A Concise History Of Photography

London: Thames and Hudson., 1971 From the back cover: A long-cherished dream of humanity was the power to fix the reflections of the mirror and make pictures without the aid of the artist's pencil. Knowledge of the optical principles of the camera obscura, the direct predecessor of the photographic camera, can be traced back to Giovanni Battista della Porta. But… Read more about this item

Thames and Hudson, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. 1965. No Edition Remarks. 314 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Pages 15 to 20 are detached but still present and some other are loose. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset and Dunlap. Good paper copy, 314 pp, 258 gravure illustrations, 27 color plates. *This is disbound, working copy only, spine torn on top. . Good. Paper. 1965.

Published by Thames and Hudson, London, 1965, 1st edition. Paperback. Illustrated laminated card covers. 8ins x 5.75ins, 314pp, 2pp book adverts. Illustrated throughout. 285 plates, 27 in colour according to the front cover. Half title page price clipped else VG.