Faces Before Camera by Morath Adolf (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1st ed. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Tatty DJ with some edge wear, areas of loss, toning and creasing. Owner name to end paper.

Condition: Fair. 1947. First Published. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. End papers are more notably foxed. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Damp stained.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. First Edition. 4to. Pp. 192. Frontispiece. Amply filled with b&w photograph reproductions. Index. Diagrams, graphs, etc. Faint fading to spine. Book is slightly shaken. Dust jacket with closed tears running almost length of spine. See photos. In sum, an attractive copy of a scarce title.Light blue buckram with red lettering stamped on front cover and spine. The acclaimed photographer provides a history of portrait photography before delving into the practice of portraiture. Includes helpful information on artificial lighting, lenses, apparatus and material for capturing the essence of the sitter. Includes a chapter on babies and children. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve. Adolf Morath (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ tanned and rubbed with chipped edges and a couppe of small tears. Some tanning to edges of spine and boards, else clean and tight Size: 4to.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. DJ rubbed, tanned and chipped with loss to top edge and head of spine. Board edges tanned, some light foxing, pages clean and bright. Size: 4to.