Gernsheim Helmut ; Gernsheim Alison
Reference : 114704
(2003)
ISBN : 0486236854 9780486236858
Dover Publications Inc 2003 Livre en anglais. In-4 broché 27,9 cm sur 21,0. 160 pages. Avec 70 reproductions. Couverture écornée. Bon état d’occasion.
with over 70 reproductions of his works Bon état d’occasion
New York, St. Louis, San Francisco, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969, 4 (29,5 x 21,5 cm), 599 pp. (plates included), original black cloth, gilt spine title, original illustrated dust wrapper.
A new revised and expanded edition of this classic reference work. Presentation copy, inscribed by H. Gernsheim and dated 1979. A tiny crack in the upper hinge otherwise a very good copy. There are joined 3 separatas on the history of photography written by H. Gernsheim, two (no 2 & no 3) are dedicated : 1) Cuthbert Bede (The Rev. Edward Bradley, 1827 - 1889), Robert Hunt F. R. S. (1807 - 1887), and Thomas Sutton (1819 - 1875). Extract from "Contributions to Photographic History. Essays in honour of Beaumont Newhall". University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1975, pp. 60 - 67. 2) The 150th anniversary of Photography. Reprinted from "History of Photography an international quarterly", January 1977, pp. 3 - 8, 4 illustrations. 3) W. H. Fox Talbot and the history of photography. Extract from "Endeavour", Oxford, vol.1, no 1, May 1977.