Notables of Britain. An album of portraits and autographs of the most eminent subjects of Her Majesty in the 60th year of her reign by Anonymous - 1897

New York: Longmans, Green , And Co., 1899. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xv+ 147 pages 7 1/2 x 10 in. Twenty-six plates and sixty-six diagrams. Red cloth binding with beveled boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: Very light wear to covers and spine, minimal sun darkening to spine. Edges of text block lightly foxed, several pages in on front and rear are foxed, foxing appears at the edges of some pages, binding is tight.

1886. Albumen photograph mounted on card. 150mm x 110mm overall. Tenants of building (as per signs) include: Union Bank of Australia, Alex Brown Colliery, Belgian & US Consulate, New Lambton Colliery Indemnity Fire and Machinery Insurance, Hewison Shipping Insurance & General Commission Agent. According to Newcastle Library records these businesses were located in a bank building in Newcastle, but pictorial records depict a different building. It would seem highly coincidental if these same businesses were located at the same time in nearby East Maitland or Morpeth, but remains a possibility. No other pictorial records can be located..

Fine copy with a nice presentation ( signed ) by Hambourg. Scarce

From the library of Brady's first NY gallerist, signed by the author. The gallerist was also a painter, and accordingly the cover shows traces of paint and dust. Otherwise a fine copy. Ships from Mexico City, always by Fedex, DHL or UPS. Siranda Librería Anticuaria - we specialize in rare and oop books on the arts, music and literature in many languages. Inquiries welcome

Department of the Interior. Very Good. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. Views on the Green River, Canon of Desolation Series, No. 94. Bright yellow card with imprint on verso. Photo has light silvering, else very good. This image depicts the party portaging near Log Cabin Cliff. E. O. Beaman was the photographer of Powell's second Colorado River Expedition from 1871-72. After leaving the survey he continued photographing Native Americans in New Mexico and Arizona.; 4 1/2" x 7" .

New York: Longmans, Green , And Co., 1899. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xv+ 147 pages 7 1/2 x 10 in. Twenty-six plates and sixty-six diagrams. Red cloth binding with beveled boards, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Condition of the book is VERY GOOD: Very light wear to covers and spine, minimal sun darkening to spine. Edges of text block lightly foxed, several pages in on front and rear are foxed, foxing appears at the edges of some pages, binding is tight.

1886. Albumen photograph mounted on card. 150mm x 110mm overall. Tenants of building (as per signs) include: Union Bank of Australia, Alex Brown Colliery, Belgian & US Consulate, New Lambton Colliery Indemnity Fire and Machinery Insurance, Hewison Shipping Insurance & General Commission Agent. According to Newcastle Library records these businesses were located in a bank building in Newcastle, but pictorial records depict a different building. It would seem highly coincidental if these same businesses were located at the same time in nearby East Maitland or Morpeth, but remains a possibility. No other pictorial records can be located..

New York: North Point Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. xix, 376 pages. First Edition. SIGNED by the late Charis Wilson in ink on the half-title. Illustrated, primarily from vintage photographs, including some by Weston, and other well-known photographers. Frontis portrait of Weston and Wilson from black and white photograph. Index. Small quarto. Cloth-backed gray boards, with silver spine-titling. Charis Wilson was the daughter of novelist Harry Leon Wilson (Merton of the Movies). Starting as Edward Weston's secretary and model, she married him in 1939, divorcing in 1946. From the jacket, "A memoir long awaited in the arts community, Through Another Lens tells the story of the life Edward and Charis led on the California coast from 1934 to 1945, a period 'in which more was done than some accomplish in a lifetime,' as Weston once described it in a letter." Includes material on Robinson Jeffers, Ansel Adams and more. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar… Read More

Fine copy with a nice presentation ( signed ) by Hambourg. Scarce

From the library of Brady's first NY gallerist, signed by the author. The gallerist was also a painter, and accordingly the cover shows traces of paint and dust. Otherwise a fine copy. Ships from Mexico City, always by Fedex, DHL or UPS. Siranda Librería Anticuaria - we specialize in rare and oop books on the arts, music and literature in many languages. Inquiries welcome