AMERICAN CENTENNIAL
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1876. 12 fold-out photo-lithographs in hardcover binding. Each image is of either a landmark Philadelphi building or one of the exhibition buildings for the American Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10, 1876. Decoration & lettering on cover are gilt. The view book is in about very goo condition: generally clean and tight; moderate sunning on covers; foreedge of covers has cloth worn through to boards; photos have a hint of light toning... First Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. Oblong 48mo - over 3" - 4" Tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029122
- Title
- AMERICAN CENTENNIAL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- Oblong 48mo - over 3" - 4&q
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Horticulture Hall, Memorial, Agricultural, MacHinery, Main Exhibition Building; Independence Hall University Pennsylvania City Hall, Academy Natural Sciences Fairmont Park Masonic Temple
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Photography; Mid-Atlantic States;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...