Several months ago, I acquired a number of very old British photo books at auction. Plan to donate them to the library at Southern Methodist University. Problem is that I have no way of ascertaining their value as can find no listings anywhere. Any help or suggestions on how to proceed would be appreciated. They include:
Yearbook of Photography 1867; G. Warton Simpson, editor; Office of Photographic News, publisher.
Yearbook of Photography 1881; H. Barden Pritchard, editor; Piper & Carter, publisher.
Yearbook of Photography 1887; Thomas Bolos, editor; Piper & Carter, publisher. Includes a silver print.
Photography Annual 1892; Henry Strumey, editor; Iliffe & Son, publisher.
Photography Annual 1897; Henry Strumey, editor; Iliffe & Son, publisher.
Lighting in Photographic Studios; P.C. Duchochois; 1890.
Photography with Emulsions; Capt. W de Abney; Piper & Carter, publisher; 1885.
Comments
Dear Jerry Corner,
An exact valuation is tricky as these sort of books are perhaps less desirable than was once the case. The Yearbooks of Photography are early and scarce but for some reason not as valuable as the equivalent British Journal Photographic Almanacs. If you send me list I will try to comment briefly a bit further.
Best,
Ken Jacobson
ken@jacobsonphoto.com