Retouching Negatives and Prints from A to Z by Beulah Ross. Signed book and postcard-perfect visual record of

and postcard-perfect visual record of Chester at the turn of the century—just before the arrival of the automobile and modern commercial storefronts fundamentally altered the texture of the historic English cityscape

is the definitive intellectual testament and artistic memoir of Paul Vanderbilt (1905–1992)

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The 1973 Dover edition is particularly valued for several reasons:

Weingarten explores the "found" geometry of the planet

Retouching Negatives and Prints from A to Z by Beulah Ross. Signed book and postcard-perfect visual record ofFomo Publishing, 1937. Near very good without dust jacket in red cloth. Covers the subject alphabetically, from Abrasion Marks to Water Color Background. See table of contents in the pictures accompanying this listing. Author had 25 years experience doing retouching. Includes illustrations. 80 pages. Summary: Retouching Negatives and Prints from A to Z by Beulah Ross is a practical, "Industrial Era" manual designed to transition the complex art of