Larry Schaaf (163 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Still in shrink wrap. Ships from California.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "William Henry Fox Talbot and the Promise of Photography" at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, November 18, 2017 to February 11, 2018. Cover is lightly rubbed. Binding is tight. Inside is clean, bright, and unmarked.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Published to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Britain's celebrated inventor of photography, 'Specimens and Marvels' illuminates the mid-nineteenth-century cultural environment in which Talbot's vision for photography emerged--a vision that would permanently alter how human beings view themselves and the world. This unprecedented publication focuses on Talbot's ambitions for the mystical blend of science and art he termed 'photogenic drawing' (later called 'photography'), as outlined in his classic The Pencil of Nature. In addition to some of the familiar icons from photography's beginnings, such as Talbot's cameraless photograms of plant forms and lace, many unseen and little-known experiments with calotypes will be featured in this invaluable new volume on the life and work of William Henry Fox Talbot. Lively and insightful texts offer new critical perspectives on Talbot's significance in the history of image-making, the illustrated book, and the history of ideas. The book is published in association with the National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television (NMPFT), in Bradford, England, home of the largest collection of Talbot material in the world. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.…

Softcover. Condition: Wie neu. Ohne Schutzumschlag. 1. Auflage. 144 pages with many illustrations.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Some wear to the corners of the book. Pages are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight and the spine has a single crease. BP/Photography.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

Condition: New. Shrink wrapped! Catalog #11. (Photography, Photography catalog, Pictorial works, Art) A brand new, unused and unread copy in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 79 pp., chiefly photographic plates, genealogical table, 4to. : Bright, sharp copy. One Smith College Library stamp to title page, else unmarked. : Well packaged, ships with tracking.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. No Jacket.

Large Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with minor tears, jacket lightly stained. 1977 Large Hardcover. x, 221 pp. Paul Martin (April 16, 1864? July 7, 1944) was a French-born British photographer who pioneered both street and night photography. Martin's strong talent in drawing brought him work in Fleet Street as a wood engraver where much of his work would have involved copying photographs, wood engraving being then the means of reproducing them in newspapers. He had first experimented in photography when he was ten years old, but he was nineteen before he purchased his first dry-plate camera in 1884 and joined camera clubs to learn as much as he could about the medium. The camera Martin used, the Fallowfield Facile detective camera, became available in 1889 and was considered a ?hand camera? Constructed of mahogany with a simple reflex viewfinder on the top, rendering a waist-level view, it weighed only 1.8 kg, and was camouflaged in brown paper to resemble a parcel. Plates were stored in an internal rack and flipped down once exposed. His camera presents us with a waist-level view, a child?s perspective on the scene in effect, and equally inquisitive. Though modest and shy, during his lunch hours Martin started photographing on the surrounding streets of London, as a means of improving and testing his technique; ?It is impossible to describe the thrill which taking the first snaps without being noticed gave one,? he said. The people he photographed were workers and craftspeople, working class subjects less confronting than the gentry who would have felt entitled to challenge him. Though his imagery of the less privileged is sympathetic, it not motivated by any urge for reform which inspired the later work of Jacob Riis, for example. Martin was awarded the Royal Photographic Society?s Royal Medal in 1896, not for his lantern slides but for his series of pictures shot at night during the winter of 1895-6; London by Gaslight, one of the first serious attempts at night photography that attracted the admiration of Alfred Steiglitz, who produced his own series on Manhattan at night (1898), and prompted the formation of the amateur Society of Night Photographers. In an article for The Photogram, Martin described his experiments; his photographs on isochromatic plates required exposures of ten to fifteen minutes. Given that his was the first photography of the city at night, his unfamiliar activities with a camera in the dark aroused the curiosity of passers-by and he was often followed by the police. From 1893 to 1909, Martin was an active member of The Linked Ring group of art photographers. However, in 1899 he set up a photographic firm in partnership with Harry Gordon Dorrett as Dorrett & Martin at 16 Bellevue Road, Wandsworth Common, after which he no longer had time to make street photographs. His most lucrative business was portraiture and a sideline in producing button badges containing portraits of popular military figures during WW1. He also photographed historic events such as the funeral of Queen Victoria (1901), the great frost of 1895, and the coronation of Edward VII (1902). Though he sold such pictures to the press, few were published. He continued to photograph for recreation in the Cornwall, Brittany and Swiss landscapes. He closed his studio in 1926, and when his street photography started to attract the interest of collectors including Helmut Gernsheim, he gladly and cheaply sold them his remaining negatives. The producer of a number of inventions that improved the medium, his estate amounted to little more than £4000 when he died in Hosack Road, Balham, in July 1944.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 55 pages, illustrated, catalog, pictorial wrappers. Very Good.

Condition: New. pp. 144 56 Illus. (Col.).

Condition: new.

Hardcover. First Edition. Clean pages, tight binding, clean boards, light rub wear to dust jacket, illustrated dustjacket over black cloth boardsPlease contact us about shipping costs for international orders of over-sized books or multi-book sets. We are happy to provide accurate quote prior to purchase. Clean pages, tight binding, clea illustrated dustjacket over blac.…

Softcover, 56 pages, very good condition, clean and crisp, no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr., 2005. Softcover Catalogue Fourteen: 107 pages, illustrated with more than. 100 sepia plates dating from the 1850s and 1860s. Introduction by Roger Taylor. Condition: Near Fine. A handsome copy, with no marks or writing to book. Binding is square and tight. Rubbing wear to very tips of corners; otherwise like new.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 144 pages. 7.50x6.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket present (softcover). The book is in good condition, with a sturdy softcover binding. There are minor signs of wear on the edges and corners, typical for a catalogue of this nature. The pages are clean and unmarked, and the CD-ROM is included. No dust jacket is present, as it is a softcover edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Illustrated stiff wraps in very good condition. Contains 28 captioned plates by Evans with text on facing page by Larry Schaaf. 71 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated stiff wraps in very good condition. About 50 photographs reproduced. Text by Larry J. Schaaf.