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WATSON, ROGER & RAPPAPORT, HELEN: : CAPTURING THE LIGHT. [A co-author (RW) SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.MACMILLAN,2013.

ISBN 9780230764576.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,a co-author SIGNED, illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn but co-author Roger Watson's handwritten black ink inscrptn signed at the Lacock Museum,thus: 'To Reg & Betty Best Wishes (his signature) Lacock 30.7.13' to the title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with a white-lettered synopsis strapline at front's top edge,capitalised,glossy,white-lettered title and co-authors' other white-lettered names to front's lower edge.A matt black spine/backstrip with thumbnail colour photographic detail from the front to head of spine; capitalised,glossy, white-lettered title,co-authors' other matt white-lettered names and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and red illustrated colophon respectively,to foot of spine; rear panel of dw/dj with another different colour photograph.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked white ink lettering and immaculate brown+cream foliage leaf illustrated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,a co-author SIGNED,illustrated, 1st edn,xpp+2-306pp [paginated] includes verso of Illustrations list/table,27 chapters and an Epilogue,16pp of a mixture of b/w,sepia and colour photographs and b/w+colour illustration reproductions in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp82/83 and pp210/11 respectively, Acknowledgements,Notes,a Bibliography,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,a co-author SIGNED title page,epigrams (Louis Daguerre and Henry Fox Talbot - letter extracts),a Contents list/table,recto of Illustrations list,and a Prologue.                                        Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of other usage or age- acquired detracting faults.              At the heart of 'Capturing the Light' there lies a small scrap of purple-tinged paper, over 170 years old and about the size of a postage stamp. On it you can just make out a tiny, ghostly image - an image so small and perfect that `it might be supposed to be the work of some Lilliputian artist'; the world's first photographic negative. This captivating book traces the true story of two very different men in the 1830s,both striving to solve one of the world's oldest problems: how to capture an image, and keep it for ever.On the one hand there is Henry Fox Talbot, a quiet, solitary gentleman-amateur scientist,tinkering away on his estate in the English countryside; on the other, Louis Daguerre: a flamboyant,charismatic French scenery-painter,showman and entrepreneur in search of fame and fortune. Both men invented methods of photography that would enable ordinary people,for the first time in history,to illustrate their own lives and leave something behind of their passing. Photography would transform art,the documentation of both war and peace,and become so natural and widespread that now,each of us carries a camera everywhere with us,and takes this most magical of processes for granted.   Only one question remains: which man got there first? Roger Watson is a world authority on the early history of photography.He is currently the Curator of the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock Abbey and an occasional lecturer at DeMontfort University in Leicester. Helen Rappaport is a historian with a specialism in the nineteenth century.She is the author of eight published books,including 'Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs' and 'Magnificent Obsession: Victoria,Albert and the Death that Changed the Monarchy.' Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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