Stereoscopes: The First One Hundred Years
Nashua, New Hampshire: Transition Publishing, 1996. Hardcover. Orange cloth over boards. Color-illustrated dust jacket with plastic cover, black spine with white lettering. x; 262 pp. 700+ BW illustrations. VG-/VG-. Dj shows signs of rubbing, other general wear. Dj flaps are glued to the end papers, with some glue showing through. Blue/red pen marks on rear end paper. Ex-library with usual marks, including bookplate on rear free end paper. Pages are slightly tanned along edges, but are otherwise clean and tight. Item #164016
ISBN: 9780965449748
"[The author] shares with us a cornucopia of 2-D and 3-D photos of rare stereoscopes, patent drawings, engravings, and early advertisements. The easy-to-read text is enhanced by numerous examples scarcely known outside a small group of collectors and museum curators...More than 700 photographs, engravings, patent drawings, and period advertisements illustrate the variety of forms that this optical instrument has taken." --Excerpt from front flap.
OCLC: 470269356
Price: $150.00