Peter Henry Emerson & T.F. Goodall: 'Wild Life on a Tidal Wa...

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£950

Peter Henry Emerson & T.F. Goodall: 'Wild Life on a Tidal Water: 'The Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew', London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890, 1st edition, limited edition, number 268 of 500 copies, though Emerson later wrote that only 300 were ever printed, 30 photogravure plates by P.H. Emerson and T.F. Goodall and a large folding plan of Breydon Water as called for, plates all with printed captioned tissue guards complete, xiii,145pp, 4to, recased in the original pictorial blue cloth depicting a river scene blocked in black, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, recent brown leather spine in the style of the original.
"The simple record of my impressions and experiences, whilst living with my friend T.F> Goodall on his house-boat on Breydon Water in Norfolk." P.H. Emerson (1856-1936) is regarded as one of the most important influences in Victorian photography. Emerson was the first English photographer to work out a theory of naturalistic photography, his attitude and philosophy having 'a profound effect on the growth of good photography - he was a mainstream man when his colleagues were stagnating in backwaters' (Bill Jay, Album, 1970). A keen naturalist and photographer he records country life in Norfolk in his photographs. Breydon Water at the time was a haven for punt gunners, wildfowlers and bird collectors. Newhall's 'P.H. Emerson: The Fight for Photography as a Fine Art.' and Turner and Wood's 'P.H. Emerson: Photographer of Norfolk.'