Fairmount Park and the International Exhibition at Philadelphia. Sixth edition

  • Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1875
By [WORLD'S FAIRS - PHILADELPHIA] KEYSER, Charles S.
Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1875. Stated sixth edition. 12mo (19cm). Publisher's cloth, decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; viii,[9]-138pp; folding map; ads front and rear; illus. Mild external rubbing and wear, with taps to board corners; internally complete and sound, with small tissue repair to front endpaper, occasional marginal foxing and staining; folding map soiled and creased at fore-edge (but otherwise clean); Good or better overall, in the original binding.

An attractively-produced souvenir for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibiton of 1876. Illustrated throughout with line engravings, with a folding color map bound in before the frontispiece; ads for Philadelphia businesses front and rear. BOOKS OF THE FAIRS 329.

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