Model Book Problems Posing by Mortensen William: First Edition (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. The hardcover is well-preserved with some minor wear along the edges and corners, typical for a book of this age. The binding remains strong, and the pages are clean without any inscriptions or markings. There is no dust jacket present. unknown (no dust jacket visible).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. (1944) Fifth printing. Publishers grey cloth little sunned along back strip else clean and free of ownership marking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original gilt-titled cloth. Corners worn, gilt dulled, slightly canted, mild insecting. PO name, foxing to eps. First edition stated. ; Photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 262,[1] pages.

Cloth. First Edition Third Printing. Book is tight with only minor foxing and insect nibbling to top end papers, (5),blue cloth with silver embossed lettering with only bumps to corners, Dustwrapper has 2 cm tear to top spine a 4 cm repairable tear to back top,and chipping and rubbing to ends, will present well when wrapp protected, 262pp.Appendix, B&W photos of models demonstrating certain posing problems, The three types of models, the plastic model,the personality model and the cooperative model. as well as a portfolio of Mortensen's work. Many issues are discussed, such as palcement of the arms, and hands, positioning of the head etc. which is useful to artists and photogrpahers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, in dust jacket. The 5th printing of the first edition. Jacket is toned, with some shallow loss to extremities (now in archival mylar sleeve). Some shelf or handling wear to covers. Otherwise, clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Illustrated throughout. 262pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing, November 1937. Dust jacket is slightly soiled and is missing 1" at top of spine and tiny amounts at the corners. Dust jacket is unclipped and is protected by archival mylar. Practical advice for models, professional photographers and selfie posers, with chapters discussing angles, lighting and positioning of the head and face, shoulders, arms and hands, torso, legs and feet, as well as various topics relating to photographic portraits. Illustrated with 195 black and white, half tone photographic and line illustrations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition book in good dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs of early photography techniques. Light blue cloth covered boards with gold text on front panel and spine. Board spine is faded but text is legible. Head and tail of board spine are creased with rubs at corners and tips of creases. Book is internally clean and tight. Nice sepia tone glossy frontis of a totally nude model. 262 pages with many photographs and drawings. Previous owner's name written neatly on the ffep. Dust jacket has shelf-wear scuffs and soiling. Front panel is decent with some minor soiling and edge wear. The spine has a 1" horizontal sticker scar and light chipping to the head and heel. The fore edge folds are rubbed with some loss on fore-edge corners. The rear panel of the jacket has minor soiling and a tiny tear at the top. The flaps are not clipped. A nice copy of a very scarce 1st edition.…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. San Francisco, CA: Camera Craft Publishing Company, [1937]. First Edition Stated. Octavo (22cm): publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00); 262pp.; photographic frontispiece and illus. throughout. Moderate wear and toning to cloth margins, jacket edges chipped with shallow losses affecting text without loss of meaning; Very Good in a Good example of the jacket. Publisher's prospectus laid in, calling this "The first COMPLETE treatise on the physical material before the camera and its manipulation toward a creative end.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.