Journal of the Optical Society of America Volume 37, Numbers 1-12, 1947 Harrison, George R. (ed.) Edwin Land/Polaroid Collection

4to (27cm); green buckram with titles stamped in gold gilt on spine, tan endpapers, 12 issues bound into a single volume, Polaroid Corporation bookplate on front pastedown, library card with "Photography Library" stamp on rear pastedown; no dust jacket; 1012pp. Corners and edges are square and sharp, spine straight and tight, The birth of Instant Photography! This volume contains Edwin Land's 1947 article "A New One-Step Photographic Process", which isthe very first scientific publication documenting the invention of instant photography. The article was published in conjunction with his presentation of the instant photography process at the Optical Society conference in New York, also in February 1947. This is bound set contains all issues of theJournal of the The Optical Society of Americafrom 1947. From the library of the Polaroid Corporation.