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Archer Fred.
Fred archer on Portraiture
San Francisco, Craft Camera,
1948, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, Jacket: Very Good, Archers detailed methods on portraiture photography; four of the 21 chapters are devoted to the principal types of lighting arrangements. Additional chapters on corrective portraiture; posing; retouching; creative protraiture. There are 211 photographs and more than 70 diagrams to illustrate his techniques. Fred Archer, American, b. 1889 - d. 1963-A founding member of the Los Angeles Camera Club, known for his experimental pursuits and technical virtuosity. Archer produced unconventional and abstract images of reflected light, which where reminiscent of a kaleidoscopic vision. Denim blue cloth boards and spine. DJ not price clipped, black portrait of Archer, green lettering. Closed tear and crease to upper spine edge, crease to lower edge, upper spine end rubbed, corners rubbed, rear upper spine edge 1 inch tear. In mylar. All else clean, no inscriptions or writing, solidly bound. sm 4 to, 220 pp. First Edition, First Printing (December) stated.
(Archer, Photographer, Fred, Archer, On, Portraiture, First, Edition, Photography, Portraiture, Photography, Technique, Vintage, Photography, Books, First, Edition, Photography, Books, Photography, Techniques) Cat No. 2294.
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20.00
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Komarnicki, Todd.
Free
New York, Doubleday,
1993, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Fine, Jacket: Fine, A deeply unconventional love story, heart pounding thriller, takes the reader from the deadly back streets of New Orleans to the shrouded underworld of Hong Kong. DJ not clipped, pictoria, black spine, orange title. tall 8 vo, 273 p
(Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Novel, Detective, Mystery) Cat No. 15m.
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12.50
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Benton, Joel, Introduction, with Biographical Notes.
French Belles-Lettres: 1640-1870; Humor, Sentiment, Romance
New York, M. Walter, Dunne, Publisher,
1901, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good Plus, Universal Classics Library. Illustrated with Photogravures on Japan Vellum & full page portraits of authors: Paul Scarron, Count Volney, Prosper Merimee, Gustave Flaubert, Alphonse De Lamartine. Include: The Strolling Players; The Ruins of Empires; Letters to Anonyma; Twenty-Five Years of my Life & Salammbo. Brown cloth boards & spine, pasted title panel to spine. Minor rubbing to corners of spine ends. Very clean white text, solidly bound. Beautiful color decorated pre-title page, elaborately framed title page. Frontispiece: Mary Stuart & Chastelard, handpainted photogravure after painting by Micquet. Superficial front inside hinge craked. 8 vo, 415 p VG+ copy 1st. ed
(Writers, Antique, Books,Illustrated, Books, French, Literature, Literary, Romance, Romantic, Literature, Humorous, Literature, Paul, Scarron, Count, Volney, Prosper, Merimee, Gustave, Flaubert, Alphonse, De, Lamartine) Cat No. 495m.
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14.50
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Carlyle, Thomas, Introduction By Cobb, Richard.
The French Revolution, A History, 3 Volumes
London, The Folio Society,
2001, Second Edition ed, Slipcase,
Condition: Mint, Jacket: Near Fine, A history of the French Revolution, 2nd edition, illustrated in Mint condition. 30 illustrations in all, each volume with illustrated frontispiece scene of the revolution. Vol. 1. The Siege of the Bastille; Vol. 11, Siege and Capture of Tuileries; Vol III, Fin Tragique de Louis XVI. The volumes are titled: The Bastille; The Constitution; The Guillotine. Each bound in fine red linen cloth, black spines bright gilt title panel. Unread, in Mint condition. Slipcase red, color pastedown illustration and gilt lettering to front. tall 8 vo. A beautiful collectable edition. Second Edition
(Revolution, The Bastiles, French, History, Louis, Xv, Lomenie, Lafayette, Bouille', French, Constitution, Maximilien, Robespierre, Mirabeau, French, Revolution, Folio, Society, Folio, Society, Books, Slipcase, Books, Siege, Of, The Bastille, Siege, And Capture, Of, Tuileries, Fin, Tragique, De, Louis, Xvi) Cat No. 845m.
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78.50
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Martin, Martha Evans; Introduction By Harold Jacoby, Ph.D.
The Friendly Stars
New York, Chautauqua Press,
1909, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good, A detailed book on the identification of stars, and their individuality. 25 Illustrations, including a fold-out on the middle section of the sky (includes all the important constellations visible in our latitude except those around the North Pole, shown on Plate I). Including chapters on: rising and setting of stars; brightest stars; Capella; Arcturus; Spica; Vega; Deneb, or Arided; Altair; Antares; Fomalhaut; Alderbaran; Orion's bright stars; heavenly twins; two dog stars; number of stars; names of stars; double stars; distance; Little Bear and Polaris; From Winged Horse to the Bull, and much more. Bound in tan cloth boards and spine, black lettering, mild soil to boards, all else very clean, tightly bound. sm 8 vo, 265 pp
(Star, Winter, Star, Vintage, Astronomy, Constellations, Ring, Nebula, Ancient, Astronomers, Orion's, Bright, Stars) Cat No. 3016.
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15.00
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