Welling, William.

Photography in America, the Formative Years, 1839 - 1900.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1978. Hardcover. This is a comprehensive history of the first sixty years of American photography, with emphasis on negative processes, photoengraving, origins of amateur practice, camera development and the birth of American art photography. 4to, xi, 431 pp. b&w frontis, b&w photography throughout. Black buckram covers, with title in gilt on spine. Pictorial dj with title in gold outlined in white on front cover and on spine. Dj is like new. Internally immaculate. Fine in fine dj. Item #12076
ISBN: 0690014511

Price: $55.00