Photo Postcard Album - : scenery

London: T.F. Robey, 1890. Very Good. 16 black-and-white collotype views loose, as issued, in a light green envelope. Title from envelope. "Robey's Series" -- on envelope and on each image. Thomas F. Robey was a photographer active in London beginning in the 1890s. From about 1894 to about 1905 he was also active as a commercial photographer and printer with Eustace Curzon. They were among many photographers producing platinotypes, or platinum prints, around the turn of the century. "Platinogram" was the name given by Robey to these images made from platinotypes. As listed on the envelope the views are: The Tower Bridge, Tower of London, London Bridge, Royal Exchange, St. Paul's (West Front), Embankment, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Rotten Row, Piccadilly Circus, Albert Hall, Albert Memorial, Crystal Palace, Trafalgar Square, Ludgate Circus, and the Great Wheel. There is no date of publication, but the images appear to be from the 1890s. The detail in the street scenes is particularly… Read More

Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki Org for the Cultural Capital of Europe, 1997 , 1995 Sept.. First edition. Hardcover. As New. As new copy, Hard cover pub without DJ. 202pp 27,8X30 cm. English printing in 5000 copiesThe Manaki brothers, Yanaki and Milton were photography and cinema pioneers who brought the first film camera and creating the first motion pictures on the Balkan Peninsula and in the Ottoman Empire. ENGLISH

Santa Monica, CA: Ram Publications / Huntington Library, 1997. Signed on the title page by Michael Kenna. Additionally inscribed: To Michael, with very best regards, September 12, 97. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket, with a hint of fading to the dust jacket spine. A lovely production.

London: Thames and Hudson [0-500-54109-4] 1985. (4to) 283pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs. There is a very tiny dampstain to the back bottom corner and the top edge has a small discoloration near the spine. "The first picture - the first shot - in this large and fascinating volume of Henri-Cartier-Bresson's photographic portraits is much more than merely strange. I know nothing about the main figure in that picture beyond a time, 1967, and a place, Israel; but I know enough to be captivated by something unfamiliar, yet inescapable". Time Period & 1932-1985. Foreword by Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues. (Photography, Celebrities, Photography, Portraits).

Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 1992. First edition / First printing. Gilt stamped black cloth. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. Archival clear mylar jacket is supplied. One of five thousand casebound copies.

London: T.F. Robey, 1890. Very Good. 16 black-and-white collotype views loose, as issued, in a light green envelope. Title from envelope. "Robey's Series" -- on envelope and on each image. Thomas F. Robey was a photographer active in London beginning in the 1890s. From about 1894 to about 1905 he was also active as a commercial photographer and printer with Eustace Curzon. They were among many photographers producing platinotypes, or platinum prints, around the turn of the century. "Platinogram" was the name given by Robey to these images made from platinotypes. As listed on the envelope the views are: The Tower Bridge, Tower of London, London Bridge, Royal Exchange, St. Paul's (West Front), Embankment, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Rotten Row, Piccadilly Circus, Albert Hall, Albert Memorial, Crystal Palace, Trafalgar Square, Ludgate Circus, and the Great Wheel. There is no date of publication, but the images appear to be from the 1890s. The detail in the street scenes is particularly… Read More

Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki Org for the Cultural Capital of Europe, 1997 , 1995 Sept.. First edition. Hardcover. As New. As new copy, Hard cover pub without DJ. 202pp 27,8X30 cm. English printing in 5000 copiesThe Manaki brothers, Yanaki and Milton were photography and cinema pioneers who brought the first film camera and creating the first motion pictures on the Balkan Peninsula and in the Ottoman Empire. ENGLISH

Santa Monica, CA: Ram Publications / Huntington Library, 1997. Signed on the title page by Michael Kenna. Additionally inscribed: To Michael, with very best regards, September 12, 97. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket, with a hint of fading to the dust jacket spine. A lovely production.

London: Thames and Hudson [0-500-54109-4] 1985. (4to) 283pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Photographs. There is a very tiny dampstain to the back bottom corner and the top edge has a small discoloration near the spine. "The first picture - the first shot - in this large and fascinating volume of Henri-Cartier-Bresson's photographic portraits is much more than merely strange. I know nothing about the main figure in that picture beyond a time, 1967, and a place, Israel; but I know enough to be captivated by something unfamiliar, yet inescapable". Time Period & 1932-1985. Foreword by Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues. (Photography, Celebrities, Photography, Portraits).

Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms, 1992. First edition / First printing. Gilt stamped black cloth. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. Archival clear mylar jacket is supplied. One of five thousand casebound copies.