[W&B] Marion book

[David Silver]

I'm not familiar with the Marion publications at all.  Are they hard cover
or paper, and is the catalog an actual part of some of these books (ie.
listed in the table of contents as a regualr part of the book), or perhaps
a seperate section all to itself stitched into the book later before
cover was attached?  Are there seperate self-contained Marion catalogs, or
were they always in the back of a Marion guide?  I think it would be
self-defeating for a company to make a catalog so difficult to acquire,
when their goal is to sell more gear!  Logically there must be seperate
catalogs, and I'd hope our members in Great Britain would have some
knowledge of them.  Rob has the 1891 edition of the book WITHOUT the
catalog...so where is the catalog for 1891?!

Best wishes,

David Silver--President
International Photographic Historical Organization
E-mail: silver at well.com  Telephone: (415) 681-4356
Webpage location: http://www.well.com/user/silver/


On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Rob McElroy wrote:

> Brian,
>
> In your search for the Marion book that Matthew referred to, be aware
> that later versions of the same book did not include the Marion
> catalog.  My 1891 fifth edition has 242-pages of text (revised and
> enlarged by 13-pages from the 1887 edition) but no catalog.
>
> Welcome to the group,
> Rob McElroy
> Buffalo, NY
>
>
> Brian Coope wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestions. Regarding the Marion's Practical Guide to
> > Photography 1887, I carried out a book search of booksellers and nothing
> > came up. I'll have to search on ebay.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Anyway.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:49:12 EST
> > From: MATTRI at aol.com
> > Subject: [W&B] Re: Woodandbrass Digest, Vol 67, Issue 48
> > To: woodandbrass at kjsl.com
> > Message-ID: <d3f.665f81.32e50fa8 at aol.com>
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> >
> > Concerning the quest for information on Marion and Co.
> > In my library I have the volume Marion's Practical Guide to Photography 1887
> >
> > published by the company. The first 229 pages are the Guide. The last 111
> > pages are a catalogue of what I think is the complete Marion line. There are
> >
> > wonderful illustrations on many of the page. It is not a hard book to find.
> > I hope
> > this helps you.
> > Matthew R. Isenburg
>
>