Lot 896

"The Daguerreotype in America" by Beaumont Newhall 1961 Hardcover Daguerreotype History 1st/1st In DJ

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"The Daguerreotype in America" by Beaumont Newhall 1961 Hardcover Daguerreotype History 1st/1st In DJ

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by The Book Barn
August 13, 2026 5:00 PM EDT
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VINTAGE 1961 Hardcover History Of The Daguerreotype 1st Edition 1st Printing. "The Daguerreotype in America" by Beaumont Newhall. HARDCOVER 1961 Duell, Sloan & Pearce Stated 1st Edition, 1st Printing with "First Edition", "Copyright 1961" & with no additional printings on copyright page. Exactly as shown in listing scan(s). Nice Collectible 1st Edition 1st Printing hardcover copy in Dust Jacket. UNCOMMON AS ORIGINAL (DUELL SLOAN) 1ST/1ST IN DJ; ONLY THREE ORIGINAL DUELL SLOAN ORIGINALS ON THE IMTERNET AT THE TIME OF LISTING.

"The Daguerreotype in America is the lavishly and beautifully illustrated history of the earliest days of photography, from the discovery of Daguerre to the complete acceptance of the new art in America. From 1839 to the outbreak of the Civil War, thousands of daguerreotypes were taken all over the United States. There was not a city that did not boast one or more "Daguerrian Artists," and not a village or hamlet unvisited by the traveling daguerreotypist. In Massachusetts alone, half a million daguerreotypes were taken in the space of eighteen months. Americans were so enamored of Daguerre's invention, that upon his death the dageurreotypists of New York City voted to wear mourning in his honor. The Dageurreotype in America is the result of fourteen years of research, during which Beaumont Newhall searched historical societies, museums, libraries, and private collections, for the finest examples of these brilliant, yet forgotten, pictorial documents of America in the 1840s and 1850s. He found not only portraits but city views, locomotives, ships at sea, trades. From city directories, contemporary journals, unpublished letters and manuscripts, he has compiled a narrative account of the art and industry of daguerreotyping, and a detailed account of how daguerreotypes were made. Index, Notes, & Biographies makes further research easier."

Illustrated with photos. Scattered light foxing to end papers, o/w internally unmarked, pages lightly toning but not brittle. Binding Exterior; scattered sunning to covers/spine/scattered light rubbing to edges, but all lettering/decoration bright. Heavily worn/tattered/chipping with loss to SELDOM PRESENT $12.50 DJ present. (See scan(s)).

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