[Rarebooks] FS: Yale College Class of 1830, signed, original photos

[Bob Petrilla]

Cone, William R. MEMORIAL OF THE CLASS OF 1830, YALE COLLEGE By the Class
Secretary [with] An Appendix to the Original Memorial. Hartford: Published
by class alumni, 1885. First Edition. pp: iv, 156; 2 original photographs.
9.5" x 5.75" Very Good. Original cloth.
Presentation copy to Hon. George G. Barclay of Philadelphia, a member of
the class of 1830, inscribed and signed by Cone. Bound at the back are two
original, sepiatone photographic images, each 4.5" x 8" with tissue guards.
On pages 155-156 of the text, Cone explains: "Meeting at the Class
Secretary's, September 30 and October 1, 1885. James B. Cone being somewhat
of an amateur photographer, it was proposed that photographs of those
present should be taken upon the piazza, and the two accompanying groups
[portraits] were the result of the experiment. The group of gentlemen
consists of Barnard with his luxuriant white beard, Loomis, Andrews, and
Bissell, all standing, with Comstock in front of Bissell, and Cone next,
the two last seated. The group of ladies consists of Mrs. Andrews, whose
face is in profile, Mrs. Cone and Mrs. Bissell, all seated, with Miss Eva
Comstock standing between the two last, and Mrs. James B. Cone behind Mrs.
Andrews, the group being guarded on the right and left by Comstock and Cone
standing, Comstock uncovered and Cone with hat on, both, however, being
wholly unconscious that they were within the field of the camera." This is
a very readable, first-person account of the early days at Yale, beginning
with the author's matriculation in 1826.   $75.00

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