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The Studios of Europe was first published in London, with this, the First Authorized American Edition, arriving in 1882. There were also German and French editions. Pritchard, the Secretary of the Photography Society of Great Britain, devotes most of the book to studios in that country. Despite the title, most of Europe proper gets barely a glance. Pritchard's writing is conversational and he clearly knows many of the photographers personally and a lot about photography. Much about technical advances is discussed and there are a lot of diagrams, illustrations, hints for studio set ups, furniture, character studies, and even chemical mixtures.
After the index, there are over 40 pages of advertising for firms in the United States. One of Anthony's advertisements, featuring a woman studio photographer, is of particular note and more and more women were taking up the art. The advertisements are all for supply houses and therefore marketed to studios and photographers, the intended audience for the book… Read More

These thirty, daily diaries cover thirty years of Brown's life. Of all those years, he rarely missed an entry after he finished school. He lived a quiet, bookish life, never marrying, never having children. He did not fight in either world war, shockingly for an Englishman, although he did participate in the Civil Defense during WWII. He also grew a LOT of vegetables during that war and was quite the gardener besides. Many of the entries are about gardening on a large scale. In a quick skim of 1918, the only mention of WWI was on Armistice Day. That year he instead wrote about men's sewing circle, choir, gardening, and teaching. A glance at 1922 was more of the same and also yielded several mentions of printing his own photographs as well as doing legal work for his father. 1924 was more of the same and and that he "pottered about" a lot. He was a lover of cinema and saw many movies in the 20s. In Dec. 1924, he saw "The Covered Wagon," which he proclaimed, "Jolly Good."
Throughout WWII, he saw a slew… Read More

Thirty-two pages of poems and illustrations. Self-published. Near fine conditoin.