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Five Hundred Past and Present Citizens, of Worcester, Mass
by CLAFLIN, [Charles Ripley Burnett] and James Russell Black, photographers
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Worcester, Massachusetts: Published by G. R. Peckham / Tyler & Seagrave, Printers, 1870. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Small square quarto. Approximately 6" x 7". [100]pp. A volume of 504 portraits on 56 mounted albumen photographs, nine to a page. Re-spined in quarter cloth with original leather boards titled in gilt, and later paper title label on the spine. Considerable erosion on the boards, small chip on the front fly, a good copy. Claflin (1817-1897) was a photographer who operated several studios around Worcester from the 1850's to the 1890's. Black was a prominent Boston photographer best-known for his famous portraits of John Brown taken the same year as the raid on Harper Ferry and his 1860 photograph of Boston taken from a balloon, which was the first aerial photograph taken in American. A nice collection of images.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 426221
- Title
- Five Hundred Past and Present Citizens, of Worcester, Mass
- Author
- CLAFLIN, [Charles Ripley Burnett] and James Russell Black, photographers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Published by G. R. Peckham / Tyler & Seagrave, Printers
- Place of Publication
- Worcester, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Photography, PoliticalBooks, Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Photography;
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
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