Practical Amateur Photography
Davis, William S(teeple)
New York & Chicago: Garden City Publishing Co. Inc., 1937. x + 264 pgs; black and white illustrated throughout with the author's photographic work; William Steeple Davis (1884-1961) painter, educator, engraver, block printer, photographer, writer, graphic artist, born in Orient, Long Island, (WWW in American Art 1999) subject of a recent retrospective exhibition and a monograph by Kimberly Rhodes, "The Search for the Pictorial: The Life and Art of William Steeple Davis 1884-1961"; (from the dustjacket information): "...aim...is to provide a general guidebook for amateur photographers, in which is described in proper sequence each step in the evolution of a finished photograph..."; some edge, tips wear, chipping & fading to dustjacket, price clipped; "New Edition" stated on title page; volume with some endpaper darkening, board extremity wear; contents in very good condition; and a good photography reference by this Long Island photographer, etcher and painter. Very Good H (Item ID: 15042)
$10.00
