References and bibliography

Books and references listed by 'short name' used in main text

A Manual of Photographic Chemistry

Hardwich, T. Frederick

1861

London. John Churchill

ABC of Photography

c.1890

London Stereoscopic Co.

AP

Amateur Photographer

Various dates

Weekly magazine.

Abney, Instruction

Instruction in Photography

Abney, William de W.

10th ed. 1900

London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.

Aguila, Rouah, Exacta Cameras

Exacta Cameras 1933 - 1978

Aguila, Clement.; Rouah, Michel

1987

Hove

Alfred Watkins, A Hereford Man

Shoesmith, Ron

1990

Logaston Press

The life of Alfred Watkins.

Art of Retouching (pub. Marion)

Marion & Co.

Auer, History

Illustrated History of the Camera

Auer, Michel

1975

Fountain Press

BJA

British Journal Photographic Almanac

Various dates

Henry Greenwood & Co.

A history of the Almanac was published in the 1911 edition.

Barger, White, Daguerreotype

Daguerreotype. Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science

1991

Johns Hopkins University Press

Beginner's Guide to Photography

c.1889

Perken, son & Rayment

Bland Cat. 1859

Illustrated Catalogue of Apparatus & Chemical Preparations used in the Art of Photography Manufactured and sold by Bland & Co.

1859

Bland & Co.

Blue-Book

Various dates

Wallace Heaton catalogue

Bomback, Contaflex Manual

Contaflex Manual

Bomback, Edward S.

1958

Fountain Press

Book of Photography. Practical Theoretic & Applied

Hasluck, Paul N. Editor

c.1908

Cassell and Company

Brayer, Eastman Biography

George Eastman, A Biography

Brayer, Elizabeth

1996

Johns Hopkins University Press

British Camera Makers

Channing, Norman.; Dunn, Mike

1996

Parkland Designs

British Patents of Invention, 1617 - 1977. A Guide for Researchers

Dulken, Stephen van

1999

British Library

Burton's Modern Photography

Burton, W.K.

1887

Piper & Carter

Butcher's British Cameras, 1924

1924

Butcher & Sons

Equipment catalogue

Cameras from Belgium and Holland

Cameras from Belgium and Holland 19th and 20th century

1991

Museum voor Fotografie

Cameras from Dresden

Photography 150 Years Cameras from Dresden

VEB Pentacon

Cameras, Coe

Cameras. From Daguerreotype to Instant Pictures

Coe, Brian

1978

Marshall Cavendish Editions

Christies Cat.

Various dates

Christie's auction catalogues

Clemitson Cat. 1909

Catalogue of Photo Supplies

1909

Catalogue of supplies from J.W. Clemitson photographic Chemist, Crook. The equipment listed is from Houghton.

Clerc, Photography. Theory and Practice

Clerc, L.P.

1937

Issac Pitman & Sons

Coe, BOP

Birth of Photography

Coe, Brian

1976

Ash & Grant

Coe, Colour Photography

Colour Photography

Coe, Brian

1978

Ash & Grant

Coe, Kodak Cameras

Kodak Cameras. The First Hundred Years

Coe, Brian

1988

Hove

Collected Cameras A Guide to the Collected Cameras Exhibition at the Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry

Wetton, Jenny

Connoisseur and the Contax

c.1933

Zeiss-Ikon

Promotional booklet for the Contax

Contaflex Way

Freytag, H

4th ed. 1965

Focal Press

Contax Photography (1938)

Contax Photography

3rd edition. 1938

No. 2,15,638.

Contax Photography (1939)

Contax Photography

4th edition. 1939

No. 4,11,439.

Coote, History of Colour Photography

Illustrated History of Colour Photography

Coote, Jack H.

1993

Fountain Press

Copeland Cat.

J.M. Copeland & Co.'s Price List

1885

Retailer's catalogue

Cotter, Reflections

Reflecting on Photography, 1839 - 1902. A Catalogue of the Cotter Collection

Cotter, Alan.; Cotter, Paulette

Cox, Cat.

Descriptive Catalogue comprising Photographic Apparatus and Chemical Preparations manufactured and sold by Frederick J. Cox

1873, 1875

Cox, Cat. 1858

Price List of Photographic Apparatus and Chemical Materials manufactured and sold by Frederick J. Cox

Cyclopedia of Photography

Jones, Bernerd E. Editor

1912

Waverley Book Company

Dates and Sources

Dates and Sources. A contribution to the history of the art of projection and to cinematography

Liesegang, Franz Paul

1986

Magic Lantern Society

Dechert, Contax S Family

Contax S Family

Dechert, Peter

1991

Historical Camera Publications

Directory of London Photographers 1841 - 1908

Pritchard, Michael

1994

Dufay Color. Data Book

Dufay-Chromex Ltd.

Dufaycolor Process

Ilford ltd.

Dunn, Exposure Manual

Exposure Manual

Dunn, J.F.

2nd Ed. 1958

Fountain Press

Eder, History

History of Photography

Eder, J.M.

Dover Reprint

Ensign Cat.

Ensign Photographic Catalogue

1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937.

Trade catalogue

Ensign Handbook

Ensign Handbook of Photography

c.1914

Exacta Cat. List 37

1937

Pamphlet on Exacta and Plaubel

Exacta pamphlet

Exacta. The most versatile Miniature Focal Plane Reflex

1930s

Booklet promoting the Exacta

Falchenberg, British Hand & Stand Cameras

The British Hand & Stand Camera

Falchenberg, Stein

Exhibition catalogue, London, May 10 1987

Falchenberg, Cameras from the DDR

Cameras from the German Democratic Republic, 1945 - 1967.

Falchenberg, Stein

Exhibition catalogue, London, May 8 1988

Falchenberg, Exacta Exhibition Cat.

Kine-Exacta 50 years, 1936 - 1986

Falchenberg, Stein

Exhibition catalogue, London, May 11 1986

Frena Handbook

R & J Beck Ltd

Friedman, History of Colour Photography

History of Colour Photography

Friedman, Joseph S.

1947

The American Photographic Publishing Company

Gandolfi - Sci. Mus. leaflet

Gandolfi - A Family of Camera makers

Science Museum London

Ganzini Cat. 1926-27

Ganzini Catalogue

1926-27

Italian retailer's catalogue

Goodyears Cat. (ZI) 1933

1933

Goodyear's Photographic Depot. Birmingham

Graflex Review

The all American Cameras, a review of Graflex

Paine, Richard P.

1981

Alpha Publishing Company

Griffin, Cat.

Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus sold by John Joseph Griffin

1854

Guide to Early Photographic Processes

Coe, Brian.; Haworth-Booth, Mark

1983

Victoria & Albert Museum

H & D Memorial Volume

Memorial Volume containing an account of The Photographic Researches of Ferdinand Hurter & Vero C. Driffield

Ferguson, W.B. (Ed.)

c.1920

The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain

Hammond, Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura. A Chronicle

1981

Adam Hilger

Hasbroeck Exhibition Cat.

A Selection of Nineteenth Century British Cameras

Gill, Arthur T.; Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van

1983

Photo-Historical Publications

A very good exhibition of early cameras with a well written catalogue

Hasbroeck, Leica

Leica, A History Illustrating every Model and Accessory

Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van

1983

Sotheby Publications

Hasselblad

Karlsten, Evald

1981

Gullers International

Hearson Cat. 1930

Catalogue of General and Industrial Laboratory Apparatus

Chas. Hearson & Co.

Hennah, Collodion Directions

Directions for Obtaining, Both Positive & Negative Pictures upon Glass by means of the Collodion Process & for Printing from the Negative Glasses on to Paper

1853

Delatouche & Co.

Good description of how to work the collodion process

Hercock & Jones, Silver By The Ton

Silver By The Ton

Hercock R.J.; Jones, G.A.

1979

McGraw-Hill Book company

History of Ilford Ltd.

History of Photography

History of Photography, from the earliest use of the camera obscura in the eleventh century up to 1914

Gernsheim, Helmut.; Gernsheim, Alison

1955

Oxford University Press

History of Photography

History of Photography, from the camera obscura to the beginnings of the modern era

Gernsheim, Helmut.; Gernsheim, Alison

1969

McGraw-Hill

Holliday, Thornton-Pickard Cameras & Equipment

Thornton-Pickard Cameras & Equipment

Holliday, Tom

1997

Holliman, Ilford Faces, People and Places

Ilford Faces, People and Places. The cameras of Ilford Limited 1899 to 2005

Holliman, Andrew J.

2006

Holmes, Age of Cameras

Age of Cameras

Holmes, Edward

1974

Fountain Press

Interesting information especially on British cameras

Horne & Thornthwaite, Cat

Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus manufactured and sold by Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood

1852

Houghton Cat.

Price List of Photographic Apparatus & Materials

1899, 1901, 1903

George Houghton & Son

Hove Pioneers and the Arrival of Cinema

Barnes, John

1996

University of Brighton

Essays by John Barnes, Ine van Dooren, Frank Gray, Martin Sopocy

Ilford Manual

Ilford Manual of Photography

Bothamley, C.H.

Various Dates

Ilford Limited

Investigations on the Theory of the Photographic Process

Sheppard, S.E.; Mees, C.E.

1907

Longmans, Green, and Co.

Isenberg

Photographica. a Guide to the Value of Historic Cameras and Images

Klamkin, Charles

1978

Funk & Wagnalls

Catalogue pages

James Howe/George Knight Cat. c.1864

Catalogue of Scientific Instruments. Part II Photographic Apparatus and Chemicals

Jenkins, Images and Enterprise

Images and Enterprise. Technology and the American Photographic Industry 1839 to 1925

Jenkins, Reese V.

1987

Johns Hopkins University Press

Kelly directories

Post Office directories

Kingslake

A History of the Photographic Lens

Kingslake, Rudolf

1989

Academic Press

Knight, Cat.

Catalogue of Apparatus and Materials required in the Practice of Photography manufactured and sold by George Knight and Sons

1853

Kodak Cat. 1894

1894 Kodak Catalogue

Classic photographic Apparatus. Reprint

Kodak Cat. 1915

Kodaks and Kodak Supplies

1972

Classic photographic Apparatus. Reprint

Kodak Museum Catalogue

The Kodak Museum, A permanent Exhibition illustrating the history of Photography and some of its applications in Science Art and Industry

1947

Kodak Limited, Harrow

Korelle Guide

War Economy Standard

Focal Press

Kuc, On the Trail of the Contax

On the Trail of the Contax, Volume 1. Contax History from 1932 until 1945

Kuc, Hans-Jürgen

2003

Wittig

Lancaster Cat. 1888

How to be a Successful Amateur Photographer

Lancaster, W.J.

1974

Hove, reprint

Leica Cat.

Leica Camera Catalogue

1931, 1933, 1936

E. Leitz

Leica Cat. 4th ed, 1938

Leica General Catalogue

4th ed. 1938

E. Leitz London

Leica Cat. NY, 1939

Leica Complete Illustrated Price List of Leica Cameras and Accessories.

1939

Hove reprint

Leitz New York catalogue

Leica Collectors Guide

Laney, Dennis

1992

Hove

Leica General Price List

1961, 1963, 1965

E. Leitz London

Leica Manual

Morgan and Lester

1st ed. 1935

Leica Survey Cat, 1960

Leica Survey Catalogue and Price List

1960

E. Leitz London

Leitz Cat. - Micro Camera Attachments

1935

Leitz General Cat, 1967

Leitz General Catalogue of Photographic Equipment

1967

E. Leitz London

Leitz General Cat, 1974

Leitz List, 1958

General List of Leica Equipment and Projectors.

1958

E. Leitz

Lipinsky

Miniature and Precision Cameras

Lipinsky, J

1956

Iliffe & Sons

Lothrop, Century

A Century of Cameras

Lothrop, Eaton

1973

Morgan & Morgan

MA

Collection. Catalogue

Auer, Michel

MCW

Miniature Camera World

Various dates

Magazine

Manual of Photography

Manual of Photography. Formerly the Ilford Manual of Photography

1971

Focal Press

Marion's Guide to Photography

Marion's Practical Guide to Photography

1885

Marion and Co.

Matanle, Classic Cameras

Collecting and Using Classic Cameras

Matanle, Ivor

1992

Thames and Hudson

Matanle, Classic SLR

Collecting and Using Classic SLRs

Matanle, Ivor

1996

Thames and Hudson

Mees, 'From Dry Plate to Ektachrome'

From Dry Plate to Ektachrome

Mees, C.E. Kenneth

1961

Ziff-Davis Publishing

Minit&Cine

Minitography & Cinetography

1938, 1939

Wallace Heaton catalogue. 1938 edition has red covers, the 1939 edition blue covers

Modern Dry Plates or Emulsion Photography

Eder, J.M.

1881

Piper and Carter

Moses, Minox Story

Spycamera. The Minox Story

Moses, Morris

1990

Hove

N&G Cat.

Newman & Guardia Catalogues

1908, c.1911, c.1926

N&Z, Centenary

Negretti & Zambra, Centenary, 1850 - 1950. An Illustrated Record Since the Firms foundation

Neblette, Principles and Practice

Neblette, C.B.

c.1931

Chapman & Hall

Nesbit, Eyes of the RAF

Nesbit, Roy Conyers

1997

Bramley Books

Nordin, Early Hasselblad Cameras

Early Hasselblad Cameras: 1600F 1000F Supreme Wide Angle / Super Wide

Nordin, Richard N.

1991

Historical Camera Publications

Optical Amusements: Magic Lanterns and Other Transforming Images

Balzer, Richard

1987

PA

Photography Annual

1891

Iliffe & Son

PJ

Photographic Journal

Various dates

Journal of The Royal Photographic Society

Painted Panorama

Comment, Bernard

1999

New York. Harry N. Abrams

Pearlman, Rollei Manual

Pearlman, Alec

3rd ed. 1957

Fountain Press

Peepshows: A Visual History

Balzer, Richard

1998

New York Harry N. Abrams

Penrose Annual

The Process Year Book

Various dates

A.W. Penrose & Co.

Permutt, Collecting Old Cameras

Collecting Old Cameras

Permutt, Cyril

1976

Angus & Robertson

Photograms

Photograms of the Year

Various dates

Amateur Photographer

Photographic Fashions

1914

Butcher catalogue

Photographic Lenses. A simple Treatise

Beck, Conrad.; Andrews, Herbert

Various dates

R & J Beck Ltd

Photographic News

Various dates

Weekly magazine, also bound as an annual. Volume 1 no. 1 was September 1858

Photographica World

Photographic Collectors Club of Great Britain magazine

Photography Systematised and Simplified

Compass Cameras Ltd.

Photography and the American Scene

Taft, Robert

1942

Macmillan Company

Photography by Ensign

c.1935

Photography in a Nutshell

Hawkes, H.P. (The Kernel)

1897, c.1903

Iliffe & Son(s)

Photography. Its Principles and Applications

Watkins, Alfred

1927

Constable & Co.

Practical Hints on the Daguerreotype Process

1850

T & R Willats

Prague Cat.

Kamery Obskury Fotografické Prístroje Z Let 1840 - 1940

1982

Národní Technické Muzeum V Praze

Praktica Guide

Prakticamat Praktica Guide

1977

Focal Press

Price comparisons

For details of price comparisons see: www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99-020.pdf.

R & J Beck Ltd Photographic Catalogue

c.1902

R & J Beck Ltd

Reflex & Press Cameras

c.1935, 1938

Thornton-Pickard catalogues

Reflex Cameras

1927, c.1932

Thornton-Pickard catalogues

Rolleiflex Book

Heering, Walther

1935

Ross, Cat.

Catalogue of Microscopes, Telescopes, Photographic Lenses & Apparatus made and sold by Thomas Ross

1861

Sangamo, A History of Fifty Years

Lanphier, Robert C.; Thomas, Benjamin P.

1949

Chicago

Sci. Mus. Cameras

Cameras. Photographic Accessories. A Science Museum illustrated booklet

Science Museum London

Sci. Mus. Cat.

Science Museum Camera Collection

A very poor catalogue worthy of the exhibition

Shepherd & Co. Cat. 1860

Price List for 1860. Shepherd & Co.

London

Shepperley, History

A History of Photography

Shepperley, William

c.1927

Arthurs Press Ltd

Sinclair Cat.

James A. Sinclair's Photographic Catalogue

1910

Skinner, MPP Story

Micro Precision Products. The MPP Story and the Products

Skinner, Basil

2004

Smith, Antique Cameras

Antique Cameras

Smith, R.C.

1975

David & Charles

Very good information on early camera design and equipment

Snelling, History

History and Practice of the Art of Photography

Snelling, Henry H

Originally published 1849, reprint 1970

Morgan and Morgan. Reprint

Solomon Advertisement, 1863

Spencer, Colour Photography in Practice

Spencer, D.A.

1948

Issac Pitman & Sons

Spira Exhibition Cat. 26/4/1980

Selections from the Spira Collection. An Exhibition at George Eastman House

1980

Spira, History

History of Photography, as seen through the Spira Collection

Spira, S.F.

Aperture

Stereoscopes: The First One Hundred Years

Wing, Paul

1996

Transition Publishing

Stoney, Twentieth Century Maverick

Twentieth Century Maverick. The Life of Noel Pemberton Billing

Stoney, Barbara

2004

Teamwork, Moving up to 4x5?

1986

Teamwork, London

Short guide to technical cameras

Telephotography

Lan-Davis, Cyril F.; Carter, H.A.

1935

Isaac Pitman

The Great Art of Light and Shadow

The Great Art of Light and Shadow: Archaeology of the Cinema

Mannoni, Laurent

2000

University of Exeter Press

Thiele, Photooptik 1

Fabrikationsbuch Photooptik 1. Carl Zeiss Jena

Thiele, Hartmuth

Thomas Sutton, 'Calotype Process' 1856

The Calotype Process. A Handbook to Photography on Paper

Sutton, Thomas

2nd Ed. 1856

Sampson Low, Son & Co.

Thornton-Pickard Story

Rendell, Douglas

1992

PCCGB

Tubbs, ZI Cameras

Zeiss Ikon Cameras 1926-39

Tubbs, D.B.

1977

Hove

Victoria's World

Victoria's World. A Photographic Portrait drawn from The Gernsheim Collection

1968

Art Museum of The University of Texas at Austin

Exhibition catalogue including details of the photographers. Some apparatus included in the exhibition

Victorian Photography

Masterpieces of Victorian Photography 1840 - 1900 From the Gernsheim Collection

1951

Arts Council of Great Britain

Exhibition catalogue

Victorian Photography. A Collectors Guide

Howarth-Loomes, B.E.C.

1974

Ward Lock

Vintage Cat.

Catalogues from Vintage Cameras

Wade, Wrayflex

Wrayflex Story

Wade, John

2008

Welwyn, Wordpower Publishing

Very informative book on the history of the Wrayflex and Wray

Watkins Manual

Watkins Manual of Exposure and Development

Watkins, Alfred

1915

Westminster Cat.

Westminster Annual of Photographic Accessories

c.1930, 1939

Westminster Photographic Exchange

Retailer's catalogue

Willats, Cat.

Willats's Illustrated Catalogue Part 1. Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, Chemical Preparations and Materials for conducting the Daguerreotype, Calotype and other Processes Manufactured and sold by Thomas & Richard Willats

1849

T & R Willats