Edinburgh in Pictures

Devon, Stanley. The Complete Pictorial Story: The Royal Canadian Tour. London: Pitkin Pictorials, Ltd., 1951.

First edition 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 92 pages. Black & white photo illustrated. Greem cloth boards. The book is in FINEcondition. The dust jacket is in GOOD++ condition with chipping/closed tearing. NOT price-clipped. Comes with BRODART cover. Dust jacket notes read: "From the moment T.R.H. The Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh set foot on Canadian soil until they made their departure five weeks later, Stanley Devon-ace camera-man of the Daily Graphic, and one of the world's best known press photographers-was taking pictures of the memorable scenes, ceremonies and celebrations that have added a new, glorious chapter to Royal history. Jolly Quebec, sedate Ottawa, tumultuous Toronto, ticker-tape WindsorÖeach had its individual welcome for the Royal Couple. From Windsor, Ontario, to Winnipeg, by plane, then across the Prairie Provinces and the Rockies by road and rail to Vancouver and Victoria-Devon and his camera missed nothing worth 'taking.' On the west-to-east return journey to the climax of Montreal's thunderous acclaim-Devon was on-the-job. In Washington, Britain's lone camera-man secured some of his finest pictures; during the last triumphal stage of the Tour, through Canada's Maritime Provinces to St. John's, NewfoundlandÖ.this camera still clicked busily. The cream of Stanley Devon's photographs appears in this volume and, with them, his own vividly-told experiences as the only photographer from Britain to accompany the Royal Party. Devon's photographic eye has captured Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh with the Canadian man-in-the-street, with servicemen, veterans, cowboys and Indians, and, again and again, with the children. As a writer he brings home the significance, the humor and-above al-the humanity of this historical Royal Tour." JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor......and other curious people. Hard Cover condition: Near Fine in Good dj

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FOX TALBOT, William Henry. Sun Pictures in Scotland. London. 1845.
Extremely rare unrestored copy - including the 'Notice to the Reader' - of William Fox Talbot's first photographically illustrated publication in book form; published in 1845, Sun Pictures in Scotland, was issued between parts IV and V of Talbot's seminal The Pencil of Nature.Inspired by the writings of Sir Walter Scott (note Talbot's punning title), the focus of a Victorian personality cult not to be underestimated, the twenty-three images of Sun Pictures in Scotland were taken by Talbot on a tour of those sites and locations most connected to Scott. The calotypes depict Edinburgh, Scott's house Abbotsford, Loch Katrine, Melrose, Doune Castle, Dryburgh Abbey (site of Scott's tomb) and so on. The book appears to have been issued to subscribers and was intended to publicise Talbot's work in society, aided by the social influence of his mother Lady Elisabeth Feilding. It is likely that Angela Burdett-Coutts - among notables such as the Queen, the Duke of Devonshire and the Duchess of Bedford - was one such subscriber.William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), began experimenting with capturing images on light-sensitive paper around 1833 while at Lake Como, and patented the calotype (from the Greek 'kalos' - beautiful) or 'sun picture', also called a Talbotype, in 1840. It was the first instance of a photograph secured on paper and produced with paper negatives, the negative/positive technique still in use today, which allowed for multiple copies of the same image to be made, as opposed to the daguerreotype invented by L. J. M. Daguerre in 1839.The novelty of Fox Talbot's new process is highlighted by the 'Notice to the Reader': 'The plates of the present work are impressed by the agency of Light alone, without any aid whatever from the artist's pencil. They are the sun-pictures themselves, and not, as some persons have imagined, engravings in imitation.'Angela Burdett-Coutts (1814 - 1906), the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett and his wife Sophia, nee Coutts, the daughter of Coutts & Co. founder Thomas Coutts, was, on the achievement of her majority in 1837, the inheritor of some 3,000,000, making her the 'richest heiress in England'. A noted collector, patron of the arts, endower of scholarships and philanthropist, she was created first Baroness Burdett-Coutts of Highgate and Brookfield by Queen Victoria in 1871 in recognition of her charitable works. A figure of great interest to the Victorian public and the receiver of numerous offers of marriage, Burdett-Coutts remained a spinster until her marriage to her secretary, William Bartlett, in 1881. The marriage provoked further interest as her 29-year-old secretary was nearly 40 years her junior. At her death in 1906, Burdett-Coutts had donated nearly 3,000,000 for the purpose of good works and charitable foundations. Among her many other causes, Burdett-Coutts founded the RSPCA and the NSPCC and received the Turkish order of the Medjidieh for her relief efforts during the 1877 Russo-Turkish War; she remains the only woman thus honoured.'With its narrowly focused goal and limited number of copies distributed only to subscribers, Sun Pictures in Scotland remains one of the the most enigmatic of all Talbot's photographic ventures. Nevertheless, it can reasonably claim to be the first photographic essay in the history of the medium.' (Taylor).'Aesthetically, Talbot's pictures possess many merits.' (Cecil Beaton, British Photographers, 1944).'It may be considered the first photographically illustrated work to be published in book form.' (Gernsheim).[Gernsheim 7; Johnson T55; The Truthful Lens 161; Gernsheim History of Photography, pg. 173; Taylor, Impressed by Light, pg. 21 - 22; Schaaf, The Photographic Art of William Henry Fox Talbot pg. 202 - 211].

Folio. (318 x 242 mm). Original publisher's cloth-backed rust boards by A. Tarrant, with his discreet stamp to front pastedown: 'A. TARRANT, BINDER / 16 Gt. QUEEN St.', gilt title within elaborate gilt decorative border to upper board, boards with decoration in blind, original yellow endpapers, boxed. Printed title with motto from Virgil, leaf with list of plates and 23 mounted Talbotype (or calotype from the Greek 'beautiful picture') images, of which 13 are full-page, each numbered on the mount at lower right in ink, initial and final blank leaves. Tipped-in to front free endpaper is the 'Notice to the Reader'. Condition: Plates with uneven fading, as usual, central areas of most plates retaining strong dark impressions, outer areas of images rather lighter, but universally visible. Binding glue perished, contents loose in original boards. [PROVENANCE: Armorial bookplate of Angela Burdett-Coutts, the philanthropist and 'richest heiress in England' to front pastedown; manuscript note in sepia to front pastedown: 'Miss Burdett-Coutts / Stratton Street / A B / The First discovery of the Art'; and her ownership inscription in sepia to title page: 'Miss Burdett-Coutts, Stratton St. / A B'].

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Thomas, Ros: Paediatrics and Neonatology In Focus, Churchill Livingstone, ISBN: 0443074364
einige Lagerspuren Editorial Reviews\n\nReview\nThe diagrams are very clear. It is extremely useful to have the pictures on the opposite page to the text - this makes it clear for one to observe and relate to what is in the text. The book is set out in asuch a way that is easy to be read - information can easily be found. I found this a very informative book with very clera pictures of real patients (which is what students love to see).\nBMA Awards 2005\n\nThe In Focus series are useful 'trigger texts' i.e. they give enough information so that you want to read further or continue your learning on the internet. The colours have been used nicely, with realistic print colours of patients, instruments and slides. The set out of the books are ideal with good, quick refernce contents, making the series ideal for students in Clinics and/or ward rounds.\nMedical Student, UK, January 2005\n\nA great tool in tackling paediatrics and neonatology. This handy resource presents material in a practical, easy to use format. With concise structured text, ideal for pre-ward round preparation, covering incidence, clinical features, differentials, management and prognosis. A invaluable source of clinic photographs to aide diagnosis. The book ends with a range of picture based self-assessment questions great for MCQ revision.\nMedical Student, Edinburgh University, November 2004\n\nProduct Description\nHighly Commended (Paediatrics category), BMA Awards 2005.\nHere's a quick, portable, well-illustrated source on a full range of paediatric and neonatologic conditions! Each chapter succinctly reviews the incidence, clinical features, differential diagnosis, management, and prognosis of a particular condition, accompanied by 4 to 6 high-quality color clinical photographs. Readers will also find self-review picture tests, with answers, at the back of the book. The result is an ideal resource for exam preparation and a handy review for hospital rounds.\n\nPresents more than 400 full-color images that depict that depict the real-life appearance of a broad range of paediatric and neonatologic diseases and conditions.\n<lI>Features a consistent chapter design, with summaries of each condition's incidence, clinical features, differential diagnosis, management, and prognosis on left-hand pages and 4 to 6 illustrations on the facing right-hand pages.\n\nOffers a broad selection of review questions to help readers practice for exams and build confidence.\n<lI>Delivers a convenient pocket size for instant reference anywhere. , ISBN-13: 9780443074363

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Valcke, Jennifer: Static Films and Moving Pictures Montage in Avant-Garde Photography and Film, GRIN VERLAG, Oktober 2011, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 3656037205
Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2008 in the subject Art - Photography and Film, grade: cum laude, University of Edinburgh, language: English, abstract: Photomontage has more to do with film than with any other art form - they have in common the technique of montage. (Sergei Tretyakov)By considering that photomontage and film use the technique of cutting and gluing as dominant artistic device, and that montage, a technique unifying art and technology for the first time, emerged as a dominant artistic feature of the avant-garde, this thesis will explore the ideological and perceptual implications of its advent in avant-garde art and film. The technological advances of the beginning of the twentieth century, and particularly the advent of photography, allowed avant-garde artists to break free from traditional concepts of artistic production - they dispensed with the old criteria of uniqueness, originality, handicraft and personal style. At a time when many avant-garde artists abruptly ceased to paint, photomontage emerged as the privileged locus for a caesura with traditional art forms. Photomontage envisioned film aesthetics insofar as it combines and juxtaposes images of various perspectival planes and angles (Raoul Hausmann described his early photomontages as motionless moving pictures). A corresponding observation can be made on the use of montage in cinema, a technique which crucially underpins the illusion of movement created through the succession of photographic stills. The present thesis will investigate photomontage and film in order to examine the effect technological reproduction played in revolutionising artistic production, perception and ideology - where the technique and philosophy of montage was key.

NEUBUCH! 2011. 268 S. 210 mm 210 mm x 148 mm x 17 mm; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V181024 .

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