves one to a page both recto and verso. Marjority 5.5" x 3.5" with some smaller/trimmed. A handful annotated on versos with what are presumed to be inventory numbers and/or "Do not reproduce" statements. Two with stamp of of noted smoking fetish studio CoherentLight Photography Edmond OK. Nine images with stamp or copyright statement from legendary erotic photographer Eric Kroll. Generally fine condition. <br/><br/>Stylistically unified fetish album featuring women in various provocative poses and states of undress — all smoking. A collection likely assembled by a fellow fetishist sometime in the late nineties the collection features at least three different photographers and studios all clearly specializing in fetish images if not smoking fetish in particular as well as appropriated photos of famous women smoking Drew Barrymore Melanie Griffith Olivia Newton John Jennifer Connolly Kristin Scott Thomas etc. Most prominently at least two photos are from Edward Luisser's CoherentLight which specialized in smoking fetish images with an additional nine photos by the legendary Eric Knoll. Images from the session in this album were included in his book FETISH GIRLS Taschen 1996. We suspect the majority of the remaining images in the album are by one or both of these photographers though the balance lack stamps or identifying annotations. Nevertheless a striking collection of original professional fetish photography. np hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 22157

‎World War II: Photography‎

‎Photo Album of the Botched Allied Bombardment of the Bezuidenhout‎

‎The Hague ca. 1945. Hardcover. Near fine. Two oblong 8vo. albums. First album: 11.5" by 9" approx. String-tied faux-alligator boards. 43 gelatin-silver prints majority 3.75" by 2.5" but many 5.5" by 3.25" mounted to stiff gray leaves with cobweb-patterned tissue guards on each and handwritten captions in Dutch. Apparently complete. Near fine with several photos mildly yellowed but majority bright and sharp. <br /> <br />Second album: 13'' by 9'' approx. String-tied grey textured paper boards. 91 gelatin-silver prints of various sizes from 3.75'' by 2.5'' to 5.5'' by 3.25'' most of the latter size on stiff blue paper with tissue guards and handwritten captions in Dutch. Also contains an anti-Hitler card affixed to the front paste-down several cards with art and verse and two sepia-toned photographs on the final page. Two 5'' scuff marks to front board album corners and edges worn and bumped otherwise near fine with bright and sharp photographs. <br/><br/>A pair of carefully assembled albums possibly compiled for official use. The majority of the photos in both albums record the aftermath of a botched Allied bombardment in the Hague on March 3 1945; the attack claimed the lives of 511 civilians and left over 20000 people homeless. Targeted at a German missile base in the occupied Netherlands bombs deployed by the Royal Air Force landed instead in the adjacent Bezuidenhout neighborhood in the Hague destroying thousands of homes business and public buildings. The photos show several bombed-out churches and many apartment buildings with street names captioned underneath. Near the end of the first album three images show the burning of the Schevenigen Pier near the Hague which the compiler blames on the Germans but whose exact cause has never been established. The album forms a direct account of wartime destruction in the Netherlands. <br /> <br />The second album much more extensive includes some of the same material along with many other photographs. Affixed to the front paste-down is a black-bordered satirical memorial card for Hitler reading in Dutch "He came.but not to England / He saw.Moscow / He lost.the war." Beginning with two views of The Hague one in 1930 and one apparently mid-bombardment labeled March 3 1945 it also includes numerous scenes of destroyed buildings and monuments identified by street name. Some of these overlap with images from the first album; many do not. In addition to those showing the aftermath of the bombing several photos show intact monuments and buildings from neighboring cities like Middelburg possibly as a point of comparison with the ones destroyed. A few pages show photographs of various Bailey bridges at unspecified locations and other wartime construction. The final page of uncaptioned photos includes a shot of a pro-Hitler slogan painted in Dutch on a bridge underpass and a photo of several posters including a Dutch advertisement for "De Eeuwige Jood" The Eternal Jew a German propaganda film. A final leaf follows with two pro-R.A.F. cards with verses and drawings and three souvenir cards of Queen Wilhelmina Princess Juliana and her children Beatrix and Irene. The final page has two sepia-toned photos of a parade presumably celebrating the war's end. An important act of witnessing from an unfortunate event. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 20240

‎Photography.‎

‎Photo Album of German Bathers‎

‎Germany ca. early 1920s. Near fine. Oblong album measuring 9” x 6.5” approx. String-bound in red glossy-coated cloth. 42 gelatin silver photographs measuring 3.5” x 2.25” approx. glue mounted rectos only to 25 leaves most interleaved with tissue. Boards lightly rubbed at edges with top corner of front board bumped. Some creasing and edge-wear to tissue guards. One photo perished else apparently complete. Photographs generally fine. Sound and clean overall. Near fine. <br/><br/>Elegant and carefully-assembled photo album of bathers in and around an unidentified lakeside German resort likely in the years following WWI. The album combines well-composed candid and posed shots of bathers with striking portraits that together reveal a talented photographer a kind of Jazz Age Jock Sturges. A work of uncommon unity and execution an accomplished and tender vernacular photobook of German bathing culture. [Germany] hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 16693

‎Photography: Trade Catalogues: Toys. Cascelloid / Palitoy‎

‎Toy Catalogue of the Cascelloid / Palitoy Co. with Photographic Prints‎

‎Leicester UK: Cascelloid ca. 1930s. Very good . Oblong 4to. album. Blue leather-covered boards. Contains 29 color photographs all 9" by 6.5" approx. mounted on rectos one each of light-gray cardboard leaves. About very good plus overall. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to boards. Several pages display mild soiling and offsetting from photos. Prints just a bit yellowed but remain sharp vivid and clean. <br/><br/>Beautifully-produced trade catalogue from the Cascelloid "Palitoy" company displaying a wide range of baby dolls and other toys. Several uncomfortable designs of black children with pitch-dark skin date this catalogue at roughly the 1930s when the Cascelloid company was dubbed the "House of Constant Progress" by the industry press for its material innovations with the plastics Bexoid and Plastex. One page features a celluoid model by the noted designer Mary Lucie Attwell a doll named "Diddums." The catalogue also displays the company's offerings of animal dolls die-cast trucks pool toys golf and ping-pong sets rattles pinwheels and more. Needless to say color photography was not the norm at this time and this catalogue comprises a beautiful set of vivid and sharp photographic prints. A truly exceptional example unlike anything we've seen: simultaneously surreal and nostalgic. [Cascelloid] hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 19955

‎Photography: Factories: Food‎

‎Album of Liquid Storage Tank Photographs Most Industrial Culinary‎

‎Midwest U.S. ca. 1913-1917. Very good. Oblong small 4to. Commercial string-tied album in black textured wraps. 58 cyanotype 11" by 8.25" and 55 gelatin-silver prints most 9.5" by 7.25" some 6" by 3.5" or smaller; four of the latter apparently perished. Adhesive-mounted recto and verso on black paper sheets. Very good. Some glue-bleaching to cyanotypes' edges. Many pages cleanly detatched from from perforated tabs but photos remain clean. <br/><br/>Album of storage tanks agitators and other liquid-related metal machinery photos compiled by the manufacturer which – judging by the locations of most of its clients – was located somewhere in the Midwestern United States. Majority of the photos show a single piece of equipment captioned with its order number destination e.g. "National Ice Cream Co. San Francisco" the product name e.g. "Deep Upright Closed Tank" shipment date dimensions and other relevant notes; several images show the product installed in its destination factory but most appear to have been taken before shipment. Many clients were ice-cream and other dairy processing plants and the majority were American; but a few were international including the Nestle plant in Switzerland and a Cuban brewery. Among the American non-dairy plants were the Coors brewery in Colorado a Perth Amboy chemical plant and a California paint manufacturer. Two images depict a dozen salesmen posing at the tank factory and others show factory workers in motion. Likely assembled as a salesman's book or perhaps company archive with its many cyanotypes a striking vernacular book and an informative record of industrial food preparation at the dawn of the Ford age. paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 19686

‎Photography: Missionaries: Japan‎

‎Photo Album of a Lutheran Missionary in Japan‎

‎ca. 1920-1931 Kyushu Japan. Very good . Oblong 4to. String-tied commecial album; black boards. Contains 57 gelatin-silver prints of various sizes including 8" by 10" 7.5" by 5" and smaller most of which are adhesive-mounted with several loose plus 11 postcards depicting Kyushu Lutheran churches and one bookmark. One photograph apparently perished; several others loosening from pages. Else apparently complete.Album edges moderately worn; one photo missing a chunk at edge. Most are lightly toned but overall clean. Very good or better. <br/><br/>Well-assembled photo album compiled by an American Lutheran missionary to Japan whose face appears consistently in the majority of the photographs. The island of Kyushu is home to several Lutheran schools and churches including the Kyushu Gakuin Kyushu Lutheran College and the Janice James School both of which are pictured here having recently been built in the early 1900's. The Kyushu Lutheran mission was founded in 1893 by American missionaries; within several years they began building churches under the supervision of one Charles Lafayette Brown 1874-1921 and presumably the subjects pictured here with members of that particualr mission. The album features posed group photographs of large congregations — as large as roughly 150 — captioned with date and location in cities including Kurume Kamamoto and Saga; additionally included are many images of church services in progress plus several family portraits of church members. While Christianity began to spread when Japan phased out its isolationist policies in the 1850s Protestant evangilization in particular slowed under the military government of the Showa period the early years of which are covered by this album.These anti-Western trends were closely tied to the patriotic fervor that culminated in WWII. An absorbing visual archive of a prospering Protestant community and of American missionary activity in Imperial Japan. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 19695

‎Photography: Natural Disasters: Railroads‎

‎B & N.W. Bengal & North Western Railway: Views of the Great Behar Earthquake of 15th January 1934 Photo Album‎

‎India: Bengal and North Western Railway Company 193-. Very good . Small 4to. album. Stamped leather label affixed to front board. Very good plus to near fine. 14 leaves each with photographs and typewritten sheets mounted on rectos and versos. Contains 68 mounted photographs 21 of which are cyanotypes with handwritten captions underneath; also includes one blueprint map mounted on inside rear cover. Complete. Pages show light rippling here and there; several show mild edgewear. Else clean and sharp. <br/><br/>An English-language photographic record of the damages wreaked on India's Bengal and North Western Railway by the Nepal-Bihar earthquake of 1934 which remains one of the worst earthquakes in Indian history. As the album's introductory text puts it "of the 2100 miles comprising the Bengal and North Western and Tirhur Railways it may be said that on the 900 miles traversing North Behar and the eastern United Provinces hardly a mile of track was undisturbed." Not limited to photos of the track itself the images show crumbling railroad stations engine sheds dwellings bungalows and factories adjacent to the railroad all in various degrees of ruin. The album appears to have been produced for the Railway's own archives and does not appear in OCLC. As the captions are handwritten this album is more than likely the only example. An important record of this deadly disaster which Gandhi famously interpreted as divine retribution for India's failure to abolish the untouchable dalit caste. [Bengal and North Western Railway Company] hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 19941

‎Printing: Photography‎

‎Collection of Printing Photographs from New York School of Printing‎

‎New York. Very good. 138 black and white photographs. 64 are approx. 8'' by 10'' or 7'' by 9'' the remainder of the collection in assorted smaller sizes. Many photos curled a few creased and a very few with small tears to edges. Majority very good or better. Approximately a third of the photos have a typed descriptive label attached to the back; others have notes in pen or pencil identifying the subjects. Of the remainder many have a photographer's stamp on the back but are otherwise unlabelled. <br/><br/>Photographs of student printers and instructors nearly all from the New York School of Printing most dated from the mid-1950s through the late 1960s. Many photographs have a detailed description attached e.g. "NYSP students in basement with shipping crates" with one accompanied by a press release from the Printing Education Week Committee. Several images of work in progress have an attached technical description on the reverse explaining the process shown in the photo: e.g. "Registering and Assembling Negatives and Transparencies" "Checking Negative Register" "Burning an Offset Plate" "Preparing 'flats' for contact to blueprint prior to plating" "Hand Composition" "Color Mixing" "Journeymen Instruction in Teletypesetter Operation at the School for Printers Apprentices of The New York School of Printing." Other photos show exhibits from a Printing Education week; high school and college lectures on printing; bookbinding and letterpress classes; exterior shots of the former NYSP building on 49th St. from 1956; design process and scale models for the new NYSP building opened in 1960 and multiple shots of its construction process; and industry booths at a printing trade show or exhibition. Identified subjects include journeymen primters and instructors; representatives of the New York Printing Pressmen's Union #51; and many others identified by name only. One series of 1961 photos showing a tour of a printing workshop bears the stamp "Official Photograph Board of Education - City of New York." Another small set shows a "Printing in Japan" exhibit with several smaller snapshots labeled "Jap Interview" sic. Most photographs are dated between 1951 and 1968 with the largest concentrations in 1956 and '60-61. Photographs lacking a date or description appear to date from the same era with a few exceptions: one photo dated 1943 two 8'' by 10'' enlargements dated 1926 and one 4'' by 5'' photo dated 1933 labelled "Industrial High School / Class in Appreciation of Printing - Studying Foreign Types." unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 22194

‎Forensics: Photography‎

‎Crime Scene & Accidental Death Photo Archive‎

‎Cheshire England 1948-1954. Very good. 25 thick cards each 8" by 6.5" with brass fasteners holding on a layer of gelatin-silver prints between two to thirteen to each card. Prints have a small identifying number glued to the right edge as reference for small sheet of typewritten captions glued to the card. Overall condition about very good. Several cards have noticeably lost their captions but all photos appear intact. A bit toned and lightly soiled but considerably well-preserved indeed. Housed in a custom gray archival box. <br/><br/>Collection of photographs of death scenes in and around the English county of Cheshire used for investigative purposes. The majority depict traffic accidents of which two involved bicycles colliding with cars. Other incidents include a drowning a man's sudden death while riding a tractor another dying near an open gas pipe a second gas-related incident in a home garage plus three factory/worksite accidents and two falls down flights of stairs. One card shows the name William Gordon written in ink referring either to the photographer or the deceased person. The stark and limited nature of the captions precludes a full understanding of the events as they were used as an evidence tool above all else. Nevertheless an indelible and haunting series of images as well as a useful record of forensic photography. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 21273

‎Vietnam: Photography‎

‎Small Photograph Archive of a Soldier's Lounge‎

‎np: np ca. 1968. Very good. Four black and white silver gelatin print photographs each measuring approximately 8" x 10". Mild handling wear. Ocassional corner creasing. One duplicate. Overall very good. <br/><br/>Three enlarged views of the interior of an in-country Vietnam lounge for soldiers of the 287th Explosive Ordinance Detatchment stationed out of Phu Bai. Images include two outstanding interiors of the bar area with signage photographs and posters. A hand painted plank of wood hung behind the bar states the "287 EOD / BAR / RULES" which include: "No bullshitting" "No Credit" and "No Being Irritating." EOD members were responsible for explosive disposal and nuetralization. An all volunteer division within the Army it was known as one of the most dangerous jobs in all of the military with company members having to place themselves in grave danger simply as a condition of the job. In his 2013 memoir titled THIS IS WHAT HELL LOOKS LIKE veteran of the 287th Stuart Allan Steinberg wrote of the respect the division commanded recalling the greeting fellow soldiers would often intone upon his arrival in the field: "E-O-fucking-D". A small but vivid rich group of images. np unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 15574

‎Photography: Weddings‎

‎WEDDING ALBUM‎

‎Paris Circa 1920s. Very good. Album measuring 5.25" x 7.25" approx. string-tied in paper binding with pearl finish. Stamped "Souvenir de Mariage" in gilt at front with photographer's mark at lower corner "A. Braunstain/ Paris/ 12 Rue d'Hauteville." Contains thirty gelatin silver photographs fixed to stiff leaves recto only. Album bowing slightly. Boards edgewron with some rubbing. Interior clean and sound. Photographs generally fine. Very good overall. <br/><br/>French wedding album likely dating from the mid 1920s including portraits of the bride and groom the wedding party family and guests with two shots of the reception. A striking collection of photos making dramatic use of natural light to capture the upper-class bride and groom and their attendants in their finery. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 16883

‎Photography: Catastrophes‎

‎Album of Hurricane Damage Along the Connecticut River Near Springfield MA‎

‎Various Springfield MA etc. ca. 1938. First Edition. Near fine. Small oblong 8vo. commercial album 5.75” x 8.5” approx. Black with gold title “Photos”. Stiff cloth-covered string-tied boards 23 paper leaves and 55 B&W snapshot photos adhesive-mounted recto and verso most 3.5” x 4.5” approx. Occasional faint wear. Near fine. <br/><br/>Small but focused album of the aftermath of The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 anonymously but skillfully shot along the Connecticut River corridor in and around Springfield MA Windsor Locks CT and Longmeadow MA. Images show downed trees overturned cars flooded streets damaged buildings and like. The storm was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869 and is believed to have caused over 650 deaths. A poignant collection. hardcover books‎

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