On this page you will see the 78 photography related titles (history, monographs, photographic studies, etc.) that are on hand and in our computers as of  March 26, 2008, and follow this link for Ordering information. from Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hamshire.

1. CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHER VOLUME V, NUMBER 2, SPRING, 1965-1965: PORTFOLIO: DUANE MICHALS; PORTFOLIO CARL CHIARENZA, Contemporary Photographer, New York, 1965, 72pp, good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 30722 ), $15.00

2. Abeels, Gustave, LES PIONNIERS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE A BRUXELLES - PIONEERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY A BRUSSELS, Bibliotheque Europeenne, Zaltbommel/Pays-Bas, 1977, B&W illustrations, 124pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Text in French., (Order No: 52281 ), $60.00

3. Adams, William D. (photographs by), ABANDONED: A NOSTALGIC LOOK AT RURAL AMERICA - PHOTOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM D. ADAMS, TG Press, Waco, TX, (1986), sepia toned photographs, 143pp, fine, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 09146410609 "This book is dedicated to all of America's farmers - past and present." A look at abandoned farms and farm life., (Order No: 52904 ), $10.00

4. Alland, Alexander; Ochsner, Bjorn (preface by), HEINRICH TONNIES: CARTES-DE-VISITE PHOTOGRAPHER EXTRAORDINAIRE - DET 19. ARHUNDREDES "FOTOGRAF EXTRAORDINAIRE", Camera/Graphic Press, Ltd., New York, (1978), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 09186960602, (Order No: 40492 ), $17.50

5. Allen, Casey, THE NUDE AESOP: CAMERA FABLES FOR THE MODERN MAN, A.S. Barnes and Co., New York, (1967), photographs by Allen Casey, 165pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Allen has adapted some of the ancient stories to the modern camera, letting his lens tell the stories., (Order No: 34052 ), $20.00

6. artprice.com, PHOTOGRAPHY PRICE INDICATOR 2001, Paris Photo, Paris, 2000, 1245pp, very good, wraps (softcover) - small tear/chip on rear cover, ISBN 2907129228 12 years of auction results from 1988 to 2000 with 50,000 auction records of 5,000 artists., (Order No: 52449 ), $11.50

7. Assefy, Yahya (photographs by); Diakonoff, Serge (introduction by), AUGEN-BLICKE AUS ASIEN - AFGANISTAN, NEPAL, CHINA, INDIEN, Yaghoubi Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, (1993), color illustrations, 111pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) in fine slipcase, A collection of outstanding photographs of Afghanistan, Nepal, China, and India. Text in German., (Order No: 48737 ), $85.00

8. Bailey, Henry Turner, PHOTOGRAPHY AND FINE ART, The Davis Press, Worcester, MA, 1922, B&W illustrations, 124pp, good, tan cloth (hardcover), This book is a revision of a series of illustrated articles first published in The School Arts Magazine. The articles were written in the hope that they might promote a more intelligent and extensive use of the camera in the public schools as an aid to knowledge and taste., (Order No: 53349 ), $60.00

9. Beaton, Cecil, BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHERS, Bracken Books, London, (1987), 20 B&W ill, 8 color plates, 48pp, very good, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 1851701176 First published in 1944 in the "Britain in Pictures" series., (Order No: 12340 ), $4.50

10. Becker, Howard S.; Southall, Thomas; and, Green, Harvey (edited by Edward W. Earle) (foreword by Nathan Lyons), POINTS OF VIEW: THE STEREOGRAPH IN AMERICA - A CULTURAL HISTORY, Visual Studies Workshop Pres, Rochester, NY, (1979) 1st ed, B&W and Sepia Toned ill., 119pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0898220068 Contents include: The Stereography in America: Pictorial Antecedents and Cultural Perspectives; Interpretive Chronology - Stereos, American History and Popular Culture; Stereographs: Local, National and International Art Worlds; White Mountain Stereographs and the Development of a Collective Vision; Pasteboard Masks, the Stereography in American Culture 1865-1910; and, Chronological Bibliography and Selected Bibliography., (Order No: 52789 ), $75.00

11. Buckley, V. C., THE GOOD LIFE: BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS WITH A CANDID CAMERA, William Morrow and Co., Inc., New York, 1979 1st ed, 197 B&W ill., 128pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) author inscribed, ISBN 0668035035 "This fully annotated collection of personal photographs provides a wonderful composite view of a gracious, easy life-style now long past and gone forever." Warmly inscribed by the author., (Order No: 10456 ), $15.00

12. Custis, Eleanor Parke, COMPOSITION AND PICTURES, Amer. Photographic Pub. Co., Boston, MA, 1947, B&W illustrations, 224pp, good+, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, A summary of the rules of composition as applied to photography., (Order No: 53546 ), $20.00

13. Daniel, Pete and Smock, Raymond, A TALENT FOR DETAIL: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF MISS FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON, 1889-1910, Harmony Books, New York, (1974), B&W illustrations, 182pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 051751642X Includes a photobiography, a photo-essay of some of her most extraordinary photographs of men and women, and a gallery containing Johnston's most intriguing portrait work of the famous and ordinary people of her time including the Roosevelts, Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, George Washington Carver, Alexander Graham Bell, Jacob Riis, Booker T. Washington, John Philip Sousa and others., (Order No: 54215 ), $10.00

14. Davidson, Marshall B., EARLY AMERICAN TOOLS, Olivetti, n.p., (1975), B&W photos by Hans Namuth, unpaginated, good, black cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0915812002 "Published by Olivetti on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of The United States of America." Impressive pictorial survey of early American handtools with informative text accompanying each B&W photograph. One tool per page (about 46 photos, many fold-outs), photographes artfully with detail., (Order No: 9836 ), $20.00

15. de Andrade, Alecio de (photographs by) and Cortazar, Julio (with an essay by), PARIS: ESSENCE OF AN IMAGE - THE MASTER COLLECTION BOOK II, RotoVision S.A., Geneve, Switzerland, (1981), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 2880460247 A microcosm of everyday life, an image of Andrade's personal Paris, painted in the interminable shades of grey which so typify the city. His vision is extrapolated in the essay by Julio Cortazar which forms the text of this book., (Order No: 42199 ), $22.50

16. Eisenstaedt, Alfred, EISENSTAEDT: GERMANY, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, (1981), 94 B&W ill., 96pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0810909545 Still active in his career in his eighties, in 1979 Eisenstaedt returned to his native Germany after an absence of forty-four years--to photograph the Germany of today, as he had photographed it much earlier, in the 1920s and 1930s. The results are here: a provocative juxtaposition of a selection of Eisenstaedt's finest photographs taken in Germany during his early career with those from his present trip., (Order No: 24253 ), $30.00

17. Eisenstaedt, Alfred (photographs by) and Massie, Allan (text by), EISENSTAEDT: ABERDEEN, PORTRAIT OF A CITY, Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge, LA, (1984), photos by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 91pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0807111945 In this volume, Eisenstaedt turns his camera on Aberdeen, the granite city of northern Scotland--its buildings, avenues, and people a self-confident mixture of sophistication and provincial vitality; its gestures toward modernity tempered by a sturdy indifference to what the rest of the world does., (Order No: 35460 ), $12.50

18. Farber, Robert, FARBER - NUDES, AMPHOTO, New York, (1983) 1st ptg, B&W and color illustrations, unpaginated, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0817438513 In his fifth book, Farber explains the photographic techniques and aesthetics that he has successfully used to become famous as a fashion and fine-art photographer., (Order No: 48345 ), $12.50

19. Feldman, Dennis (photographs by) (edited by Beverly and Dennis Feldman), AMERICAN IMAGES, Palm Press, San Francisco, CA, (1977), B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 42667 ), $20.00

20. Flynt, Suzanne L. (foreword by Naomi Rosenblum), THE ALLEN SISTERS - PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS 1885-1920, Pocumtuck Valley Mem. Assn., Deerfield, MA, (2002), B&W illustrations, 191pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, ISBN 1882374045 "Working within the aesthetic of the Arts and Crafts movement, Frances Stebbins Allen & Mary Electa Allen created exquisite photographs of New England country life, figure and child studies, and landscapes of New England." This carefully researched biography is accompanied by 100 tritone plates and 40 duotone images., (Order No: 51704 ), $50.00

21. Fraprie, Frank R. and Jordan, Franklin I. Jordan (edited by), THE AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 1946, VOLUME SIXTY - 60, Amer. Photographic Pub. Co., Boston, MA, 1945, B&W illustrations, 200pp, ads, very good, decorated tan cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 29623 ), $25.00

22. Gambee, Robert, MANHATTAN SEASCAPE: WATERSIDE VIEWS AROUND NEW YORK, Hastings House, Publishers, New York, (1975), over 180 B&W photographs, 256pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803850433 The bay, the ships, the bridges, the waterside parks with their quiet retreats, and the famous skyline are the subject of over 180 photographs., (Order No: 12524 ), $15.00

23. Garver, Thomas H., NEW PHOTOGRAPHY: SAN FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA, Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0884010023 Catalogue of the exhibition., (Order No: 16667 ), $12.50

24. Gernsheim, Helmut, CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY: AESTHETIC TRENDS 1839-1960, Bonanza Books, New York, orig pub 1962, 244 photographs, 258pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517135744 First comprehensive study written and illustrated exclusively from the artistic aspect of photography's picture making capacity., (Order No: 5719 ), $7.50

25. Gernsheim, Helmut (foreword by James Pope-Hennessy), BEAUTIFUL LONDON, Phaidon Press, London, (1950) 1st ed, 103 photos by H. Gernsheim, 124pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 6148 ), $12.50

26. Gernsheim, Helmut and Gernsheim, Alison, VICTORIA R. - A BIOGRAPHY WITH FOUR HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS BASED ON HER PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1959) 1st Amer, B&W photographs, 307pp, good++, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 6951 ), $15.00

27. Gernsheim, Helmut and Gernsheim, Alison, A CONCISE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, (1965), B&W and color illustrations, 314pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "Here is the complete story of photography, scholarly, entertaining, comprehensive and concise.", (Order No: 52409 ), $5.00

28. Gilbert, George, COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHICA: THE IMAGES AND EQUIPMENT OF THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Hawthorne/Dutton, New York, (1976) 1st ptg, 225 B&W photos, 75 drawings, 302pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 080151407X One of the better books on the collecting of photographic equipment, which brings into focus this many-faceted field by discussing in depth all the phases of photography's astonishing history beginning with the pioneering successes of Daguerre in 1838 and ending with the technological devices that made twentieth-century cinematography possible., (Order No: 13069 ), $14.50

29. Gilbert, George, THE PHOTOGRAPHICA COLLECTOR'S PRICE GUIDE, Hawthorne Books, Inc., New York, (1977), B&W illustrations, 113pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 08015140963 Although dated, this is a most useful companion to Gilbert's essential classic, COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHICA: The Images and Equipment of the First Hundred Years of Photography., (Order No: 37835 ), $15.00

30. Gilbert, George and Lothrop, Eaton S. (compiled by), PHOTOGRAPHIC ADVERTISING FROM A-TO-Z FROM THE KODAK TO THE LEICA; MORE; AND STILL MORE -- THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Portertown Products, Inc., Cedar Falls, IA, (1975) (1977), B&W illustrations, 3 vols, 590pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "Actual Size from the Pages of the Leading Magazines of America from the 1880's to the 1920's. Reproduced in exact detail - Cameras, Plates, Novelties, Schools, Shutters, More! A Unique Compilation for the Photographic Historian and Collector of Camera Curiosa." Complete three volume set, including: PHOTOGRAPHIC ADVERTISING FROM A-TO-Z; MORE PHOTOGRAPHIC ADVERTSING FROM A-TO-Z; and STILL MORE PHOTOGRAPHIC ADVERTISING FROM A-TO-Z., (Order No: 44796 ), $145.00

31. Hamilton, Charles F., PHOTOGRAPHING NUDES, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1980), B&W photographs, 184pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0136652735 Featuring over 100 photographs, this volume covers every angle of nude photography, from directing your model's pose to mounting and matting a finished print., (Order No: 34516 ), $12.00

32. Herdeg, Walter (edited by), PHOTOGRAPHIS 80 - THE INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL OF ADVERTISING AND EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Graphis Press, Zurich, Switzerland, (1980), B&W and color illustrations, 232pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803858876 This fifteenth edition brings together outstanding photographic achievements from around the world in Advertising, Annual Reports, Book Jackets, Editorial Photography, Magazine Covers, Calendars, House Organs and Booklets., (Order No: 49034 ), $20.00

33. Heyman, Ken (foreword by Pete Hamill; introduction by Deborah Eisenberg), HIPSHOT: ONE-HANDED, AUTO-FOCUS PHOTOGRAPHS BY A MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER, Aperture, New York, (1988), photographs by Ken Heyman, unpaginated, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0893812935 This volume is about seeing anew what has always been there--the familiar becomes startling., (Order No: 31871 ), $4.00

34. Hurlimann, Martin, INDIA: THE LANDSCAPE, THE MONUMENTS AND THE PEOPLE, Ernst Wasmuth, A. G., Berlin, (1928), B&W illustrations, 304pp, very good w/good dj (lt spotting to boards/lt foxing on edges), Exceptional photography, text in English. Remnants of slipcase included., (Order No: 22738 ), $225.00

35. Jensen, Oliver; Kerr, Joan Paterson; and, Belsky, Murray, AMERICAN ALBUM - ABRIDGED, Ballantine Books, New York, (1976) 4th ptg, B&W illustrations, 256pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0345255917 "How we looked and how we lived in a vanished USA." Rare photographs collected by the editors of American Heritage., (Order No: 54173 ), $4.50

36. Karpf, Nikolaus (editor in chief); Linssen, E. F. (English language Edition by), LINHOF PRACTICE: AN INTRODUCTION TO LINHOF CAMERAS, THEIR ACCESSORIES, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE, Verlag Grossbild-Technik, Munich, Germany, (1958) 3rd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 218pp, good+, pictorial boards (hardcover) light edgewear to boards, A well-done book by Grossbild Technik, the specialized technical magazine for the fastidious photographer., (Order No: 45896 ), $85.00

37. Kirstein, Lincoln (introduction and notes by), THE HAMPTON ALBUM: 44 PHOTOGRAPHS BY FRANCES B. JOHNSTON FROM AN ALBUM OF HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Museum of Modern Art, New York, (1966), B&W illustrations, 55pp, good, wraps (softcover), These photographs, originally made for the Paris Exposition of 1900 by Frances Benjamin Johnston as part of an exhibition demonstrating contemporary life of the American Negro, comprise a body of work almost inexhaustibly revealing., (Order No: 27169 ), $6.00

38. Kirstel, M. Richard, PAS DE DEUX, Grove Press, Inc., New York, (1969) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Kristel has photographed physical love by fusing light and silver with an act of the most intrinsic depth and substance., (Order No: 53324 ), $10.00

39. Lahue, Kalton C. and Bailey, Joseph A., GLASS, BRASS, & CHROME - THE AMERICAN 35MM MINIATURE CAMERA, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1972), B&W illustrations, 347pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0806109688 In this book Lahue and Bailey present an absorbing, nostalgic account of American 35mm "hardware," its evolution from a German idea, and the role it played in making photography America's number-one hobby. The book is profusely illustrated, including photographs of rare cameras that have become collectors' items., (Order No: 44750 ), $60.00

40. LaVor, Marty (photographs by), NO BORDERS, The LaVor Group, Alexandria, VA, (1992), photographs by Marty LaVor, good+, wraps (softcover), inscribed by the photographer, ISBN 0963268007 Marty LaVor has made photographs in ninety countries on five continents. In the mud-street marketplaces and the marble corridors of power. On city streets and mountain tops. Where people speak English, French, Spanish, Urdu, Chinese, Swahili, or just gestures and smiles., (Order No: 27629 ), $25.00

41. Luard, Nicholas, LANDSCAPE IN SPAIN, New York Graphic Society, Boston, (1988) 1st ed, color photographs, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821217062 Photographs by Michael Busselle., (Order No: 10876 ), $14.50

42. Lucie-Smith, Edward, THE INVENTED EYE: MASTERPIECES OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 1839-1914, Paddington Press Ltd., New York, (1975), B&W illustrations, 256pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0846700409 This volume surveys, from an art critic's point of view, the pioneer period of photography., (Order No: 38418 ), $12.50

43. Lyons, Nathan (photographs by) (with a preface by Adam D. Weinberg; afterword by Leroy F. Searle), RIDING 1ST CLASS ON THE TITANIC!, Addison Gallery of Amer. Art, Andover, MA, (1999), B&W illustrations, 233pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) signed by the photographer, ISBN 0262621355 The title RIDING 1ST CLASS ON THE TITANIC! extends the travel metaphor and suggests that there are those privileged passengers who, because of their class superiority, are inured to the dangers that lurk beneath the surface. All of us, whether we are aware or not, must heed the world around us for the "ride" is brief., (Order No: 46060 ), $27.50

44. Maloney, Tom (editor), U.S. CAMERA 1955, US Camera Publishing Corp., New York, (1954), B&W illustrations, 316pp, good, maroon cloth (hardcover) dustjacket panels laid in, (Order No: 2450 ), $10.00

45. Maloney, Tom (editor), PICTURES THAT TALK... U.S. CAMERA 1959, US Camera Publishing Corp., New York, 1958 (1st), B&W and color illustrations, 303pp, good, white boards (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 2453 ), $10.00

46. Maloney, T. J. (edited by); Pictures Judged by Edward Steichen, U. S. CAMERA 1941: VOLUME I "AMERICA", AND VOLUME II "THE YEAR'S PHOTOGRAPHY" TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, (1940) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) in worn/split slipcase, Volume I, 256pp; Volume II, 248pp., (Order No: 29645 ), $25.00

47. Maloney, Tom (edited by) Photographs Selected By Edward Steichen, U. S. CAMERA 1947: 1. GREAT NEWS PICTURES 2. FINEST PHOTOGRAPHS, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, (1946) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 392pp, good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 29647 ), $8.50

48. Man Ray (with an essay by Jed Perl), MAN RAY - APERTURE MASTERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY NUMBER 8, Aperture Foundation, Inc., New York, (1988) 1st pap, B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0893813079 Number Eight in the "Aperture Masters of Photography" series., (Order No: 17934 ), $10.00

49. Markus, Kurt, BUCKAROO: IMAGES FROM THE SAGEBRUSH BASIN, New York Graphic Society, Boston, (1987) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, fine w/very good+ dustjacket, warmly inscribed by the author, ISBN 0821216783 Exceptionally nice copy with 93 color and 24 duotone illustrations of cowboys in the Great Basin (or buckarro country) of Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and California. Warmly inscribed by Kurt Markus., (Order No: 36077 ), $250.00

50. McDowell, Elliot, PHOTOGRAPHS, David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, (1981), B&W illustrations, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) lower corner bumped, ISBN 0879234229, (Order No: 5490 ), $14.50

51. Meredith, Roy, MATHEW BRADY'S PORTRAIT OF AN ERA, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, (1982) 1st ed, B&W photographs, 160pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393013952 America's "Age of Manifest Destiny" seen through the lens of the world's first great portrait photographer.", (Order No: 8454 ), $14.50

52. Meziere, Jean, ECHOES: A VISION OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, (1986), 124 color photographs, 143pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0878335250 This collection of astounding photographs presents the unique vision of a French photographer experiencing color and light in the boundless expanse of the American Southwest., (Order No: 13546 ), $7.50

53. Momaday, N. Scott (introduction by); West, W. Richard (Director), NATIVE AMERICAN LIVES - PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, (1994), B&W illustrations, 107pp, good+, gray boards (hardcover) couple small edge bumps to boards, Limited to 1500 copies for the "New York Gala Celebration October 27, 1994." Erratum slip laid in. Internally a very good+ copy., (Order No: 50509 ), $40.00

54. Nutting, Wallace, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART SECRETS: WITH A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF PROCESSES, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1927 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 133pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE, Nice clean and tight copy -- light foxing to the edges of the book block (not internally), and a couple ink marks on the top edge of the book block. Olive green cloth is clean and bright., (Order No: 39465 ), $85.00

55. Okrent, Daniel, THE WAY WE WERE: NEW ENGLAND THEN, NEW ENGLAND NOW, Grove Weidenfeld, New York, (1989) 1st ed, wonderful B&W photographs, 179pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555843581 "A stunning visual and textual reflection on New England that reveals who we were, who we are, and what the great leap into modern age has cost us." These photographs capture the essence of New England's heritage., (Order No: 14915 ), $12.00

56. Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.; Magna, Inc. (edited by), THE OM SYSTEM LENS HANDBOOK, Olympus Corporation, Woodbury, NY, (1984), color illustrations, 208pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), This handbook was compiled with two aims. First to put a comprehensive knowledge of all the OM System lenses at your fingertips; and to serve as a lively companion in one's advertures around the world of photography., (Order No: 54142 ), $40.00

57. Palme, Arthur, THE BERKSHIRES: THROUGH THE CAMERA OF ARTHUR PALME, Palme-Grove Publishing Co., Pittsfield, MA, (1951) 1st ptg, B&W photographs, 1 map, unpaginated, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This is the story of The Berkshires, told in picture form through the photographic genius of Arthur Palme., (Order No: 15607 ), $12.00

58. Purcell, Rosamond Wolff, A MATTER OF TIME: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS SERIES, 1, David R. Godine Publisher, Boston, MA, (1975), B&W photographs, 72pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0879231440 "The photographs included here were made over a period of five years. There is nothing new under the sun as far as subject matter is concerned, and my taste in old cars, mannikins, dolls, and people may reflect certain photograhic conventions of the times. It is the tension I can bring to bear on these subjects which matters to me.", (Order No: 34522 ), $45.00

59. Robinson, William F., A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF NEW ENGLAND PHOTOGRAPHY, New York Graphic Society, Boston, MA, (1980) 1st ed, 125 B&W ill., 243pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0821207520 How and why these men and women aimed their cameras at the people, places, and ways of life in New England is the theme of this book. They were a mixed lot--tinkerers and doctors, astronomers and socialites, housewives and mountain men, balloonists and reformers, with a few con men and crackpots for good measure. An excellent, well-written history of early photography with a New England slant., (Order No: 15620 ), $15.00

60. Rock, Sheila (photographs by), SERA THE WAY OF THE TIBETAN MONK, Columbia University Press, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231128908 The Sera Jey Monastery, reestablished near Mysore, India, now houses 5,000 Buddhist monks living in exile - including many who escaped the attack on the Tibetan monastery in 1959. More than 100 duotone photographs capture the daily rituals and sacred ceremonies, serious moments and playful gestures, compassionate faces and expressions of inspired serenity., (Order No: 40462 ), $27.50

61. Rukeyser, Muriel (foreword by) and Vestal, David (introduction by), BERENICE ABBOTT PHOTOGRAPHS, Horizon Press, New York, (1970), B&W illustrations, 175pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 081801413X Berenice Abbott is a photographer with sensibility. She's aware, receptive, sensitive, and has common sense. Her work is refreshingly straightforward--strong, clear pictures with art but without pretense., (Order No: 48288 ), $15.00

62. Sherer, Stan (photographs by) and Gery, Michael E. C. (profiles by), FOUNDING FARMS: PORTRAITS OF FIVE MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY FARMS, Univ. of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, (1993), B&W illustrations, 134pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) light edgewear, ISBN 087023790X Through words and photographs, this book documents the long lives of five of the oldest farms in Massachusetts., (Order No: 40406 ), $20.00

63. Sobieszek, Robert A. and Appel, Odette M. (with research assistance by Charles R. Moore), THE SPIRIT OF FACT: THE DAGUERREOTYPES OF SOUTHWORTH & HAWES, 1843-1862, David R. Godine, Boston, MA, (1976), B&W illustrations, 163pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) lacks about 1/5 of jacket, ISBN 0879231793 The first definitive monograph on Southworth & Hawes., (Order No: 51963 ), $30.00

64. Solomon, Nancy (editor); Albahari, Steven; Bridges, Edward; and, Murray, Tanya (chief compilers), A. D. COLEMAN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS ON PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, AND RELATED SUBJECTS FROM 1968 TO 1995, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (2000), 161pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0938262351, (Order No: 37987 ), $40.00

65. Stenger, Erich (translation and footnotes by Edward Epstean), THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY: ITS RELATION TO CIVILIZATION AND PRACTICE, Mack Printing Company, Easton, PA, 1939, B&W illustrations, 204pp, very good, faded black cloth (hardcover) no dusjtacket, Contents include: Translator's Preface; Preface; Contents; List of Portraits; General History of the Origin of Photography; Photographic Apparatus; Applied Photography; Photography as a Profession and a Hobby in Civilization and as an Economic Asset; A Hundred Years of Photography; Bibliography; Portraits; Index., (Order No: 52293 ), $115.00

66. Stewart, Stephen (text edited by Thomas J. Watson), POSITIVE IMAGE: A PORTRAIT OF GAY AMERICA, William Morrow and Company, New York, (1985) 1st ed, B&W photographs, 191pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0688041965 A portrait of the estimated twenty million gay men and lesbians in America. Focusing on the people, places, events, and symbols that have shaped Gay Liberation, this photo-documentary book is the first of its kind to embrace the historic gay movement in this country., (Order No: 18405 ), $4.50

67. Stoeckle, John D., and White, George Abbott, PLAIN PICTURES OF PLAIN DOCTORING - VERNACULAR EXPRESSION IN NEW DEAL MEDICINE AND PHOTOGRAPHY, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (1985), B&W illustrations, 250pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0262192365 "80 Photographs from the Farm Security Administration." "Essays and photographs together collaborate artistically to evoke a powerful montage of the medical scene in the bitter impoverished days of the Depression.", (Order No: 50165 ), $12.50

68. Swann, 100 FINE PHOTOGRAPHS - PUBLIC AUCTION SALE 1959, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2003, Swann, New York, 2003, B&W and color illustrations, fine, wraps (softcover), Prices Realized sheet is laid in., (Order No: 52446 ), $12.50

69. Taft, Robert, PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE AMERICAN SCENE - A SOCIAL HISTORY, 1839-1889, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1964), 322 B&W illustrations, 546pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486212017 First published in 1938. A complete account of the development of the art of photography in the United States., (Order No: 52408 ), $6.00

70. Teale, Edwin Way, THE BOYS' BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1939 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 252pp, fine, maroon cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, It is the author's hope that this book may lead the reader to find some of the fun and excitement he enjoyed., (Order No: 53247 ), $40.00

71. Thomas, Alan, THE EXPANDING EYE: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY MIND, Croom Helm, London, (1978), 147 B&W illustrations, 171pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0856641618 Alan Thomas traces the roots of visual consciousness to the invention of photography in the early nineteenth century., (Order No: 47557 ), $25.00

72. Thoreau, Henry D. (illustrated with 142 photographs, an introduction & interpretive comments by Edwin Way Teale), WALDEN: OR LIFE IN THE WOODS, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1946, B&W illustrations, 386pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The greatest book ever written by an American is, to Edwin Way Teale's thinking, WALDEN, by Henry David Thoreau. He has made many trips to Walden Pond, has roamed the country and canoed on the streams and has read widely into the literature by and about Thoreau. This edition of Walden contains the fruits of this research and thought., (Order No: 53745 ), $20.00

73. Trautz, F. M., JAPAN: MIT KOREA UND FORMOSA - LANDSCHAFT / BAUKUNST / VOLKSLEBEN, Atlantis-Verlag, Berlin, (1930), B&W illustrations, 256pp, very good w/good dustjacket (light foxing on edges, Text in German. Exceptional photography., (Order No: 22737 ), $150.00

74. Varney, Vivian, THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS DESIGNER, Davis Publications, Inc., Worcester, MA, (1977) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 196pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0871920786 Contents include: The Camera and Design; The Photographic Eye; and, The Photographer as Explorer., (Order No: 41367 ), $10.00

75. Vogel, H. W. (revised by Edward L. Wilson), THE PROGRESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE THE YEAR 1879, pub. by Edward L. Wilson, Philadelphia, 1883, 72 B&W illustrations, 368pp inc. ads, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) (light rub top of spine), "A REVIEW OF THE MORE IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY, WITH THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF EMULSION PHOTOGRAPHY, AND AN ADDITIONAL CHAPTER ON PHOTOGRAPHY FOR AMATEURS." "Intended also as a supplement to the Third Edition of the Handbook of Photography." Frontispiece - A HEAD, Without Retouching, Taken by Electric Light with W. Kurtz's Posing Apparatus. Emulsion Plate. Artotype Print by E. Bierstadt, New York. AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN, BRIGHT and TIGHT COPY having come from a "Sunday School Library", light foxing spots on foredge, and the light rubbing at the top of the spine, keep this from being a fine copy., (Order No: 22983 ), $225.00

76. Wargin, Ed (photographs by), LEGENDS OF LIGHT: A MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE PORTFOLIO, Ann Arbor Media Group, Ann Arbor, MI, (2005), color illustrations, unpaginated, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1587262517 In this volume, Wargin has been busy shooting Michigan lighthouses, trying to capture each in a manner that exudes the unique character of our most popular lakeshore monuments., (Order No: 49625 ), $25.00

77. White, Minor (introduction by); Jammes, Andre; and, Sobieszek, Robert (commentaries by), FRENCH PRIMITIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, Aperture, Inc., New York, (1969), B&W ill., unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), French Primitive Photography is an exhibition presented by the Alfred Stieglitz Center of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 17th through December 28th, 1969. It is published as Aperture, Volume 15, Number 1, as a catalogue for the exhibition., (Order No: 33672 ), $12.50

78. Worswick, Clark and Embree, Ainslie (texts by) (preface by The Earl Mountbatten of Burma), THE LAST EMPIRE: PHOTOGRAPHY IN BRITISH INDIA, 1855-1911, An Aperture Book, Millerton, NY, (1976) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0912334991 Fascinating images are included of the work of early photographer-adventurers who first recorded for Western eyes the glories of the Himalayas, the beauties of the Asian landscape, the mind-opening archaeological discoveries of the Indian mainland, the picturesque facade of Empire with the pageantry of British troops and regalia amidst a setting of ruling native princes and age-old dynasties., (Order No: 53878 ), $20.00