Circus Vorstellung 12. Februar 1919. Leopold, Freiherr Popper von Podhragy, 'Soufleur' Max Blau, 'Capellmeister' Meller. by Original photographs - [Circus - Popper von Podhragy] Ludwig, Gutmann (Photographer) - 1919

Circa 1950: Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories, 1950. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 14" X 10 3/4". Fine. Black Images On Grey Background, With Alignment Circles And Cross Lines. Annotated At Edges, "4147 Center, Red And P. E. Standards / 100" Astrophotometer Orientation", "N" At Top Of Astrophotograph, Ink Quadrant Numbers And Also Ink Numbering Of Some Stars With Pencil Letters In Circles; All Annotations Appear To Be In Hand Of Edwin P. Hubble, But Not Signed By Hubble. Stamp Of Mount Wilson And Palomar Obervatories On Verso, "Object: Ngc 4147 / Enlargement 20X /Telescope Ph-707-S, Remarks 100 200 Orientation".

Circa 1950: Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories, 1950. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 14" X 10 3/4". Fine. Black Images On Grey Background, With Alignment Circles And Cross Lines.Annotated At Edges, "Ngc 4147, Red P. E. Standards / 100" Astrophotometer Orientation", "N" At Top Of Astrophotograph, Ink Quadrant Numbers And Also Black And Red Ink Hand Numbering Of Some Stars With One Unnumbered But Annotated "E" And "Var 1" With Arrow; All Annotations Appear To Be In Hand Of Edwin P. Hubble, But Not Signed By Hubble. Stamp Of Mount Wilson And Palomar Observatories On Verso, With Pencil Information Filled In, "Object: Ngc 4147 / Telescope Ph-711-S, Remarks 200 Orient".

New York: The Library Fellows at the Whitney Museum of American Art [by Michael and Winifred Bixler Press and Letter Foundry], 1991. Spine faded as often with this book, a few scuffs to cloth, some minor soiling to slipcase. Oblong folio (32.9x42 cm; 13x16½ inches). Beautifully printed in letterpress. [16] pages With 9 mounted chromogenic photographic prints by Tina Barney: 27.7 x3 5.9 cm (11x14¼"). Original turquoise three quarter morocco over cloth; endpapers designed by Sage Reynolds; slipcase. One of an edition limited to 175 copies signed by Barney and Howe. An artist book collaboration between American playwright Tina Howe and American photographer Tina Barney produced as a benefit for the library of the Whitney Museum. An edition in the Artists and Writers Series. The text is a four-person dialogue written by Tina Howe, set on an Atlantic Coast beach in late August. The large-format images manipulate depth of field, and capture people on or around the beach, making the… Read More

London: Richard Griffin and Company, 1861. A lovely near-fine copy, the binding firm and bright. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and a little spotting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and fresh throughout. A superb example of a very scarce title. 8vo (21.8 x 15.7 cm). Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the upper board and spine, gilt to all page edges. Illustrated with 20 mounted albumen prints. FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest works of poetry to be illustrated by photography. The anthology combines extracts from authors including Keats, Clare, Wordsworth, Cowper, and Longfellow, with mounted photographs depicting idyllic scenes of contemporary rural life by the renowned stereographer William Morris Grundy (1806-1859), to create a harmonious interweaving of verse and imagery. Grundy was born in Birmingham, moving to Sutton Coldfield in 1850. Initially taking up photography as a hobby in 1855, he went on to achieve… Read More

Scarce. Oblong album binding. Black cloth boards with screw fasteners at spine. 60 gelatin silver prints, 8" x 10.25" mounted on beige pages with printed captions.Introduction written "by M. Charles Preston, New York City, ex-enlisted man, former CBI'er and co-worker with the author on Phoenix Magazine in Calcutta, India". Photos taken by Clyde Waddell, "who was Chief Photographer for the Houston Press before entering the army, was flown to the India-Burma Theater in November 1943...". Waddell acted as personal press photographer for Supreme Commander Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten from 1943-1945. After that assignment, he resumed his work as a news photographer. The images for this book were captured by Waddell during his leave, "primarily at the behest of many friends who had been constantly asking him for photos of Calcutta scenes." He then received so many requests for copies of his photos, that this book was created. The book is in Near Fine condition, with very light edgewear, very light… Read More

Circa 1950: Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories, 1950. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 14" X 10 3/4". Fine. Black Images On Grey Background, With Alignment Circles And Cross Lines. Annotated At Edges, "4147 Center, Red And P. E. Standards / 100" Astrophotometer Orientation", "N" At Top Of Astrophotograph, Ink Quadrant Numbers And Also Ink Numbering Of Some Stars With Pencil Letters In Circles; All Annotations Appear To Be In Hand Of Edwin P. Hubble, But Not Signed By Hubble. Stamp Of Mount Wilson And Palomar Obervatories On Verso, "Object: Ngc 4147 / Enlargement 20X /Telescope Ph-707-S, Remarks 100 200 Orientation".

Circa 1950: Mt Wilson And Palomar Observatories, 1950. Original Astronomical Photographs . No Binding. Near Fine/No Jacket. Original Astronomical Photograph Approximately 14" X 10 3/4". Fine. Black Images On Grey Background, With Alignment Circles And Cross Lines.Annotated At Edges, "Ngc 4147, Red P. E. Standards / 100" Astrophotometer Orientation", "N" At Top Of Astrophotograph, Ink Quadrant Numbers And Also Black And Red Ink Hand Numbering Of Some Stars With One Unnumbered But Annotated "E" And "Var 1" With Arrow; All Annotations Appear To Be In Hand Of Edwin P. Hubble, But Not Signed By Hubble. Stamp Of Mount Wilson And Palomar Observatories On Verso, With Pencil Information Filled In, "Object: Ngc 4147 / Telescope Ph-711-S, Remarks 200 Orient".

New York: The Library Fellows at the Whitney Museum of American Art [by Michael and Winifred Bixler Press and Letter Foundry], 1991. Spine faded as often with this book, a few scuffs to cloth, some minor soiling to slipcase. Oblong folio (32.9x42 cm; 13x16½ inches). Beautifully printed in letterpress. [16] pages With 9 mounted chromogenic photographic prints by Tina Barney: 27.7 x3 5.9 cm (11x14¼"). Original turquoise three quarter morocco over cloth; endpapers designed by Sage Reynolds; slipcase. One of an edition limited to 175 copies signed by Barney and Howe. An artist book collaboration between American playwright Tina Howe and American photographer Tina Barney produced as a benefit for the library of the Whitney Museum. An edition in the Artists and Writers Series. The text is a four-person dialogue written by Tina Howe, set on an Atlantic Coast beach in late August. The large-format images manipulate depth of field, and capture people on or around the beach, making the… Read More

London: Richard Griffin and Company, 1861. A lovely near-fine copy, the binding firm and bright. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and a little spotting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and fresh throughout. A superb example of a very scarce title. 8vo (21.8 x 15.7 cm). Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the upper board and spine, gilt to all page edges. Illustrated with 20 mounted albumen prints. FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest works of poetry to be illustrated by photography. The anthology combines extracts from authors including Keats, Clare, Wordsworth, Cowper, and Longfellow, with mounted photographs depicting idyllic scenes of contemporary rural life by the renowned stereographer William Morris Grundy (1806-1859), to create a harmonious interweaving of verse and imagery. Grundy was born in Birmingham, moving to Sutton Coldfield in 1850. Initially taking up photography as a hobby in 1855, he went on to achieve… Read More

Scarce. Oblong album binding. Black cloth boards with screw fasteners at spine. 60 gelatin silver prints, 8" x 10.25" mounted on beige pages with printed captions.Introduction written "by M. Charles Preston, New York City, ex-enlisted man, former CBI'er and co-worker with the author on Phoenix Magazine in Calcutta, India". Photos taken by Clyde Waddell, "who was Chief Photographer for the Houston Press before entering the army, was flown to the India-Burma Theater in November 1943...". Waddell acted as personal press photographer for Supreme Commander Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten from 1943-1945. After that assignment, he resumed his work as a news photographer. The images for this book were captured by Waddell during his leave, "primarily at the behest of many friends who had been constantly asking him for photos of Calcutta scenes." He then received so many requests for copies of his photos, that this book was created. The book is in Near Fine condition, with very light edgewear, very light… Read More