[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce First 12 Issues of THE ST. LOUIS PRACTICAL PHOTOGRAPHER, 1877

[Charles Agvent]

[PHOTOGRAPHY] FITZGIBBON, J. H. (editor). THE ST. LOUIS PRACTICAL 
PHOTOGRAPHER. St. Louis: Published from 116 North Fourth Street, 1877. 
First Edition. The first twelve issues of this scarce western 
photography monthly edited by J. H. Fitzgibbon, one of America's finest 
daguerreotypists and well-known for his portraits of Native Americans. 
Bound in contemporary half morocco with the original front and rear 
wrappers for all issues, as well as the ads, bound in. Illustrated with 
10 original photographs, mostly mounted albumens including a portrait of 
Fitzgibbon by Bogardus, an Adirondacks landscape by Stoddard, and 
various posed studies. One image, the Great Steel Bridge of St. Louis, 
is printed directly on the paper; another is a chromotype of the Chicago 
Apollo Musical Club by Gentile. There is no image with the sixth issue, 
nor is one listed in the contents. The albertype by E. Bierstadt for the 
eleventh issue is lacking, as is a ferrotype specimen holder in one of 
the ads. The articles are informative and instructional covering both 
news and many different technical aspects of photography at the time 
with much longing for a return to the daguerreotype and a number of 
articles on new processes such as the Lambertype. This copy is INSCRIBED 
and SIGNED by the editor to T. S. Lambert in January of 1878 on the 
inside front cover. Theodore Sarony (T. S.) Lambert was no relation to 
the creator of the Lambertype, Claude Lambert , but he did team up with 
Claude to sell exclusive license for the Lambertype process. Front cover 
now detached and the spine largely lacking, but the text block is tight 
and the book can be easily rebacked. Despite the defects, Very Good and 
quite scarce. (#011232)        $2,500

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