The MAGIC CITY - A Massive Portfolio of Original Photographic Views of the Great World*s Fair
by Buel. J.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with 1-3/4-in chip to bottom of backstrip, wear to top of backstrip, wear to corners but overall clean tight intact copy.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
St Louis MO: Historical Publ Co, 1894. No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.. Hardcover in brown boards w decorative embossing front & rear, gilt titling on front board, no jacket.. Good with 1-3/4-in chip to bottom of backstrip, wear to top of backstrip, wear to corners but overall clean tight intact copy.. A Photographic and Historical Representation of The Magic City By-The-Lake, with Its Vast Treasures of the World*s Art Reproduced in Splendid Realism, as it was seen by villions of visitors, in a series of 300 Magnificent Photographic Views. Good clean tight copy of fascinating book about the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair & Columbian Exposition marking 400th anniversary of Columbus discovery of America.
14 x 11-1/4, unnumbered pp, sepia photos throughout.
14 x 11-1/4, unnumbered pp, sepia photos throughout.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19388
- Title
- The MAGIC CITY - A Massive Portfolio of Original Photographic Views of the Great World*s Fair
- Author
- Buel. J.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in brown boards w decorative embossing front & rear, gilt titling on front board, no jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with 1-3/4-in chip to bottom of backstrip, wear to top of backstrip, wear to corners but overall clean tight intact copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Historical Publ Co
- Place of Publication
- St Louis MO
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- History, Politics, War, Biography
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About the Seller
edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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- Fair
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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