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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 247/300 Limited Edition Signed by illustrator and publisher Illustrations by Andrew Skilleter. 1 colour photographic frontispiece plate, 2 photographic plates and b&w illustrations in-text (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Leather / Boards. First Edition. Signed, Limited Edition. 299 pp. #250 of 500 copies of the signed, numbered limited edition. Gilt design on front and back covers designed and signed (twice each) "MA" (Margaret Armstrong). Contents very good +; Covers quite worn at all edges, rear cover only held by a short strip; front hinge reinforced; spine lettering bright but "E" lost from author's name. [538]. Margaret Armstrong Cover;Frontispiece; Photographic Plate; Six Color Plates, One By Howard Pyle (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 284/300 Limited Edition Signed by illustrator and publisher Illustrations by Andrew Skilleter. 1 colour photographic plate frontispiece and b&w illustrations in text (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 11/300 Limited Edition Signed by illustrator and publisher with original pencil drawing Illustrations by Andrew Skilleter. 1 original pencil drawing and 1 colour photographic plate in frontispiece (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator.…

Zustand: In fine condition. Illustrated with two photographic plates by József Pécsi and a color, typographic plate. First edition. The two-page textual content is printed on the inner front and rear cover. With the incidental response card. In publisher's printed wrappers. Bound by a string. (2 [textual]) p., (2 [photographic]), (1 [typographic]) plates. József Pécsi-illustrated advertisement brochure of a printing shop. József Pécsi (18891956) was a Hungarian photographer, known for his influential book "Photo und Publizität" (Photography and Publicity; 1930) wherein, by his own advertisement designs, promoted the blending of typography, design, and photography in avant-garde advertising. . In publisher's printed wrappers. Bound by a string First edition. The two-page textual content is printed on the inner front and rear cover. With the incidental response card. Illustrated with two photographic plates by József Pécsi and a color, typographic plate. (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original illustrated and decorative wrappers. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 14, [2] p., 9 unnumbered b/w ills. Early unusual and attractive pamphlet including French photographic papers and plates of famous French manufacturer Guilleminot's products printed for the Ottoman Empire, pre-Republic in 1923. Guilleminot (R. Guilleminot, Bœspflug et Cie) based in Paris, France was a photographic paper, and plate manufacturer established by Gustave Guilleminot in 1858. The company closed in 1994, but employee Guy Gerard (a chemical engineer for 30 years) went on to start a new company, Bergger. The suburb of Chantilly in Paris was the headquarters for Guilleminot (also known as R. Guilleminot, Boespflug et Cie), which, founded in 1858, was one of the oldest photographic paper manufacturers in the world. Popular Guilleminot brands included Riviera, Étoile, and Dinox. This rare product brochure and advertisement pamphlet indicate that this photographer was very active in the Ottoman market. Not in Özege.; Not in OCLC. Extremely rare.…

Very good. Laid on original backing board. Size 14.75 x 22 Inches. This is a mammoth plate 1872 D. W. Butterfield albumen photograph illustrating the devastation of the Great Boston Fire. It represents the largest known photograph of the Great Fire - an artifact of the photographer's unique custom-built large-format camera. A Closer Look The albumen view looks roughly northeast on Boston from Sailor's Home (Fort Hill). It is centered on the burnt district, located in southwest Boston. Some of Boston's historic buildings, including Old South Church, are evident at the outer edge of the devastation. A Big Image This image is unique for its great size, measuring 15 x 23 inches. The size is a product of Butterfield's gigantic camera, which he invented himself and used for this and similar landscape photography. The camera had an extension of some 11 feet and a plate size of 40 x 40 inches, enabling Butterfield to produce striking large format images - the likes of which were not otherwise commercially available in the late 1800s. Any large format Butterfield photos likely came from this camera, and all are extremely scarce. Albumen Prints Albumen prints were invented in 1847 by Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (1802 - 1872). They are considered the first commercially exploitable method of producing a photographic print on a paper base from a negative. Albumens are characterized by a glossy surface and rich tonal range. They were produced by coating a paper with albumen (egg white) and salt, which is then sensitized with a solution of silver nitrate. Once exposed under a negative and developed, the result is an image wherein the silver particles are embedded in the albumen layer, producing a distinctive clarity and depth. The widespread use of albumen prints spanned from roughly 1860 to 1890, capturing a vivid historical record before being largely supplanted by newer photographic methods. Great Boston Fire of 1872 The Great Boston Fire began in the basement of a building on the corner of Kingston and Summer Streets in Boston's commercial district on the evening of November 9, 1872. People first noticed the fire around 7:00 p.m., but an alarm was not sounded until 7:24 p.m. By 8:00 p.m., every fire engine in Boston was on the scene. Jumping from building to building and street to street, the fire spread with frightful speed due to dry wooden building materials and Boston's narrow streets. It took 12 hours to control the inferno, and fire crews came from as far as New Haven, Connecticut. In the end, the fire was contained thanks to the valiant effort to save the Old South Meetinghouse at the corner of Washington and Milk Streets. There were several factors that led to Boston's difficulties in containing the Great Fire. Boston boasted the world's first system of telegraph-based fire alarm boxes, which were installed in 1852. However, the boxes were locked to prevent false alarms, and keys were only given to a small number of citizens in any given neighborhood. This meant that the first witnesses to the Great Fire had to first find one of the key-holders to sound the alarm. In addition, the Boston Fire Department was dealing with an epidemic of an equine flu, which had weakened nearly all the horses it used for pulling equipment. In response, Chief Engineer John Damrell preemptively hired 500 people to manually pull the engines. An investigation after the fire stated that it was believed that this epidemic only delayed deployment by five or ten minutes. A third, and possibly most critical, problem was that Boston's water mains were old and leaked, causing water pressure issues. Boston's firefighters could not get enough water pressure out of the aged hydrants to reach the upper floors or roofs. Chief Damrell had been asking the city for years to improve the water mains but was largely ignored by the budget-conscious politicians. Boston began improving the water main system immediately after the Great Fire. Publication History and Censu.…