Ilford Manual of Photograpghy

Ilford manual of Photography 1943 edition by James Mitchell

In 1942 James Mitchell cast it into a new shape by producing a carefully balanced composite work which went into FOUR editions. The present numbering of the editions of The Manual began with these.

The Manual of Photography" was first published as "The Ilford Manual of Photography" (sic. until c1902 it was simply titled The Manual of Photography as Ilford Ltd did not exist until 1901) - it is the oldest surviving yet perennially contemporary textbook of its kind; a glance at its editorial and revision history will explain why. In 1890 its first editor was C. H. Bothamley whose work, reprinted, revised and enlarged again and again, ran to well over 300,000 copies.