Photography in America: The Formative Years, 1839-1900 [signed] [first edition]

A comprehensive, year by year look at the first sixty years of the medium: the technical achievements as well as the aesthetic advances. Covers the USA primarily with references to what was happening in Europe at the time. Cloth-bound hardback in dust jacket. 431 pages; profusely illustrated with b&w photos; 9 x 11 inches.