Odette Appel (31 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. xix, 114 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Originally published (1976) under title: The Spirit of Fact. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester, February to June 1976; and other venues. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. *** "A monograph on the portraiture of the early American photographers Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes. From 1845 to 1862, the two Boston artists maintained the most celebrated photography studio in the United States. Taking as their subjects both the greatest personalities of the day and the natural spectacles of the American landscape, Southworth & Hawes elevated the new medium of daguerreotype photography to the level of art." - Publisher. Size: 4to.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second edition 1980, unabridged and revised from original 1976 edition. Large softcover no DJ as issued. Condition as new, square tight and clean book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no edgewear, no names no underlinings no highlights , no bent page corners, Not a reminder. 4to, 164 pages, illustrated throughout with historic photographs.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Soundly stapled binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers off-white with light shelf wear. Contents: Walch, André Chénier by David d'Angers, and the politics of neoclassicism. Appel, A new attribution. Downey, A lithograph by Baron Gros. Anderson, Two Spanish colonial saints. Seiberling, Ray Metzker's consideration of light. Coke, Georgio Sommer. ; 11" tall; 28 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Moderate shelf wear; covers worn and pages thumbed. Illustrated with 107 B/W plates. Albert Sands Southworth (1811-1894) operated Southworth & Hawes daguerreotype studio with Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808-1901) from 1843 to 1863 in Boston.

Condition: Good. Hardcover Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Oversize, oblong. Orange cloth with gilt on front and spine. Some foxing to top edge of text block. Mild color loss to dust jacket spine. A few short closed tears in top edge of jacket, which is lightly shelf rubbed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover, 74 pgs. Text in German & English. B&w illus. Includes Stefan Lennert gallery price list laid in. Catalog for a 1981-1982 traveling exhibition of Kuhn's photographs. Light wear; cover is Brodart-protected.

Softcover, 116 pages; very good condition; spine faded; no internal marks.

Hardbound. Burnt orange cloth boards w/ light orange pictorial DJ, [xxv] 164pp, approx 113 BW plates. From the jacket-- Introductory essay examines the history of the partnership and critically evaluates its achievements, both technical and aesthetic. Documented with excerpts from Southworth's correspondence, the partner's business records, and periodicals, the text provides a vivid record of the prolific activites of Southworth and Hawes. The volume also includes a reprint of the instruction manual and lecture on the daguerreotype by Francois Gouraud who, as Daguerre's sole agent, had come to America to introduce the new process. The first definitive monograph on Southworth and Hawes, this book belongs on the shelf of every library and in the home of every person interested in the history of 19th century America and the photgraphic medium. Contents as follows: List of leaders -- Introduction -- The Plates -- Checklist -- Appendix A: Fancois Gouraud's lecture and manual -- Appendix B: Southworth & Hawes's plates and hallmarks. VG/ Good, DJ has some tearing around the edges and sunning on the spine, small piece missing from lower frornt dj. Book itself is a tight, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Light edge wear to jacket.

Paperback. Near Fine paperback with a hint of soiling at the tips and a touch of curl at the cover edges. A nice copy. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. "A monograph on the portraiture of the early American photographers Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes. From 1845 to 1862, the two Boston artists maintained the most celebrated photography studio in the United States. Taking as their subjects both the greatest personalities of the day and the natural spectacles of the American landscape, Southworth & Hawes elevated the new medium of daguerreotype photography to the level of art." Texts by Robert A. Sobieszek and Odette M. Appel. xxi + 115 pages; 107 b&w illustrations; 8.25 x 11.25 inches. Bibliography, notes, appendices, annotated captions. LAID-IN are 10 items related to the photographers including the 4-page exhibition announcement card for a major museum exhibition of their work and articles and reviews of that show.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 116pp; Selected Bibliography. Clean, unmarked, complete; no library stamps or ownership markings. Unabridged corrected republication of the original 1976 Edition. Stiff card covers. Southworth and Hawes were owners of the most prestigious portrait studio in America from 1843 to 1862. The present collection, distilled from roughly 1500 extant S&H daguerreotypes, contains 107 of their finest photographs, shot from original prints and reproduced on high-quality glossy stock. The paper used will not discolor or become brittle with age. Also, pages are sewn in signatures, not glued.

Soft cover. pp. xix, 116. Illustrated with 107 plates which includes short biographies of the portrait subject. An unabridged and revised republication of the original 1976 book entitled "The Spirit of Fact: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes, 1843-1862". Includes Francois Gouraud's Lecture and Manual. Softcover. 4to. 285 mm. Original pictorial wraps. Near fine. W100 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Near-fine hardcover copy in a very good plus dustjacket showing some light reading/handling wear (now in mylar). No names or writing within.

171 S. Hardcover. Zahlreiche s/w Abbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln. Am Buchrücken etwas bestoßen und eingerissen. Exemplar ohne Stempel oder Anstreichungen. Gut erhalten. Sprache: deu.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. VG. Hardcover, orange cloth with gilt titles, no DJ, 163 pp, many full page b&w photo illustrations, slight edgewear to cloth with light bowing to front board, else a clean and crisp copy.

xxv, (1), 163, (1)pp. 107 plates. Lrg. oblong 4to. Cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This volume accompanies a comprehensive retrospective exhibition of the Southworth & Hawes company's great achievement in the art of the daguerreotype at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. Their clients represented the culture-core of 19th. Century America: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Daniel Webster, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lemuel Shaw, Zachary Taylor, and many more luminaries. Profusely Illustrated. Over Sized.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Near fine in near fine, rubbed and spine-sunned dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. orange cloth, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 163 pp, small tear in dust jacket at top of spine. Cloth/dust jacket and mylar wrapped Quarto.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition 1976, first printing, no previous printings listed. Published by David R Godine / International Museum of Photography. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlining, no edgewear, no bent pages. Not a reminder. DJ very good, small tears and couple of chips, price clipped. Oblong Folio, 164 pages, illustrated throughout with historic photographs. Heavy book will require additional postage for priority and international orders.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Various Artist (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition , Limited Edition of only 3600 printed copies , 163 page book with black & white photo illustration by Southworth & Hawes . Condition : Very Good . Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.

gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen, Condition: Sehr gut. FIRST EDITION. 163pp., illustrated profusely in b/w. Zustand: sehr gut bis neuwertig; ue10256 9780879231798 Wenn das Buch einen Schutzumschlag hat, ist das ausdrücklich erwähnt. Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mwst. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1530.

xxii+116pp. 4to. Original wrappers. Profuse b/w photographic illustrations. A very good copy. Scarce.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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Hardcover. Limited Edition. 163pp. Oblong quarto [27 cm x 31 cm] Orange cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. Very good. The front cover is concave, and the bottom fore edge corners of the covers are bumped. There are small stab marks in the inside margin of the half title page. The dust jacket is in good plus condition, with creasing and tearing to the edges. One in an edition limited to 3,600 copies. The first definitive monograph on Southworth & Hawes. From the dust jacket- "Among the portrait studios that prospered in America in the early 1840s, one Boston firm achieved international prominence: the studio of Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes. Formed in 1843 and dissolved in 1862, their partnership produced an extraordinary range of portraits and views widely celebrated for their technical brilliance and aesthetic superiority.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Oblong large quarto. Near fine in very good dustwrapper with a couple of tears.

8°, grau illustrierter OPp. 1. Auflage,. Mit zahlreichen s/w Abbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln, 171 Seiten, Gutes Exemplar mit handschriftlichem Besitzvermerk Sprache: Deutsch.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. oblong 4to. pp. xxv, 163. profusely illus. biblio. cloth. dw. (spine faded, extremities bit rubbed & chipped). Exhib. Cat.