Schaaf Larry J Text (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Catalogue Eight. Includes CD-ROM. 77 pages. Size: 280mm Tall; 4to. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Brand New. First Edition. Brand new still in the shrinkwrap. We ship fast. Photographs (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Catalogue Twenty-One for the exhibition on view September 25 - November 2, 2012. 32 plates with detailed notes on each. 61 pages. Size: 280mm Tall; 4to. Book.

Hardbound. First. Quarto. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth boards with blue and white pictorial DJ, 104pp, 60 plates, numerous color and BW figures. This is a beautiful volume of the cyanotypes by Anna Atkins, a contemporary and colleague of Sir John Herschel. Atkins is recognized as the first female photographer, and also produced the first book to use photographic illustrations. This particular volume reproduces many of her works from British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, as well as pieces done with the help of her friend Anne Dixon. Absolutely a book for any photography historian or enthusiasts, as well as botanists. VG+/VG (mild bumps to upper corner & spine ends; light wear to cloth edges. square, adhesive remnant to cover pastedown w/ some speckled remnants to endpaper. dustjacket has scuffed edge-wear, rubbing to corners; small tear to back upper edge).…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc., 1999. (11 x 8 1/2 in., 28 x 21.5 cm). 61 pp. First edition. Research and text by Larry J. Schaaf. Original photographically illustrated wrappers (fine save for a faint spot on the back cover and hint of wear to tips, internally fine). Contains 34 catalogued items, each handsomely illustrated, many plates in full color. A lovely copy. Uncommon. …

Hans P Kraus Jr 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated throughout with b/w and colour plates. SIGNED presentation copy from the Publisher "For Edward with admiration and best wishes Hans Kraus 26 Oct '03". FROM THE LIBRARY OF EDWARD G WAKELING. A lovely clean copy with minimal signs of use.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc., 1990. (11 x 8 1/2 in., 28 x 21.5 cm). 80 pp. First edition. 1000 copies, the entire edition. Research and text by Larry J. Schaaf. Original photographically illustrated forest green wrappers (near fine and tight, edges front cover faintly rubbed, light wear at extremities, bottom of lower wrapper creased, internally fine). HPK, Jr. writes in the foreword: "Surprisingly, Jones has proven to be a vital link between British and French photographic pioneers. His personal album, featured herein, is our best evidence of the interactions between William Henry Fox Talbot, Antoine Claudet, Hippolyte Bayard, and Jones himself." 72 items catalogued, each handsomely illustrated with plates reproduced from the originals by Robert J. Hennessey and printed by Meriden Printing, many in full color. Uncommon.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc., 1997. (11 x 8 1/2 in., 28 x 21.5 cm). 78 pp. First edition. Research and text by Larry J. Schaaf. Original photographically illustrated sienna French-fold wrappers (near fine and tight with but a hint of wear at tips and edges, internally fine). This catalog consists of a printed volume and a CD-ROM that is fit into a sleeve adhered to the inside of the rear cover. "The printed volume contains 25 photographs selected to represent the principal artist in the Rubel Collection. These cornerstones of British photography are William Henry Fox Talbot, Hill and Adamson, Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron. The second part of this volume lists all of the 195 images in the collection. The CD-ROM enclosed within the catalog has permitted the reproduction of the entire Rubel Collection for the first time." Plates handsomely printed on uncoated paper by Meriden Printing include 3 gatefold by Fenton (two landscape/cloudscapes and an odalisque). Uncommon.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bound in stiff pictorial card covers clean tight and unmarked with no spine creases or loose pages, very light rub/bump to upper edge one inch long. Roger Fenton (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc., 1987. (11 x 8 1/2 in., 28 x 21.5 cm). 40 pp. First edition. 1000 copies, the entire edition. Research and text by Larry J. Schaaf. Original textured pale blue textured wrappers, a richly printed photographic plate pasted to front cover. (Near fine and tight, spine subtly tanned, tiny nick at crown, small faint coffee splash to back cover at heel, internally fine). 36 catalogued items, each handsomely illustrated with plates reproduced from the originals by Robert J. Hennessey and printed by the Meriden-Stinehour Press. Photographers represented include: Dr. John and Robert Adamson, Captain Henry Brewster, Rev. George Wilson Bridges, Antoine Francois Jean Claudet, Thomas Damont Eaton, and the Rev. Calvert Richard Jones, Jr. (13 items, cover). Uncommon.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc., 1993. (11 x 8 1/2 in., 28 x 21.5 cm). 78 pp. First edition. Research and text by Larry J. Schaaf. Original photographically illustrated olive green wrappers (near fine and tight, minor wear at edges including a 5mm closed tear to fore-edge of upper, internally fine). HPK, Jr. writes in the foreword: "As Keith was the most talented British amateur to employ LeGray's waxed paper negative process, his rare prints have long been sought after and are legendary among photographic cognoscenti." He continues, "The unique album catalogued herein, 'Fragments of Edinburgh in the Olden Time' with 100 salt prints by Keith and his colleagues, is the 'grail' of 19th century British photography." The entire album catalogued with thumbnail illustrations at rear (pp. 65-77); 44 plates reproduced from the originals by Robert J. Hennessey and printed by Meriden Printing. Scarce.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos by Anna Atkins, 12 x 9", gilt-lettered blue cloth, 103pp + Index, minor extremity wear else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. "Organized" by Hans P. Kraus, Jr.