Photography from Tannery Books

Chalford, 1995. First edition. Matthew Young, The Archive Photographs series: Selby - from the William Rawling Collection, The Chalford Publishing Co., 1995, First Edition. Sepia-illustrated paper covers, 8vo (24 cm), 128 pp, many bw photographs and reproductions. Photographic collection "of a Yorkshire town at the height of the Victorian and Edwardian era." Good: covers bumped and creased, po inscription… Read more

Little, Brown & Co., 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Jane Halsman Bello, Steve Bello, Philippe Halsman; Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective, Little, Brown & Co., 1999, First edition. Oversized book of beautiful and quirky black-and-white portraits, not just of Hollywood stars, but artists, presidents, writers and thinkers. Black cloth hc, folio (32 cm), 212 pp. Near Fine/Very… Read more

Toronto: The Canadian Centennial Library, 1965. Hardcover. Good. ed. Pierre Berton, Remember Yesterday - A Century of Photographs, Toronto, The Canadian Centennial Library, 1965. Pictorial cloth covers with red spine, 4to (28 cm), 128pp. Photographs, mostly bw, from daguerrotypes and wagon trains to the "nuclear age." Good: corners bumped, smudge on ffep, no po markings.

New York: Knight & Brown, 1896. Leather_bound. Fair. Rossiter Johnson, Campfire and Battlefield: History of the Conflicts and Campaigns of the Great Civil War in the United States, New York, Knight & Brown, undated with 1896 copyrights (published after Matthew Brady's death in Jan. 1896). Red leather hc with blind-stamped designs on covers and gilt soldier with lettering… Read more

New York: B. Westermann Co., Inc.. Hardcover. Good. Ludwig Borchardt, Herbert Ricke, Egypt: Architecture, Landscape, Life of the People, New York, B. Westermann Co., Inc., ca. 1929 [probable second edition]. Red cloth hc with gold-stamped lettering and symbol on front, olive endpapers, xxviii with photo credits and place index [ii map], 272 pp bw photos. Early 20th-century photos… Read more

New York: Greenwich House, 1984. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Alfred Eisenstaedt, intro by Philip Kunhardt Jr., Eisenstaedt's Celebrity Portraits: Fifty Years of Friends and Acquaintances, New York, Greenwich House, 1984, later printing. Photos and facsimile autographs from the collection of Alfred Eisenstaedt, "Father of Photojournalism" who worked for Life magazine from its beginning. The collection includes not… Read more

Salem, NH: Salem House, 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. John Russell Taylor, John Kobal, Portraits of the British Cinema - 60 Glorious Years 1925-1985, Salem, NH, Salem House, 1985, First American edition. Blue cloth hc with silver lettering on spine, folio (30 cm), 160 pp with name index, bw photos, photographer notes; glossy red dustjacket… Read more

New York: William Morrow and Co., 1981. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. John Kobal, Carlos Clarens, Hollywood Color Portraits, New York, William Morrow and Co., 1981, first American printing. Black cloth hc with gold lettering on spine, 4to (29 cm), 158 pp, many color full-page photos (no index); glossy color DJ with Humphrey Bogart on front and… Read more

McGraw-Hill, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Paul Trent, Richard Lawton, The Image Makers: Sixty Years of Hollywood Glamour, McGraw-Hill, 1972, First Edition. Glamour shots of stars from 1910s silent era to 1960s bombshells. Black cloth hc, folio (30 cm), 328 pp, bw and color photos; glossy illustrated dustjacket with black background. Very Good/Good: spine slightly skewed, bottom… Read more

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1978. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. John Engstead, Star Shots: Fifty Years of Pictures and Stories by One of Hollywood's Greatest Photographers, New York, E. P. Dutton, 1978, first printing. White cloth over black paper boards, 4to (27 cm), [vi] 250 pp with index, bw photos throughout, 8 color pp; glossy color dustjacket.… Read more

New York: Rizzoli International, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Steve Starr, Picture Perfect: Deco Photo Frames 1926-1946, New York, Rizzoli International, 1991. Glossy paper covers, 4to (28 cm), 160 pp with name index, many color and bw photos. Contains the author's collection of Art Deco frames, many with Hollywood publicity photos from the era. Very Good: covers… Read more

Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1905. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. W. D. Howells, London Films, New York and London, Harper and Brothers Publishers, October 1905, First Printing. Detailed impressions of an American photographer in London at the turn of the last century. Green cloth HC, gold-stamped lettering with painted red accents, 8vo (21 cm), plain endpapers, [x] 242… Read more

Chicago: Gravure Illustration Company, 1924. First printing. Original Wraps. Good +. Art Work of Piedmont Section of North Carolina: Published in Nine Parts, Chicago, Gravure Illustration Company, 1924, first printing. Nine books (parts) in stiff paper wraps, each with title page and 7 to 10 unnumbered plates, many with multiple photos; folio (35 cm), dark brown portfolio with… Read more