Photographica

NOTE: This is pre-order for a new release. This book is expected to be available for shipment in late May / early June. Date subject to change at publisher's discretion. Please do not combine it with other purchases as this will delay shipping of those titles that we do actually have in stock. Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. The closure of the era of chemical imaging coincided with the turn of the 21st century: now is the perfect time to review what photography has been, consider what it is now, and contemplate what it will become. With contributions from 20 collectors and scholars, the collections in this book range from 1840-1940, including camera obscuras and cyanotypes to autochromes, stereoscopes, daguerreotypes. Also included are American tintypes and ambrotypes, the miniature and intricate stanhopes, magic lanterns and other optical toys, megalethoscopes, and zoetropes, and many more. Each collector has written a meticulous study to introduce their photographic passion, and with over 500 images (most never before published) of cameras and photographs alike, the truly marvelous nature of the camera and the miraculous technologies that enabled them are revealed. The transcendence and ?wonder of wonders!? that is ever present within photography can still be honestly and freshly felt today. This book is ideal for those who wish to study, and experience, the everlasting marvel of camera magic. 567 color & b/w photos

Stereo View Card with three young Black American boys outside a stone storage building with a very very large watermelon. Below the boys on the right says I bed dis am a Good One (and yes there is only one set of quotation marks) In extremely good condition. No other markings.Will combine shipping Black Memorabilia stereo card

Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Table of Contents: - This is the most up to date, comprehensive reference text and illustrated catalog on the subject. Nineteenth Century Photographic Cases contains more than 2000 cases illustrated in full size with hundreds more illustrations of related material. The majority of these detailed photos are black and white, but there is an 8-page center section in full color. For readers who are interested in case value, there is a price guide as well as a rarity rating system for every case. This book has been made user friendly for the beginning collector without sacrificing any detail for the advanced collector or dealer. There is an informative historical section, that provides the reader with important information regarding the individuals and companies who developed this American industry and art form.

Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. This Edition includes Leica cameras and lenses introduced since the 7th Edition published in 2002, and incorporates all the information from its predecessors. Again, for the sake of completeness, a brief coverage of the compact cameras produced by other manufactures on behalf of Leica is included. It should be noted that in many cases these do have design input from Leica especially with respect to lenses. Also included is the new S2 Medium Format System.

Gone With The Wind, glossy black and white, publicity still that depicts Scarlett O'Hara searching through the injured soldiers and is marked as number 7 in this series of 8 photographs. You may buy one or buy fast to get the one, full set of 8. The entire set will be featured in its own description block. Photo is from the collection of a former publicist who was working from the late 70s into the mid-90s, and is in like-new condition.

Buy this, black and white, Gone With The Wind picture alone or by the set. We only have one of each of the 8 publicity stills from Gone With The Wind. This is marked Number 1. 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. This wonderful photograph must be a rare one, as I could not find another on the Internet. Like New Condition. Photo is from the collection of a former publicist who was working from the late 70s into the mid-90s, and is in nice shape. This is probably from the '70s.

Vintage Camera item believed to be a Light Meter made by Sekonic. Comes with it's original leather case. Cosmetically appears to have been well cared for. Buyer to pay $4.50 for shipping within the U.S.

Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Over 500 crisp color photos display the wide range of cameras produced from the earliest days of photography to the rise of the digital age. The informative text provides a history of cameras, organized into chapters by various camera types, including snapshot, folding, rangefinder, single lens reflex, twin lens reflex, stereo, panoramic, miniature, and spy cameras. Cameras within each chapter are arranged chronologically to show the development of the camera type. Every camera presented has earned its place by meeting one or more of these criteria: it is a major landmark; epitomizes a certain era; is rare or a prototype; contains something different or unusual in the design; and/or is especially weird or strange. Rounding out this engrossing guide are a glossary of technical terms and an index. This book will be enjoyed by camera collectors, photo historians, and all who have ever captured life on film or in pixels. 522 color photos

This vintage Graflite Flash Synchronizer 3 Cell Flashing Unit is the first Graflite 3-cell type, made of aluminium with various sockets to connect solenoids, remotes and extension flashes; it features a red firing button/circuit selector on the rear. Introduced in 1948, it has a 7 inch reflector. This set includes both original boxes and instruction manual. Condition: appears to be in barely or never used condition, no battery residue in case. I do not normally handle antique/vintage cameras and accessories and do not have much expertise in this area. However, I have recently acquired a small colletion of cameras/accessories. I will be happy to answer any questions to the best of my ability and/or provide additional images.

Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. One of the most intriguing and little studied forms of nineteenth-century photography is the tintype. Introduced in 1856 as a low-cost alternative to the daguerreotype and the albumen print, the tintype was widely marketed from the 1860s through the first decades of the twentieth century as the most popular photographic medium. The picture-making preference of the people, it was almost never used for celebrity portraiture: It was affordable, portable, unique and available almost everywhere. Because of its ubiquity, the tintype provides a startlingly candid record of the political upheavals that rocked the four decades following the American Civil War-and the personal anxieties they induced. As this book's author, Steven Kasher, argues, the tintype studio became a kind of performance space in which sitters could act out their personal identities. Sitters brought to the tintype studio not just their family and friends but also the tools of their trade, costumes, toys, stuffed animals and other such props. Often they would enact stereotypes and fantasies that reflected or challenged conventional gender, race and class roles. Surprisingly, the tintype was almost exclusively an American phenomenon, rarely used in other countries, and this book demonstrates how this modest form of photography provides extraordinary insight into the development of national attitudes and characteristics in the formative years of the early Modern era. Featured in this book are more than 200 remarkable examples of tintypes, mostly drawn from the Permanent Collection of the International Center of Photography in New York.

This is a vintage RCA tube table radio dating from the 1940s; it has an Art Deco Machine Age dark brown Bakelite [plastic]case and a gold tone dial. A great old vintage table radio for restoration. Reverse reads: Radio Corporation of American Condition: missing one knob, no cracks or breaks to bakelite case but case needs a good cleaning, electric cord is brittle and broken;not tested and I doubt it works; I am not a radio collector but will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Yes, I would rate the fob and all the hardware as excellent antique condition. Can't say the same for the black silk that holds it - that is worn and frayed on the crossbar that hangs below the swivel. The sturdy swivel is marked on the inside as B.F.S.& Co. The fob would make a wonderful pendant if you can't replace the silk.

Wonderful poster of Star Wars battleships. Poster is 11 X 14 and has Lucasfilm, LTD on the right bottom. Some bending on the upper right and lower corner of the poster, but otherwise in excellent condition.

Copyright 1878 photo of Princess Louise, by Reichard & Lindner, Hof Photographen, Berlin. Princess Louise (1860-1917) married H.R.H. Arthur, the Duke of Connaught & Strathearn - who was the third son and seventh child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was 18 when this photo was taken. (We also have Arthur's Carte de Visite elsewhere in this category). Carte measures 105 mm by 66 mm (4.1/8 inches by 2.5/8 inches). Very good condition, a little faded.

This is a complete set-up including the Realist Stereo Camera, Tripod, Flash attachment, Storage Case, Light Meter, flash bulbs, Instructions. Appears to be in excellent condition. My friend, a photography buff, could find no issues with it. I believe it is from the '50's era.

This wonderful album makes you want to give up computer storing of photos. Wonderful painted picture of a bonnet girl in pink and a boy in blue giving the flowers to his girl. Album is 9 1/2 X 12 1/2 and 1 1/4 thick. Held together with a great satin ribbon. Has never been used, still in original box bottom. In excellent condition.

This is antique photograph showing 2 children, Adorable Baby brother and the Big Sister, Both outfitted in white dresses, typical Victorian style, Photo is in very fine condition,Measuring approximately 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.

Beautiful photo of a Mother and a cute Baby, Picture is attached in to folding cover and measures approximately 6 1/4 x 4 inches.

Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Collector Bookstore Notes: This unique book includes a working stereoscope/ stereoview viewer. Circa the late 1800s & early 1900s, each page is an accurate reproduction of stereoscope images taken of scenes from New York City. Opposite the stereoscope image is a full description of the scene pictured. Publishers Description: Old New York lives and breathes once again in these rare original three-dimensional photographs, showing the city we love at its nostalgic best. Here are the first skyscrapers, the old street markets, the wharves, street cars and elevated trains, and our New York ancestors at work and play.

Ambrotype of a woman - very severely dressed, possibly in mourning as she appears to be wearing a pair of mourning bracelets. Her belt and choker necklace are highlighted in gold. The embossed case has had a black tape repair to the hinge, otherwise condition is extremely good overall. The photo has a little minor spotting along the bottom edge. Case measures 7.6 cm by 6.3 cm (3 inches by 2.1/2 inches).