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Price: $30.00
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by author
Seller ID: 2202690
Condition: Near Fine
First edition. Signed and dated by author without inscription on half-title page. 1996 Hard Cover. xiii, 637 pp. This life of George Eastman is the first biography since 1930 of the man who transformed the world of photography. As a 23-year-old bank clerk, Eastman bought his first camera and began simplifying the cumbersome and messy wet-plate process. With only two years' experience, he patented a dry-plate coating machine and began selling photographic plates. Soon, the business was doing so well that he quit his job at the bank and started his own company. Eastman's success was based in par... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press: 1996
Edition: 3rd Printing
Seller ID: 2283931
ISBN: 0801852633
Condition: Near Fine
3rd printing. Tiny ding in jacket spine, otherwise an exceptional copy. 1996 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xiii, [3], 637, [3] pp. 8vo. This life of George Eastman is the first biography since 1930 of the man who transformed the world of photography. As a 23-year-old bank clerk, Eastman bought his first camera and began simplifying the cumbersome and messy wet-plate process. With only two years' experience, he patented a dry-plate coating machine and began selling photographic plates. Soon, the business was doing so well that he quit his job at the bank and started ... View more info
By: Holme, C. Geoffrey; William Clowes and Sons
Price: $175.00
Publisher: The Studio Limited / The Studio Publications Inc.: 1934
Seller ID: 2281672
Condition: Very Good
1 inch chip and two 1 inch tears along top jacket edge. 1934 Hard Cover. 32 pp., followed by 96 black-and-white photogravure plates. The fourth issue of this annual study of photography, this volume features a ten-page contribution by Ansel Adams entitled 'The New Photography', a section of biographical sketches of notable contemporary photographers, a guide to taking better photos, and a list of the illustrations with technical data. The illustrations include four contributions by Ansel Adams, two by Edward Weston, as well as images from dozens of others. View more info
By: Matheson, Andrew
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Focal Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2280977
ISBN: 0240512081
Condition: Very Good
First edition. Ink name on endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed. 1984 Hard Cover. Leica has come to mean the gold standard in camera design. This book goes into detail covering the technique and art of using the Rangefinder. View more info
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Limited: 1901
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 2284904
Condition: Good
First edition. Former copy of Eastman Kodak's Business Library, with their stamp on a few pages. Light stain on edge of first and last few pages, binding repaired, front and end matter toned. 1901 Hard Cover. 170 pp. 8vo. A fairly early work on the scientific principles of the photographic lens, with diagrams throughout. View more info
