The Daguerreotype in America
by Newhall, Beaumont
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New York Graphic Society, 1968. Revised edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 176pp. Quarto [27 cm] Chartreuse cloth over boards with the title stamped in gilt on the backstrip. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are a bit dinged, and the bottom fore edge corners of the covers are slightly soiled. In a good only dust jacket, with numerous tears and small losses. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, to the noted Utah photojournalist, Nelson Wadsworth. The author, Beaumont Newhall, was a recognized authority in the field of the history of photography, and held positions with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was also appointed librarian at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1935, where he organized the first photographic exhibition there in 1937.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40972
- Title
- The Daguerreotype in America
- Author
- Newhall, Beaumont
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Beaumont Newhall; signed; daguerreotype
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...