latest additions to your library

I found a copy of the biography of Robert Capa in form of a Manga on Amazon Japan, book shown on the right side.. John Sypal aka "Tokyo_Camera_Style" had introduced it in an Instagram posting and I got curious. This book nicely complements the Robert Capa biography "Capa's Eye", which I bought about 18 yrs ago here in Japan. IMG_1671 copy.jpg
 
Sometimes, like stray cats, a book adopts you. I stumbled upon a nice paperback copy of Minor White's Zone System Manual in a pile of trash at a local ballpark. No idea what it was doing there, but I gave it a home...
I hadn't any use for the Zone System since abandoning its clutches after college. Now, re-reading White's book, it's clear from examining what is ostensibly a manual of straight technical instruction just what a weird dude he was. It just creeps in, between the lines.
 
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The perils of using your bus pass to go to York for the day rather than sensibly staying at home and painting the bathroom window frame.

Another addition to my collection of ancient Leica literature, of which I obviously don't have enough- Morgan & Lester Leica Manual, 3rd edition 1938. Originally the property of one W. Cameron Davidson. How times change- would anyone these days want to try hypersensitizing film using mercury vapour?
 
I've recently got hold of this - no pic of the cover as it's so lightly embossed you'd never read the title, but what's interesting is that it's red. The 1939 edition was blue, so that must have been the first of Wallace Heaton's famous "blue books". Which reminds me - when I get home, I must photograph my recently obtained 1960-61 Blue Book.

Rather scary to dicover that new my Contax III would have cost rather more than my grandfather earned in a year.





 
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Roger Hicks, A History of the 35mm Still Camera, complete with surprisingly flamboyant author signature. Pretty much the last gasp from Chevin Books. The late owner's funeral was on Friday, and the family are selling of remaining stock at half price until this coming Saturday. I'm not sure, in this situation, whether to keep my spending under control or just say "sod it" and hire a Transit. I need more book space anyway. I've always wanted a library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and one of those ladders that slides along the wall.
 
Just arrived from Austria today - Leitz Photographica Auction catalogue #46. I have both my Ermanoxes in the auction (lots # 390 and 391 for those who are interested), and the good folks at the auction house were kind enough to send this along. Beautifully illustrated and a lovely keepsake.

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