Photo-illustrated books
Partial listing, 1870-1884

January 1998

United States. Surgeon General's Office. The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion (1861-65). Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon general Joseph K. Barnes, United States Army (Washington : Gov't print. off., 1870-1888). 3 v. in 6. illus., plates (partly col. and mounted) maps, diagrs. 29.5 cm.

AnthonyÕs Photographic Bulletin (New York : E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 1870-1902). vol 1-33. 25 cm. Semimonthly 1885-1893, Monthly 1870-1884, Monthly 1894-1902. Clements has vol. 1 and 2 only, containing one or two prints per number. Later issues and volumes not surveyed.

Edmunds, A. C. Pen sketches of Nebraskans (Lincoln, Neb., Omaha : R. & J. Wilbur, 1871). 510 p., [19] leaves of plates : ports. 20 cm. Photo portraits of prominent Nebraskans by E.L. Eaton (Omaha), J.L. Rile (Nebraska City) and Cline (Lincoln).

Durfee, Calvin, 1797-1879. Williams biographical annals : With an introduction by Rev. S. Iranaus Prime, D.D. (Boston : A. Williams & Co., 1871). 665, [1] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., ports. 22 cm. Single mounted photograph of Civil War monument. Engravings by G.E. Perine, A.H. Ritchie and J.C. Buttre after illustrations by C.L. Elliott and photographs by Sarony & Co. and Mathew Brady.

Haven, C. C. (Charles Chauncy), 1787-1874. A new historic manual concerning the three battles at Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey, during the war for American independence, in 1776 and 1777 (Trenton, N.J. : W.T. Nicholson, printer, 1871). 132 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., folded map, port. 18 cm. Two mounted photos: painting of portr. of Washington and portr. of Washington crossing the Delaware.

Kneeland, Samuel, 1821-1888. The wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California (Boston : Alexander Moore, 1871). xii, 71 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. 27 cm. Photos by John P. Soule.

Canfield, William Henry. Pen and pencil sketches of Devil's Lake, near Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin (Madison, Wis. : M.J. Cantwell, 1871). 23 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., map. 21 cm. Single alb. pr. facing p. 15.

[Flagg, Wilson, 1805-1884]. The woods and by-ways of New England (Boston : James R. Osgood and Co., 1872). xviii, 442 p. : front., 16 plates. 21 cm. Heliotypes are an improved form of collotypes, invented in England in 1869. Osgood was the first American publisher to use heliography and this was the first title.

Watson, John. Souvenir of a tour in the United States of America and Canada : in the autumn of 1872 (Glasgow : Printed for private circulation, 1872). 91 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. Frontis. portr. of Watson, inscribed.

Robinson, Lucy, 1861-1903. A child's poems from October to October, 1870-1871 (Hartford : Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1872). [4], 171 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. 17 cm. Mounted frontispiece portr. of author as ten year old prodigy. BAL 1731.

Anderson, Elbert. The skylight and the dark-room : a complete text-book on portrait photography : containing the outlines of hydrostatics, pneumatics, acoustics, heat, optics, chemistry, and a full and comprehensive system of the art photographic (Philadelphia : Benerman & Wilson, 1872). 234 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. 22 cm.

Cincinnati past and present: or, Its industrial history, as exhibited in the life-labors of its leading men (Cincinnati : Elm Street Printing Co., 1872). iv, [2], 7-447, [130] leaves : ill. 26 cm. Photo. ports. of citizens by James Landy.

Stevens, Henry. Bibliotheca geographica et historica, Part I (London : Henry Stevens, 1872).

Field, S. W., compiler. Memorial of Rev. Henry Jackson, D.D., late pastor of the Central Baptist Church, Newport, R.I. (Boston : Gould and Lincoln, 1872).

Allegheny Cemetery : historical account of incidents and events connected with its establishment : charter and supplemental acts of legislation : reports of 1848 and 1857 : proceedings of corporators, June 21, 1873 : rules, regulations, &c. : list of officers, managers and corporators to date : remarks on the ornamentation and arrangement of cemeteries : funeral oration of Wilson McCandless, esq., on Commodore Barney and Lieut. Parker (Pittsburgh : Bakewell & Marthens, 1873). vii, [2], 166 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. 23 cm. 16 photo views of Allegheny Cemetery.

Wright, Hendrick Bradley, 1808-1881. Historical sketches of Plymouth, Luzerne Co., Penna. : with twenty-five photographs of some of the early settlers and present residents of the town of Plymouth; old landmarks, family residences, and places of special note (Philadelphia : T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1873). 419 p., [23] leaves of plates : ill., ports. 20 cm. Excellent views of Plymouth, Pa., old houses, and sights, along with portraits of citizens.

Henry, J. T. The early and later history of petroleum, with authentic facts in regard to its development in western Pennsylvania. The oil fields of Europe and America. Gas wells. Spiritual wells. Oil well shafts. Petroleum products... (Philadelphia : James B. Rodgers Co., 1873). 607 p. : ill. 24 cm. Frontis. and ports. are albumen photos.

Hamilton, John R. New Brunswick and its scenery. A tourists' and anglers' guide to the Province of New Brunswick (Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. M'Millan, 1874). 19 cm. 11 photoprints.

Harrington, Charles. Summering in Colorado (Denver : Richards & Co., 1874). 5 p. l., 158, [4] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. 20 cm. 10 photos by J. Collier.

Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on Sumner Memorial. A memorial of Charles Sumner (Boston : Wright & Potter, 1874). 316 p., 1 l. front. (port.); extra-ill. 26 cm. Carbon print frontis. portr. of Sumner by Allen & Rowell.

San Diego (Calif.). Chamber of Commerce. Descriptive, historial, commercial, agricultural, and other important information relative to the city of San Diego, California... (San Diego, Calif. : San Diego Daily Union, 1874). 50 p. [1]; [7] leaves of plates : ill. 22 views of the city on 7 leaves of plates.

Batchelor, Berk. BatchelorÕs pictorial business director of the city of Utica, N.Y., 1874-5... (Utica, N.Y. : Curtiss & Childs, 1874). 82 p. : ill. 22 albumen images of city scenes.

Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross (Philadelphia : Wm. F. Murphy's Sons, 1874). [4] p. (last blank) : ill. 21 cm. Wanted poster for kidnapper, with portr. of the child, Ross.

Schreiber & Sons. Portraits of noted horses (Philadelphia : Schrieber & Sons, 1874). 1 p., [25] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. 26 x 33 cm. Title and author from cover. Lacks t.p., but has printed preface and mounts for photographs printed with bloodline and information on each of 50 horses represented.

Louella, Residence of J. Henry Askin, Wayne Station, Penn. Rail Road, Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pa. Views of mansion, farm houses, surrounding scenery, etc. (Philadelphia : s.n., 1875). 22 cm. 18 photoprints; fold-out map.

Freemasons. Pennsylvania, Grand lodge. Library committee. Dedication memorial of the new masonic temple, Philadelphia, September 26th, 29th, 30th, 1873 (Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger, 1875). 236 p. : front., ill., facsims (partly fold.). 24 cm. 18 photos, 10 ports.

Evans, Rachel. Homes scenes, of, Tavistock and its vicinity (Tavistock : T.W. Greenfield, 1875). 2nd ed. rev.; viii + 176 p.; frontis.; illustr. 19 cm. Illustrated with composite albumen frontis. with nine images of vicinity of Tavistock; and 7 engravings in text.

Linsday, Owen, d. 1875?. The Baldwinsville homicide : verbatim report of the trial of Owen Linsday for the murder of Francis A. Colvin : containing the testimony in full (Syracuse, N.Y. : Tinsley & Morgan, 1875). 268 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., ports. 23 cm. Two albumen prints, coronerÕs photos of skull; McDade, T.M. Murder, 628.

Guide book to Lake Mohonk, New Paltz, Ulster Co., N.Y. (Providence, R.I. : Rhode Island Printing Co., 1875). 52 p., [30] leaves of plates : ill. 19 cm. Illustrated with stereo half-pairs. Clements has two copies varying slightly in the views.

Clark, James Albert, 1841-1908. The Wyoming valley, upper waters of the Susquehanna, and the Lackawanna coal-region, including views of the natural scenery of northern Pennsylvania, from the Indian occupancy to the year 1875 (Scranton, Pa. : James A. Clark, 1875). viii, 236 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. 26 cm.

Chillman, H. R. Souvenir of Fairmount Park : containing sixteen imperial cabinet photographs of its principal scenery with description of the same (Philadelphia : S. Moore & Sons, 1875). [6] leaves, 16 photographs : ill. 17 x 24 cm. 16 albumen prints of Fairmount Park.

Vogel, Hermann. The chemistry of light and photography (New York : D. Appleton, 1875).

Vennor, Henry G., 1840-1884. Our birds of prey, or the eagles, hawks, and owls of Canada (Montreal : Dawson Brothers, 1876). viii, 154 p. : ill. 28 cm. 30 photoprints.

Memorial of Morris C. Sutphen, D.D. (New York : Robert Carter and Brothers, 1876). 108 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. 18 cm. Includes portrait of Morris C. Sutphen.

Leominster illustrated (Gardner, Mass. : Lithotype Print. Co., 1876). 2nd ed., 26 leaves : all ill. 18 x 27 cm.

The Heroines of '76 : their trials, tribulations and triumphs : Being a minute and veracious chronicle of the events transpiring in this goodly city of Philadelphia on the 3d and 4th days of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six and of the independence of these great United States the one hundredth (Philadelphia : s.n., 1876). 100 p., [34] leaves : ill. 20 cm. 10/25 copies printed; 42 alb. prints incl. portraits and scenery.

Heartsill, William Williston, 1839-1916. Fourteen hundred and 91 days in the Confederate army. A journal kept by W.W. Heartsill, for four years, one month, and one day: or, Camp life; day-by-day, of the W.P. Lane rangers, from April 19th, 1861, to May 20th 1865 (Marshall, Tex. : W.W. Heartsill, 1876). 264 p. : ill. 21 cm. Mounted albumen ports. of members of LaneÕs Rangers (6th Texas Cavalry), a regiment in Confederate service.

Powell, Robert C. A biographical sketch of Col. Leven Powell, including his correspondence during the Revolutionary War (Alexandria, Va. : G.H. Ramey & Son, 1877). 104 p. : ill. 23 cm. Albumen frontis. of sketch of bust of Powell.

Tracy, C. C. Myra; or, a child's story of missionary life (Boston : Congregational Publishing Society, 1877). 89 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. 18 cm.

San Antonio guide and West Texas Directory for 1877. Sample book (San Antonio, Tex. : Garze & McKernan, 1877). [4] p.; [.] leaves of plates : ill., map. Fully illustrated prospectus for West Texas guide. Apparently never published, and probably a unique copy.

Smith, R. Morris (Richard Morris) , b. 1827. The Burlington Smiths : a family history (Philadelphia : E.S. Hart, 1877). 296 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms, facsims. 24 cm.

Ceremonies at the unveiling of the monument to Roger Williams (Providence : Angell, Hammett, and Co., 1877).

Gems of American scenery : consisting of stereoscopic views among the White Mountains, with descriptive text (New York : Harroun & Bierstadt, 1878). [4] p., [24] leaves, [25] leaves of plates : ill., fold. map, photographs. 21 cm. Stereo viewer inset in front cover.

Smith, Henry Perry. Syracuse and its surroundings (Syracuse, N.Y. : Hamilton Child, 1878). 148 p.; [?] leaves of plates : ill. Built-in stereoviewer.

Himes, Charles Francis, 1838-1918. A sketch of Dickinson college, Carlisle, Penn'a (Harrisburg : L. S. Hart, 1879). [2], 155 p. : ill. 20 cm.

Photographic views of Lynn, Mass., with historical sketches from 1629 to 1879 : also, a list of enterprising business houses (Lynn, Mass. : Josiah W. Heal, 1879). 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.). 23 x 29 cm. Photographed by C.E. Cook.

Lincoln, William Sever. Life with the Thirty-fourth Mass. Infantry in the War of the Rebellion (Worcester: Noyes, Snow & Co., 1879). 459, 18 p. : ill.. 24 cm. Frontis. a composite set of portraits of members of the regiment.

Sweetser, M. F. (Moses Foster), 1848-1897. Picturesque Maine (Portland, [Me.] : Chisholm Brothers, 1880). 21 cm. 23 gravures.

New York (State). Board of Commissioners of the State Survey. Special report of New York State Survey on the preservation of the scenery of Niagara Falls ; and Fourth annual report on the triangulation of the state for the year 1879 (Albany : C. Van Benthuysen & Sons, 1880). 96 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., maps. 25 cm.

Beecher, Henry C. R. A trip to Mexico, being notes of a journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and backÉ (Toronto : Willing and Williamson, 1880). vii, 183 p. : front., ill., port., plan, map. Interesting travel narrative illustrated with 18 albumen prints of sights and drawings of sights (5), prepared by the Kilburn Brothers and the author.

Weller, F. G. Photographs of the Crawford House and vicinity, as a souvenir of the White Mts., N.H. Comprising twelve views which may be used in a graphoscope (Littleton, N.H. : F. G. Weller, 1880). [13] p.; 12 leaves of plates : ill. 9 x 13 cm.

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. Denver (Denver : William H. Jackson Co., 1880). 15 photographs : ill. 13 x 19 cm.

Baldwin Locomotive Works. Illustrated catalogue of locomotives (Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1881). 153 p.; [18] leaves of plates : ill. 28 cm.

Campbell, William Harvey Wilson. Memorial sketch of Lafayette S. Foster, D.D. (Boston : Franklin, 1881).

Spooner, Zilpha Harlow. Poems of the Pilgrims (Boston : A. Williams and Company, 1882). [4], 99 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. 19 cm. Handsome albumen prints.

Aitken, James. From the Clyde to California with jottings by the way (Greenock : William Johnston, 1882). 2 leaves, ii, [2], 152 p. : ill., folded map. Two photos of sketches of Salt Lake City.

Breidenbaugh, E. S. (Edward Swoyer), b. 1849. The Pennsylvania College book, 1832-1882 (Philadelphia : Lutheran Publication Society, 1882). x, 475 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill., ports. 24 cm. History of Pennsylvania College illustrated with albumens from Tipton.

History of the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum, 1832-1882 : the semi-centennial celebration at Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, 6th, 7th and 8th June, 1882 (Cincinnati : Press of R. Clarke & Co., 1882). 160, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. 24cm. Not in RLIN.

Wolfe, William J. Wanted for assault with intent to kill. Frank Pierce last evening attempted to kill a woman by stabbing...... (Buffalo, N.Y. : s.n., 1882). Broadside. Wanted poster for Frank Pierce, with alb. portr. affixed.

Street, George G. Che! Wah! Wah! or, the modern Montezumas in Mexico (Rochester, N.Y. : E. R. Andrews, 1883). 115 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill., map. 27 cm. 33 albumen prints by R. D. Cleveland on letterpress mounts documenting train journey from Colorado to Mexico.

Hines, Thomas W. Chronicles of our White Mountain Party, July, 1883 ([New Hampshire] : Privately printed, 1883). 25 albumen prints and letterpress narrative.

McKenneyÕs Oakland city directory (Oakland, Calif. : L. M. McKenney, 1883).

Eddy, Charles W. Palmer : illustrated with pen and camera (Ware, Mass. : Charles W. Eddy, 1884). [16] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. 25 cm. One of a series by Eddy on Massachusetts towns, very handsome gravures.

Abbot, Frederick V. History of the class of 'seventy-nine at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (New York & London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884). 24 cm. Photos include 2 group portraits of class of 1879 (taken 1875 and 1877), a view of bugler, calling the cadets; three portraits of deceased members of the class, and two views of the Academy. 8 photoprints.

American Female Guardian Society (New York, N.Y.). Our golden jubilee : a retrospect of the American Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless from 1834 to 1884 (New York : American Female Guardian Society, 1884). 83 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., ports. 20 cm. Includes photographic portr. of Mrs. S.R.I. Bennett and two engr. ports.

Jolts and scrambles, or, "We uns and our doin's" (Philadelphia : s.n., 1884). 93, [2] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. 19 x 21 cm.


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