Written by
Beach, Stewart, American, 1922 - 1979
Photograph by
Chamberlain, Samuel, American, 1895 - 1975
Published by
Hastings House Publishers, Inc., founded 1936
Printed by
Mandarin Offset Limited, Chinese, 1971 - 2002
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Date
1971
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product) with cardboard and adhesive
Dimensions
H x W x D: 9 11/16 × 7 13/16 × 9/16 in. (24.6 × 19.9 × 1.4 cm)
Description
A hardcover edition of New England in Color: a Collection of Color Photographs by Samuel Chamberlain and Stewart Beach. The paperboard-bound hardcover has an adhesive binding. The dust jacket features a color photograph of an idyllic rural scene. Three houses are in the background and in the foreground is a body of water. Lobster traps and lobster trap buoys piled on a dock by a moored boat. There are trees and a wooden fence in front of two of the houses. In the bottom right corner, are the authors names printed in black text that reads [Samuel Chamberlain / and Stewart Beach]. The spine of the jacket is black with red and white text including authors' last names and the abbreviated book title: [CHAMBERLAIN AND BEACH NEW ENGLAND IN COLOR]. The publisher, [HASTINGS HOUSE], is printed at the bottom of the spine in white text. The back of the dust jacket features a full-size, color photograph of a brick red house on a grassy lawn, with a stone fence. A large tree that dominates the left side of the image and there is a line of trees in the background. The front and back covers are avocado green. At the center of the front cover is the abbreviated book title, [NEW ENGLAND IN COLOR], printed in black text. Printed black text on the spine reads: [CHAMBERLAIN AND BEACH NEW ENGLAND IN COLOR HASTINGS HOUSE]. Pages 1-32 are white with black text and pages 33-95 are printed color plates. The book has ninety-four pages and color photographs.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Place printed
Hong Kong, Asia
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Type
hardcover books
Topic
Architecture
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Photography
Segregation
Travel
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Object number
2011.12.52.14
Restrictions & Rights
© Hastings House Publishers, Inc
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5819ba7a2-ed40-48cb-b6b6-a131a65ac93a

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