SOUVENIR BOOK OF THE ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION: Official Photographic Views [cover title]: Seattle, USA, June 1st - October 16th, 1909 by Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition - 1909

Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012-02-22. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Albany, NY: , J. B. Lyon Company, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Seattle, WA: Seattle Electric Co., Publicity Dept., 1909. 12mo. 64 (i.e. 62) pp., w/ 1 “memoranda” leaf removed. With numerous illustrations and maps, including map keys. Illustrated softcovers, A-Y-P Exposition logo on front cover, lettering in red & black (minor dustsoiling, edgewear), still G copy, w/ pencil annotations, prices, and remarks in last few leaves, and itemized lunch for $ 2.25 on back cover by Amelia S. Sullivan, Helen Sullivan, or Mrs. William Sullivan, w/ additional notes on steamship visit to Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. First edition of this rare souvenir handbook guide detailing how to see the sights in Seattle, and at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The maps include those for the Exposition, Ballard, Edgewater & Union Bay, Queen Anne Hill, Capitol & Renton Hill, along with West Seattle and Beacon Hill. Worldcat locates 3 copies (U of AK (Fairbanks), Claremont, WA State Lib.).

Seattle, Washington: Printed by the Pacific Press, Inc., nd c1910. Advance proof. very good. 1st Edition. 157pp. + [2]pp. (index)pp. Octavo. Illustrations from photos. Original black cloth taped backed blue wrappers, minor fading. very good Tourville 156. Illustrated report giving a history of the commission, detailed statement of all disbursements, summary of receipts and disbursements, and description and costs of buildings and major exhibits. 1910

Seattle, WA: Robert A. Reid, Publisher, 488 Arcade, 1909. Oblong 4to. 12.5 x 9.5 in. [54 pp (unpaginated).], photo-illustrated title. With photographic illustrations throughout (1 large double-page panorama of Arctic Circle & Formal Garden), 1 large map at rear of the Exposition. Gray-illustrated softcovers, yapp fore-edges, panoramic mounted photo cover art of Exposition, decorative gilt & black lettering (slight shelfwear, very slight rubbing), still NF copy. First edition of this very scarce photographic souvenir chronicling the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The photos encompass the Manufactures Building, Forestry Building, many of the States Buildings, and courts. In addition, there are views of the Japan Exhibit, the Formosa Tea House (sponsored by the Japanese Imperial government to justify controlling present-day Taiwan), the Japanese Village, the Pay Streak attractions which included a roller-coaster like scenic railway, the Temple of Palmistry, the Oriental Village, the Igorrote Village,… Read More