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252 pages, 2 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Un artista de ayer : biografía de Pedro Ignacio Manrique Arvelo / Pedro J. Manrique Lander.

383 pages, leaf of plate, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color coat of arms, facsimiles, genealogical tables, portraits (some color) ; 26 cm

William Henry Fox Talbot : pioneer of photography and man of science / H.J.P. Arnold.

<p>Classic Chinese poetry translated into Scots verse and English prose. Presented as 'photopoetry', juxtaposing the poems with photographs. Modern photographs by Norman McBeath, 19th century photographs by John Thompson (1837-1921).</p>

71 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 23 x 23 cm

Chinese makars : Du Fu, Li Bai, Wang Wei, Xue Tao / Scots versions by Robert Crawford ; photographs by Norman McBeath and John Thomson.

The man who stopped time : the illuminating story of Eadweard Muybridge : pioneer photographer, father of the motion picture, murderer / Brian Clegg.

<p>"Examines three projects in late nineteenth-century scientific photography: the endeavors of Alphonse Bertillon, Francis Galton, and Etienne-Jules Marey. Develops new theoretical perspectives on the history of photographic technology, as well as the history of scientific imaging more generally"--</p>

Reasoned and unreasoned images : the photography of Bertillon, Galton, and Marey / Josh Ellenbogen.

168 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 27 cm

Pioneers of photography : an album of pictures and words / written and compiled by Aaron Scharf.

1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Corinne Day diary / edited by Michael Mack.

1 volume : illustrations portraits ; 23 cm

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Un artista de ayer : biografía de Pedro Ignacio Manrique Arvelo / Pedro J. Manrique Lander.

William Henry Fox Talbot : pioneer of photography and man of science / H.J.P. Arnold.

Chinese makars : Du Fu, Li Bai, Wang Wei, Xue Tao / Scots versions by Robert Crawford ; photographs by Norman McBeath and John Thomson.

The man who stopped time : the illuminating story of Eadweard Muybridge : pioneer photographer, father of the motion picture, murderer / Brian Clegg.

Reasoned and unreasoned images : the photography of Bertillon, Galton, and Marey / Josh Ellenbogen.

Pioneers of photography : an album of pictures and words / written and compiled by Aaron Scharf.

Corinne Day diary / edited by Michael Mack.

Intimate strangers : recent works / Alexa Wright.

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Un artista de ayer : biografía de Pedro Ignacio Manrique Arvelo / Pedro J. Manrique Lander.

William Henry Fox Talbot : pioneer of photography and man of science / H.J.P. Arnold.

Chinese makars : Du Fu, Li Bai, Wang Wei, Xue Tao / Scots versions by Robert Crawford ; photographs by Norman McBeath and John Thomson.

The man who stopped time : the illuminating story of Eadweard Muybridge : pioneer photographer, father of the motion picture, murderer / Brian Clegg.

Reasoned and unreasoned images : the photography of Bertillon, Galton, and Marey / Josh Ellenbogen.

Pioneers of photography : an album of pictures and words / written and compiled by Aaron Scharf.

Corinne Day diary / edited by Michael Mack.

Intimate strangers : recent works / Alexa Wright.

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