Schaaf Larry John (4 results)

Paperback. First edition. Essays related to a treasure trove of 6,500 early photographic items donated to Harvard including the largest collections of daguerreotypes and paper negatives, albumen prints, salted paper prints, etc. Szarkowski writes about "The Merriman Album"; Sobieszek on "The Clinical Aesthetics of Duchenne de Boulogne"; Schaaf on the Calotypes of Henry Talbot; etc. Introduction by Roger E. Stoddard; essays by Hans P. Kraus Jr., Larry J. Schaaf, Grant B. Romer, John Szarkowski, Andrew Szgedy-Maszak, and Robert Sobieszek. 148 pages; 38 b&w photographs reproduced; 8.5 x 11 inches. Index. Condition: AS NEW in the publisher's shrink wrap. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.…

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Condition: Very Good.

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.…