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BOOKS
Collecting
Old Photographs
listed in alphabetical order
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Beautiful Ambrotypes
Paul
Cox [introduction]
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Publ:
Travelling
Light, 1989
ISBN 0-906333-25-3
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Care and Identification of 19th
Century Photographic Prints
James M Reilly
(KODAK Publication, No G-2S,
1986)
ISBN
0-87985-365-4
This book is the best that I have seen for identifying
photographic processes, both true photographic and photomechanical
processes. It includes a very well illustrated fold-out guide to
help identify processes by examining the structure of the paper, the
colour and texture of the image and other characteristics.
The Fine Art Room of Edinburgh Central
Library has a copy of this book.
Ref: TR 465 [C0014422360]
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Dating Old Photographs
ISBN 1 86006 13 7
Robert
Pols - The Federation of Family History Societies (Publications)
Ltd., 1992
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Looking at Old Photographs - Their Dating and Interpretation
Robert Pols (Countryside Books, 1999)
ISBN
1 85306 586 2
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Preserving your Family
Photographs
Maureen A Taylor
(Betterway Books, Cincinnati, Ohio,
USA, 2001)
ISBN
1-55870-579-1
This book contains comprehensive advice on restoring,
protecting and presenting old family photographs. Approx 250
pages, including Appendices listing other books and web sites.
The Fine Art Room of Edinburgh Central
Library has a copy of this book.
Ref: TR 465 [C0017677742]
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Understanding Old Photographs
Robert
Pols - Robert Boyd Publications, 1995
ISBN
1 899536 01 9
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Victorian Photographers at Work
John
Hannavy - Publ: Shire
Publications, 1997
ISBN 0
7478 0358 7
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Victorian Photography - A Collector's Guide
BEC
Howarth-Looms - Publ: Ward Lock, 1974
ISBN 0 7063
1871 4
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BOOKS
Collecting Old
Postcards
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Several books of old postcard views of Edinburgh and district have been
produced.
I found the following to be particularly
interesting:
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A Dictionary of
Picture Postcards in Britain
[DPP]
A W
Coysh
(Publ: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd
1984)
[ISBN
0 - 907462 55 3]
This is a large well illustrated book. It gives an
interesting 1-page introduction covering "The Rise and Decline of the
Picture Postcard", followed by a listing of a large number of British
publishers, with their years of publishing, but with less biographical
details for the major publishers than are provided in Anthony Byatt's
book Picture Postcards and their Publishers.
The Fine Art Room of Edinburgh Central
Library has a copy of this book.
Ref: NC 1872 [85 10278 01]
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- The Bass
Rock from the East [DE Beets]
This is the first of two
book to be written pm the subject of Reginald P Phillimore's post-cards,
to be written by DE Beets who has a large collection of Phillimore
postcards, many posted between different members of the Phillimore
family.
[116 pages, A4 size, with stapled
with cover illustrating a view of the Bass Rock]
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Picture Postcards and their
Publishers
[PPP]
Anthony Byatt
(Golden Age Postcard Books; Publ:
Malvern, Worcestershire, UK 1978)
ISBN 0 -
9506212 0 x
This book gives brief histories of several Edinburgh
publishers, including Bauermeister, Durie
Brown, W & AK Johnston, George Stewart and Wrench. It also has
useful reference material, including:
- twelve pages of illustrated trademarks
- a table listing the names of postcard series and
their publishers
- a table of publishers' initials
- a series of artists' initials.
The Fine Art Room of Edinburgh Central
Library has a copy of this book.
[Ref: NC 1872 78 22060 02]
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The Work of Reginald P Phillimore in old picture postcards
Donald Lindgren
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Publ:
European Library, Zaltbommel,
Netherlands,
1991
It
Includes illustrations of 76 Phillimore postcards and other pictures.
[ISBN 90 288 5264 6 / CIP]
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