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Leica Photography Spring 1948 No. 1 Volume 1

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My advice to you is get these books while you can, they are mostly out of print and the prices keep going up.  Great wealth of information for Leica enthusiasts.  If you know of a Leica book that is not on this list, please E-Mail!

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Title

Author

Description

Leica an Illistrated History Volume I

James Lager

Very Comprehensive Illustrated book on Leica Cameras - Great!

Leica an Illistrated History Volume II

James Lager

Very Comprehensive Illustrated book on Leica Lenses - Great!

Leica an Illistrated History Volume III

James Lager

Very Comprehensive Illustrated book on Leica Accesories - Great!

The Leica in Professional Practice

Heinrich Stockler

Leica Book on Using the System

Leica Lens Practice

Dennis Laney

Great book on Choosing Leica Lenses M & R, Specs.

Leica Accessory Guide

Dennis Laney

Great book on Choosing Leica Accessories M & R

Leica Collectors Guide

Dennis Laney

Great book on Collecting Leica Equipment

Leica CL

Theo Kisselbach

The only comprehensive book available dedicated to the CL

Handbook of the Leica System

Leica Camera GmbH

Leica manual from the Leica Factory

Identifying Leica Cameras

Ghester Sartorius

Screw, M & R Camera Serial Numbers, Rarity Grades and Specs

Identifying Leica Lenses

Ghester Sartorius

Screw, M & R Lenses Serial Numbers, Rarity Grades and Specs

Leica Collection

Shin-ichi Nakamura

Great book for Collectors, Illustrated

Leica M The Advanced School of Photography

Gunter Osterloh

Rare book, a must have if you can find it.  Details the use of the M system.

Applied Leica Technique

Gunter Osterloh

Rare book, a must have if you can find it.  Details the R system.

Leica Reflex Photography

Brian Bower

Camera and Lens info on R Cameras

Leica M Photography

Brian Bower

Camera and Lens info on M Cameras

Leica M Compendium

Jonathan Eastland

Great book covers Screw and M Cameras, Lenses and Accessories

Leica R Compendium

Jonathan Eastland

Great book covers  R Cameras, Lenses and Accessories

Leica an History Illustrating Every Model and Accessory

Paul-Henry Van Hoesbroeck

Another great book for the Leica M collector, a classic

Leica in Colour

Paul-Henry Van Hoesbroeck

Great book on Leica color photography

Leica Screw Mount Cameras

Filippo Giunto

A book full of Serial Numbers.  Very Boring.

Leica M Mount Cameras, a systematic approach

Filippo Giunto

Everthing you ever wanted to know about Leica M cameras.

Leica The First 60 Years

Gianni Rogliatti

Covering Leica Cameras for the first 60 years

The Leica Lens Book

Brian Bower

Comprehensive Guide on M & R Lenses, also great photos in this book

75 Years of Leica Photography

Verena Frey

Leica camera guide for first 75 years

The Leica Book

Theo Kisselbach

Classic, must have book on Leica Cameras.  A favorite.

The Leica Way

Andrew Matheson

All about Leica cameras

The Leica and the Leica System

Theo Scheerer

Comprehensive Leica guide covering Rangefinder cameras

The World of Leica

The Fountain Press

Early book, 1950 with pictures spanning 24 countries from Leica photographers.  Cool.

The Leica Book in Color

Anton Baumann

Leica Technique for Color Photography 1938 The first book with on Photography with Color

Leica Camera Repair Handbook

Thomas Tomosy

Excellent guide on how to repair Screw & M cameras and lenses, for those inclined

Leica Darkroom Practice - The Focomat Manual

Rudolph Seck

A must have for the Leica Darkroom.  COvers Focomat Enlargers & Accessories

Leica Copies

HPR

220 Copies of the Leica Rangefinder.  The sincerest form of flattery

300 Leica Copies

Patrice-Herve Pont

Better yet, 300 copies of Leica Rangefinders!

Magazines

Leica Photography

Published by the E. Leitz New York, Distributor in United States

 

Earliest version of the Leica Magazines.

Leica Fotografie

Published by the Leica  Factory in Wetzlar Germany

Available in both English and German Versions

Viewfinder

Published by the Leica Society in the United States

 

The best of ALL Leica periodicals.  Most informative.  LHSA.

Leica Fotografie January, 1953 Issue No. 1

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