History Books


Photography in Print: Writings from 1816 to the PresentPhotography in Print: Writings from 1816 to the Present
Best Price: $35.60
This book is just great. It's all print - no photos yet it gives you more than you could...
The History of Photography: An OverviewThe History of Photography: An Overview
Best Price: $34.95
First published in 1991, The History of Photography explores the people, technology, and...
Bernard Plossu's New MexicoBernard Plossu's New Mexico
Best Price: $11.20
I absolutely love this book and find it so refreshing to see images of New Mexico as I remember...
Visual Communication and the Graphic Arts: Photographic Technologies in the Nineteenth CenturyVisual Communication and the Graphic Arts: Photographic Technologies in the Nineteenth Century
Best Price: $194.16
Silver and Gold: Cased Images of the California Gold RushSilver and Gold: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush
Best Price: $125.79


Art And Artifice: Japanese Photographs Of The Meiji EraArt And Artifice: Japanese Photographs Of The Meiji Era
Best Price: $1.95
With the influx of Westerners to Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1912) came the rise of the...
Texas A&M University: A Pictorial History, 1876-1996, Second Edition (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)Texas A&M University: A Pictorial History, 1876-1996, Second Edition (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University)
Best Price: $19.41
Walker Evans: Signs (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)Walker Evans: Signs (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)
Best Price: $12.71
Another beautiful collection from Walker Evans, showing his greatest photos of billboards, movie...
The Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War PhotographyThe Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War Photography
Best Price: $78.95
The Blue and Gray in Black and White A History of Civil War Photography by Civil War author Bob...
Avedon at Work: In the American West (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Imprint Series)Avedon at Work: In the American West (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Imprint Series)
Best Price: $36.96
I'm just beginning to really learn more about Avedon; one of the greatest photographers of...


Print the Legend: Photography and the American West (The Lamar Series in Western History)Print the Legend: Photography and the American West (The Lamar Series in Western History)
Best Price: $34.98
"Print the Legend" is an insightful study of the co-development of photography...
Camera Notes: Vol 1Camera Notes: Vol 1LIFE One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001, 10 Years LaterLIFE One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001, 10 Years Later
Best Price: $5.99
In this expanded tenth-anniversary edition of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling book, LIFE...
Wisconsin Death TripWisconsin Death Trip
Best Price: $56.00
There is relatively little I can say about this book. The book is essentially photographs...
Old New York in Early Photographs: 1853-1901Old New York in Early Photographs: 1853-1901
Best Price: $11.00
This is a collection of 196 photographs from the New York Historical Society which was issued by...

Mr. Lincoln's Camera Man: Mathew B. BradyMr. Lincoln's Camera Man: Mathew B. Brady
Best Price: $14.97
Originally published in 1946, this is a terrific presentation of Civil War photos by the Matthew...
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic PhotographsStars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs
Best Price: $7.56
361 portraits, from 1860s to 1950 of over 400 stars. Informative captions. An illustrious...
The Photography BookThe Photography Book
Best Price: $15.98
This is a handy and instructive introduction to some of the most memorable or famous names in...
Portraits Of American Bikers: Inside Looking Out (The Flash Collection)Portraits Of American Bikers: Inside Looking Out (The Flash Collection)
Best Price: $24.95
Introduction (in part) By Bill Hayes Author, Motorcycle Culture Historian, and American...
Colonial Photography and Exhibitions: Representations of the Native and the Making of European IdentitiesColonial Photography and Exhibitions: Representations of the Native and the Making of European Identities
Dr Anne maxwell is justifiably regarded as a world authority on this new and thought-provoking...

The Art of Interruption: Realism, Photography, and the Everyday (Photography: Critical Views)The Art of Interruption: Realism, Photography, and the Everyday (Photography: Critical Views)
Art of Interruption is the first major examination of the relationship between photography and...
Photography and Memory in Mexico: Icons of Revolution (Politics, Culture & Society in)Photography and Memory in Mexico: Icons of Revolution (Politics, Culture & Society in)
Best Price: $68.60
Photography and Memory in Mexico traces the life stories of some of the famous photographic...
Disappearing Witness: Change in Twentieth-Century American PhotographyDisappearing Witness: Change in Twentieth-Century American Photography
Best Price: $22.77
This as a beautiful book, not just for the paper quality and construction, but because the...
Photography in New Orleans: The Early Years, 1840-1865Photography in New Orleans: The Early Years, 1840-1865
Best Price: $179.16
Eighty-eight images and a concise history of photography's formative years in New Orleans.
NYC Life Going onNYC Life Going on
Best Price: $10.41
Compiled by the staff of the Syracuse University Press and specifically dedicated to the men,...

Everyone Had Cameras: Photography and Farmworkers in California, 1850-2000Everyone Had Cameras: Photography and Farmworkers in California, 1850-2000
Best Price: $104.97
American photographers have been fascinated by the lives of California farmworkers since the...
Native Nations Miniseries: Chiefs and WarriorsNative Nations Miniseries: Chiefs and Warriors
Best Price: $13.25
This miniature gift book focuses on the subject of chiefs and warriors of native American life....
Errant Modernism: The Ethos of Photography in Mexico and Brazil (John Hope Franklin Center Books)Errant Modernism: The Ethos of Photography in Mexico and Brazil (John Hope Franklin Center Books)
Best Price: $21.95
Making a vital contribution to the understanding of Latin American modernism, Esther Gabara...
Singapore Through 19th-Century PhotographsSingapore Through 19th-Century Photographs
Best Price: $19.78
Singapore Through 19th-Century Photographs is a comprehensive photographic record of Singapore...
Time: Nature's Extremes: Inside the Great Natural Disasters That Shape Life on EarthTime: Nature's Extremes: Inside the Great Natural Disasters That Shape Life on Earth
Best Price: $6.55
The killer tsunami of 2004 and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina remind us of the fragility...

Land Beyond MapsLand Beyond Maps
Land Beyond Maps won Finalist, 2010 Lambda Literary Foundation, Lesbian Debut Fiction Winner,...
The Book of Photography: The History, the Technique, the Art, the FutureThe Book of Photography: The History, the Technique, the Art, the Future
Best Price: $24.60
Since its invention in 1839, photography has come to change not only the way we view the world,...
Kodak Brownie 127: A new lease of life with 35mm filmKodak Brownie 127: A new lease of life with 35mm film
Describes how to use ordinary 35mm film in a Kodak Brownie 127
Picturing Ourselves: Photography and AutobiographyPicturing Ourselves: Photography and Autobiography
Photography has transformed the way we picture ourselves. Although photographs seem to...
Practical Treatise on Enamelling and Retouching in Photography [Transl.].Practical Treatise on Enamelling and Retouching in Photography [Transl.].
Best Price: $14.13
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing...

The Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography: From the First Photo on Paper to the Digital RevolutionThe Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography: From the First Photo on Paper to the Digital Revolution
Best Price: $36.19
Surprised there were not more reviews on this gem of a book. I instruct photography and love...
Photography in Boston: 1955-1985Photography in Boston: 1955-1985
Best Price: $13.98
Boston played a crucial role in the development of American photography, ...
Rural Delivery: Real Photo Postcards from Central Pennsylvania 1905-1935Rural Delivery: Real Photo Postcards from Central Pennsylvania 1905-1935
Best Price: $20.93
Rural Delivery revisits life in small-town America through examining photographs that were made...
1000 Photo Icons (Klotz)1000 Photo Icons (Klotz)
Best Price: $22.00
A unique survey of photography from its origins until now From a delivery boy to one of the...
Brassai, Paris (Midsize)Brassai, Paris (Midsize)
Best Price: $49.44
Brassaï is one of those indispensable artists, which rarely come along every 50 years or...

The American MillenniumThe American Millennium
Best Price: $7.33
What a stunning book! And what an incredible bargain for the price! This book attempts to...
The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography (Taschen's 25th Anniversary Special Editions)The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography (Taschen's 25th Anniversary Special Editions)
Best Price: $10.02
On my desk at the moment is a cherished copy of "The Polaroid Book: Selections from the...
Photographers A-ZPhotographers A-Z
Best Price: $43.07
A fascinating book about four hundred photographers that obviously invites comparison with...
Modernist Photography: The Daniel Cowin Collection (ICP/STEIDL)Modernist Photography: The Daniel Cowin Collection (ICP/STEIDL)
Best Price: $18.68
Modernist Photography re-examines the classic period of twentieth-century photography using new...
Die Kunst Der Abstrakten Fotografie (German Edition)Die Kunst Der Abstrakten Fotografie (German Edition)
Best Price: $114.36
Abstract photography - a genre developed in the early twentieth century by an international...

Et in Arcadia Ego / Turn-of-the-Century Photography (German Edition)Et in Arcadia Ego / Turn-of-the-Century Photography (German Edition)
Best Price: $250.00
TuscanyTuscany
Best Price: $7.50
This travel guide covers walks and tours from the Carrara marble quarries in the northwest down...
The Eternal Moment: Essays on the Photographic Image (Aperture Writers & Artists on Photography)The Eternal Moment: Essays on the Photographic Image (Aperture Writers & Artists on Photography)
Best Price: $29.95
"Whether we know it or not, whether we like it or not, we have been attending the funeral...
Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial AgeWorkers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age
Best Price: $149.95
Mere words cannot do justice to the images contained in this book. To describe them as...
6666: Portrait of a Texas Ranch6666: Portrait of a Texas Ranch
Best Price: $40.50
growing up in Texas, having rodeod and cowboyed, having registered quarter horses and all, I had...

The spectroscope and its relation to photographyThe spectroscope and its relation to photography
Best Price: $14.13
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free...
McCully's New Brunswick: Photographs From the Air, 1931-1939McCully's New Brunswick: Photographs From the Air, 1931-1939
Best Price: $14.13
Long story short My friend Peter was a train buff and showed me some of the pics he got from Mr...
SudburySudbury
This fascinating pictorial history contains some of the best photographs of Sudbury taken over...
After Notman / D'apres Notman: Montreal Views - A Century Apart / Regards Sur Montreal - Un Siecle Plus Tard (English and French Edition)After Notman / D'apres Notman: Montreal Views - A Century Apart / Regards Sur Montreal - Un Siecle Plus Tard (English and French Edition)
Best Price: $186.01
A beautifully photographed tour through time. During the last half of the 19th century,...
Snapshot Chronicles: Inventing the American Photo AlbumSnapshot Chronicles: Inventing the American Photo Album
Best Price: $21.18
This is a most interesting book, at least for people such as myself who have an interest in late...

Full of Grace: A Journey through the History of ChildhoodFull of Grace: A Journey through the History of Childhood
Best Price: $817.47
I ordered three copies of this for holiday presents because I liked one I had been given so much...
Santa Fe: A Walk Through TimeSanta Fe: A Walk Through Time
Best Price: $49.97
I visited Santa Fe 20 years ago and was charmed by the city, enough so that I moved here and...
Leica Lens CompendiumLeica Lens Compendium
This fascinating book gives far more technical detail than most Leica books. This guy apparently...
OmanOman
Best Price: $36.50
Oman is a country no visitor forgets. Out of Oman's long heritage has grown a people of...
Japan: A Self-Portrait: Photographs 1945 - 1964Japan: A Self-Portrait: Photographs 1945 - 1964
Best Price: $48.32
The Japanese photographers in this volume are the undiscovered Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, or...

In the Spirit of St. Tropez: From A to ZIn the Spirit of St. Tropez: From A to Z
The best stories. A village that caresses the eye and attracted a host of artists at he turn of...
Ellen Von Unwerth: Spezial Fotografie (Portfolio (Hamburg, Germany)) (No. 28)Ellen Von Unwerth: Spezial Fotografie (Portfolio (Hamburg, Germany)) (No. 28)
Best Price: $142.22
First off I love Ellen Von Unwerth's work. I really enjoyed her book...
What Germans Wanted: 30 years of CommercialWhat Germans Wanted: 30 years of Commercial
Best Price: $25.00
Edited by Manfred Schmalriede.
Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980
Best Price: $53.52
Sally Eauclaire, in her two books, the 1984: New Color New Work: 18 Photographic Essays and...
Icons of Photography: The 20th Century (Prestel's Icons)Icons of Photography: The 20th Century (Prestel's Icons)
Best Price: $20.60
This volume sells itself as an invaluable collection of the century's most powerful and...

Icons Of Photography: The 20th CenturyIcons Of Photography: The 20th Century
Best Price: $3.38
I think the book's title actually meant to refer to 20th century "photographers"...
The Old Order and the New: P.H. Emerson and Photography, 1885-1895The Old Order and the New: P.H. Emerson and Photography, 1885-1895
Best Price: $17.34
P.H. Emerson was a lesser known but important photographer during the 1880s. Emerson's...
Art and Photography (Themes & Movements)Art and Photography (Themes & Movements)
Best Price: $13.02
'Art and Photography' surveys a rich and important history, from the 1960s to the 21st...
Naked Men,  Too: Liberating the Male Nude, 1950-2000Naked Men, Too: Liberating the Male Nude, 1950-2000
Best Price: $191.04
David Leddick continues in this second volume of naked men what he began in NAKED MEN,...
America! A CelebrationAmerica! A Celebration
Best Price: $8.24
At nine pounds plus this really is a weighty celebration and also one of the problems with the...

The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, 1884-1929 (Studies in Industry and Society)The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, 1884-1929 (Studies in Industry and Society)
Best Price: $28.27
In the late nineteenth century, corporate managers began to rely on photography for everything...
Glass, Brass, and Chrome: The American 35MM Miniature CameraGlass, Brass, and Chrome: The American 35MM Miniature Camera
Best Price: $19.95
This reprint of a 1972 book is the best (and only) source of information on 35mm cameras and...
Mystic Chords of Memory: Civil War Battlefields and Historic Sites RecapturedMystic Chords of Memory: Civil War Battlefields and Historic Sites Recaptured
Best Price: $13.50
Writing on the U.S. Civil War must be a daunting task for any author. The vast coliseum of...
A Lifetimes Devotion: Baton Rouge Through the Eyes of Photographer Andrew D. Lytle, 1857-1917A Lifetimes Devotion: Baton Rouge Through the Eyes of Photographer Andrew D. Lytle, 1857-1917
Best Price: $42.95
Flash! The Associated Press Covers the WorldFlash! The Associated Press Covers the World
Best Price: $13.85
This book has a interesting story in my life. When I was english learner (beginner) , I used...

Hoover Dam: The Photographs of Ben GlahaHoover Dam: The Photographs of Ben Glaha
Best Price: $17.00
The Amazon Editorial Reviews above will give you a good idea of this book's contents but...
American Exposures: Photography and Community in the Twentieth CenturyAmerican Exposures: Photography and Community in the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $16.73
Photographs have the power to define and shape a community of people—for those who are revealed...
Art and Photography (Themes & Movements)Art and Photography (Themes & Movements)
Best Price: $13.02
'Art and Photography' surveys a rich and important history, from the 1960s to the 21st...
Naked Men,  Too: Liberating the Male Nude, 1950-2000Naked Men, Too: Liberating the Male Nude, 1950-2000
Best Price: $191.04
David Leddick continues in this second volume of naked men what he began in NAKED MEN,...
America! A CelebrationAmerica! A Celebration
Best Price: $8.24
At nine pounds plus this really is a weighty celebration and also one of the problems with the...

The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, 1884-1929 (Studies in Industry and Society)The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, 1884-1929 (Studies in Industry and Society)
Best Price: $28.27
In the late nineteenth century, corporate managers began to rely on photography for everything...
Glass, Brass, and Chrome: The American 35MM Miniature CameraGlass, Brass, and Chrome: The American 35MM Miniature Camera
Best Price: $19.95
This reprint of a 1972 book is the best (and only) source of information on 35mm cameras and...
Mystic Chords of Memory: Civil War Battlefields and Historic Sites RecapturedMystic Chords of Memory: Civil War Battlefields and Historic Sites Recaptured
Best Price: $13.50
Writing on the U.S. Civil War must be a daunting task for any author. The vast coliseum of...
A Lifetimes Devotion: Baton Rouge Through the Eyes of Photographer Andrew D. Lytle, 1857-1917A Lifetimes Devotion: Baton Rouge Through the Eyes of Photographer Andrew D. Lytle, 1857-1917
Best Price: $42.95
Flash! The Associated Press Covers the WorldFlash! The Associated Press Covers the World
Best Price: $13.85
This book has a interesting story in my life. When I was english learner (beginner) , I used...

Hoover Dam: The Photographs of Ben GlahaHoover Dam: The Photographs of Ben Glaha
Best Price: $17.00
The Amazon Editorial Reviews above will give you a good idea of this book's contents but...
American Exposures: Photography and Community in the Twentieth CenturyAmerican Exposures: Photography and Community in the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $16.73
Photographs have the power to define and shape a community of people—for those who are revealed...
   
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