London: Cassell & Company, 1892. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's maroon blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spine, brown glazed endpapers; xii,354,[8](ads)pp.; portrait frontispiece. Cloth a bit scuffed at extremities, corners bumped, spine darkened and gilt dulled, hinges starting, contemporary lending library ex libris to front pastedown, final leaf of text and rear free..... More

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1837. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf prize binding, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; viii,193pp.; fourteen leaves of plates bound in rear. Leather rather scuffed and a bit dried at extremities, tiny chip to spine label, front free endpaper sprung, else Very Good, internally..... More

London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1835. First Edition. Octavo; contemporary calf over marbled paper-covered boards, elaborate spine gilt; xvi,374,lxiiipp.; engraved frontispiece and seventeen leaves of plates and tables including two folding. Leather and boards a bit scuffed and dried, later ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, contemporary ownership signature to..... More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. Second Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xx,396pp.; folding hand-colored engraved frontispiece. Cloth extremities rubbed with rather significant loss at corners, contemporary ownership ex libris and bookseller ticket to front pastedown, discreet contemporary ownership rubberstamp to title page, else a Good..... More

New-York: Joseph H. Ladd, 1864. "Second Thousand." Octavo; publisher's green blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine; viii,[9]-351,[25](ads)pp.; folding plates of tables. Cloth rather significantly scuffed, spine foot quite frayed, gilt partly effaced, joints starting, inscription at head of title page smudged out; a Good copy only, though contents remain clean and sound..... More

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1870. Second Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, brown glazed endpapers; xi,[1],482pp. Cloth soiled and extremities rather scuffed and worn with small loss at spine foot, corners bumped, ghost of a previously-removed spine label, joints and hinges starting, contemporary bookseller ticket front pastedown; a Good..... More

[London]: Printed for James Hodges, at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, n.d. but ca. 1733. 12mo; full contemporary blind-tooled calf; [14],96pp. ([*]1 A-H6 I4, collated and complete, title page a cancel); two folding plates of tables misnumbered Table 1 and 3 as usual, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Joints starting..... More

New York: Tennant and Ward, 1936. First American Edition, Limited to 300 copies. Octavo; blue library cloth, gilt-lettered spine; x,272pp. Moderate shelf wear, free of library markings save for slip mounted to rear pastedown reading "For reference use," contemporary ownership ex libris to front pastedown, endpapers darkened, else Very Good..... More

Very Good. New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 224pp. Illustrated dust jacket (Edd Cartier) with $2.50 price intact; Currey's A binding in blue cloth with yellow lettering. Jacket is crisp with light rubbing along edges and folds, with a bit heavier rubbing and tugging at spine ends..... More

New York: Berkeley Medallion, 1962. First Edition ("Berkeley Edition, February, 1962"). Mass market paperback; 158pp +2 ads. Berkeley Medallion F607. Illustrated wraps. Covers a bit edgeworn, with light creasing at a couple corners and edges, and down front fold adjacent to spine, with a small UK bookseller's price sticker at..... More

New York: Random House, [1995]. First "Special" Edition, Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 467. Octavo; publisher's cream blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, in pictorial paper-covered slipcase; [10],122pp.; illus. throughout. Fine condition. Signed by the author on colophon. More

Spencer, MA: Cistercian Publications, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($4.95); 154pp. Light shelf wear, contemporary ownership rubberstamp of Saint Joseph's Abbey to front free endpaper with brief soil spot below it, else Very Good or better overall. More

New York: Arno Press / New York Times Company, 1979. Facsimile Reprint of the First (1855) Edition. Octavo; publisher's black pictorial cloth; [4],xxiv,140pp.; illus. Light dust-soil to textblock extremities, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the series The Sources of Modern Photography. More