London: 1878. Original photographs. An original 4 1/2 x 3 1/2" photograph of Charles Reade (1814-1884), an English novelist and dramatist best known for "The Cloister and the Hearth." The photograph, taken in 1878 by Lombardi & Co., London, is pasted on a 7 1/2 x 5 1/4" captioned cardstock..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Thin small quarto. 54pp. Period decorative blue cloth boards, with debossed blind-stamped motifs on the covers, and gilt lettering on the front. Photographic frontispiece (fold-out, measuring 8x9"). This historically significant work is considered only the second American publication to be photographically illustrated..... More