Peter Watkins Carleton (17 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. A nice, clean copy. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 144 pages.

Second printing. Hardcover. 228 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 28 through September 7, 1999 at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and then traveled to New York and Washington, DC for additional dates. Foreword by David A. Ross. Introduction by Maria Morris Hambourg. Text by Douglas R. Nickel and with notes on the plates, selected references and chronology by Peter E. Palmquist. Includes 105 tritone, 20 duotone and 4 gatefold illustrations. A clean and tight near fine copy with some slight tapping to the bottom right corners and in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy of one of the better books on this important 19th century photographer.…

Hardcover. First edition. Fine clothbound hardcover with one small stray printer's mark to the last page in a Fine dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. A very nice copy. Note that the white line along the spine in our photo is the reflection of the flash. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The catalogue for a traveling exhibition of work by Carleton Watkins (1829-1916), held first at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, May 28 - September 7, 1999. Between 1854 and 1891 Watkins roamed the west--from southern California to British Columbia and inland to Montana, Utah, and Arizona--documenting the landscapes and natural wonders, the people, their cities and settlements, and buildings and businesses that so dramatically transformed of the land. Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins; essays by Douglas Nickel and Maria Morris Hambourg; notes on the plates, list of selected references, and chronology by Peter E. Palmquist. 228 pages with 4 gatefolds; 106 full-page tri-toned b&w plates + 11 text illustrations; 10.75 x 11.75 inches. Exhibition checklist for 173 works. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted. …

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 234 pages. Published in conjunction a travelign exhibition. Features a foreword by Martha A. Sandweiss along with additional text by Peter E. Palmquist. A collection of 102 plates. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and with laid in folding exhibition brochure.…

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Illustrated with 111 laser fultone plates. vii, 219 pages. Oblong 4to, natural cloth, d.w. (rectangle cut out of tail). San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery/Bedford Arts, (1989). Several library markings, and discoloration on cloth covers from old cellotape. Internally clean -- overall very good in a very good dust wrapper. Fine photgraphs of California, Utah and Oregon. WATKINS, Carleton E. (illustrator).…

Hardcover with dustjacket, 236 pages, very good condition except dj is only good with heavy fading/discoloration at spien and a couple scattered scuffs and small creases; internally fine; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine cloth-bound hardcover with a touch of rubbing to the extremities in a Near Fine dust jacket with a small abrasion at one tip and a touch of rubbing to the other extremities. A nice copy. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The catalogue for a major traveling exhibition of work by Carleton Watkins, held first at the Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, Texas, April 1 - May 22, 1983. Between 1854 and 1891 Watkins roamed the west--from southern California to British Columbia and inland to Montana, Utah, and Arizona--documenting the landscapes and natural wonders, the people and their cities and settlements, and buildings and businesses that so dramatically transformed of the land. His 1861 photographs of Yosemite so captured the imagination of legislators that Congress moved to preserve the area as a wilderness in 1864. Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins; text by Peter E. Palmquist; foreword by Martha A. Sandweiss. 252 pages; 102 full-page sepia-toned plates + many text illustrations; 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Appendices, bibliography, index. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1999, first printing, no additional printings listed, published in the occasion of the exhibition by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Large softcover in pictorial wraps without DJ as issued. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, spine not creased, sharp corners, no names no underlinings no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. Large square 4to, 228 pages, illustrated throughout with 105 tritone and 20 duotone photographs and 4 gatefolds. Large and heavy book will require additional postage for priority or international orders.…

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

Hardcover. First edition. Oblong 4to., xvii, 234 pp., 102 plates, plus text illustrations. Near fine in the photo-illustrated dust jacket. Watkins, one of the finest landscape photographers of the nineteenth century, documented, between 1854 and 1891, the American West from southern California to British Columbia and inland to Montana, Utah, and Arizona. An authoritative history and biography, with extensive appendices. Watkins, Carleton E. (illustrator).…

Hardcover with dustjacket, 222 pages, very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Edition , 1st. Printing 1983 , Cloth hardcover in the dust jacket , 252 page book with black & white photo illustrations. This copy is also signed on the title page. Condition : Very Good with edge rubs to the dust cover. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Carleton E. Watkins (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). Book. …

Condition: Gut. 234 Seiten Schutzumschlag etwas berieben und mit kleinen Randeinrissen, obere Ecken etwas bestossen, sonst sauber und gut erhalten. No shipping to other EU countries due to the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), which entered into force on August 12, 2026. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1409 Querformat, gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen. …

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New cloth-bound hardcover in a Fine/As New dust jacket, protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The catalogue for two exhibitions of work by Carleton Watkins (1829-1916), held at the Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, May 17 - June 24 and June 28 - August 5, 1989. Between 1854 and 1891 Watkins roamed the west--from southern California to British Columbia and inland to Montana, Utah, and Arizona--documenting the landscapes and natural wonders, the people, their cities and settlements, and buildings and businesses that so dramatically transformed of the land. This monograph presents work made between 1861 and 1874 and includes images from his two Yosemite trips (1861 and 1865-66), plus photos of the Pacific Coast, Columbia River, Oregon, and Utah, and of mines. Eighteen of the works were newly discovered and appeared here for the first time. The reproductions are of exceptional quality. Photographs by Carleton E. Watkins; essay by Peter E. Palmquist; introduction by Jeffrey Fraenkel. viii + 222 pages; 111 full-page duo-toned b&w "Laser Fultone Reproductions"; 11.25 x 11.25 inches. Bibliography. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. SIGNED. 234pp. Oblong quarto [24 cm x 31 cm] Rust colored cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Minor rubbing at the spine ends. In the dust jacket, with surface rubbing. Carleton E. Watkins documented the American west between 1854 and 1891, and his 1861 photographs of Yosemite made such an impact on legislators, that Congress moved to preserve the area as wilderness in 1864. This copy is inscribed by Peter E. Palmquist on the title page.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916) is best remembered for his large-format photographs of the American West, especially those taken in Yosemite. This new volume, the latest in the popular In Focus series, is devoted to some of his smaller and unusually shaped works, including stereographs, albumen prints, and cabinet and boudoir cards--most of which have never before been published. The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of Watkins's photographs consists of 1464 pictures, making him the best-represented nineteenth-century photographer in the collection. Presented here are more than fifty of these photographs, along with commentary on each image by Peter Palmquist. The book also offers a chronological overview of the artist's life and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career.…

Hardcover. First edition. Original natural linen cloth with title stamped in brown, quarto, (viii), 219 pp., including 111 fine reproductions of Watkins' photos. Includes Watkins' famous mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite as well many of his lesser-known landscape photos of scenes in Utah, Oregon, and California - many are published here for the first time. Reproductions are "Laser Fultone Reproductions" of exceptional quality. Fine, quite clean and unworn, in lightly soiled very good dustjacket. …