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Collecting photographica : the images and equipment of the first hundred years of photography / George Gilbert.
LIBRA - Special TR6.5 .G54 1976
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilbert, George, 1922- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cameras--Collectors and collecting.
- Cameras.
- Cameras--History.
- History.
- Photography--Equipment and supplies--Collectors and collecting.
- Photography.
- Photography--Equipment and supplies.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Hawthorn Books, [1976]
- Biography/History:
- George Gilbert is well known in the field of photography as the founding president of the Photographic Historical Society of New York, the largest organization of photography historians, and as the editor of Photgraphica, the leading publication in the area. Gilbert has been writing about his subject for many years, having published over 300 articles for various photography magazines and six books. In his own extensive collection, Gilbert specializes in sub-miniature cameras and the tiny images found within Stanhopes.
- Summary:
- In Collecting photographica, George Gilbert, one of this country's most experienced collectors, explains exactly why these collectibles-the equipment, the images, and literature-are so widely sought and presents to his readers an extraordinarily comprehensive guide to this fast-growing fascinating hobby.
- Contents:
- Collecting images
- Box cameras
- Folding cameras
- Detective cameras and later novelties
- Stereo cameras and stereography
- Single-lens reflex cameras
- Twin-lens reflex cameras
- 35-mm
- Cinematography
- In the darkroom
- Magic lanterns, albums, and viewers
- Photographic accessories and other photographica
- Collecting photographica
- Meeting the collectors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gilbert, George, 1922- Collecting photographica.
- ISBN:
- 0801514088
- 9780801514081
- OCLC:
- 2277399
- Online:
- Inhaltsverzeichnis
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