The Chemistry of Photographic Mechanisms
London and New York: The Focal Press [1960]. First English Language Edition. 355, [1] pages. 4to. Publisher's blue cloth. Lacks the dust jacket as normal. Ex-library Polaroid Library, properly deaccessioned. Polaroid bookplate, spine faded, spine label, pocket in rear, otherwise a clean working copy. This example is from Edwin Land's personal library, with pocket in rear stamped "Dr. Land's Library" Good. Cloth. [29773]
Translated from the Russian in co-operation with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
"In this book the author aims at giving a systematic and coherent description of all the physico-chemical processes which take place during the preparation, use and processing of light-sensitive materials. Therefore, in selecting the material he has attempted to use mainly of wrok which reveals the physico-chemical aspect of each process." (author's note)
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