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PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION ILLUST. IN 1877 FACTS & STATISTICS OF U.S.A.
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WE HAVE "A COLLECTION FACTS, DATES AND STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPECTING THE GOVERNMENT, ARMY, NAVY, DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, FINANCE REVENUE, TARIFF, LAND SALES, HOMESTEAD AND NATURALIZATION LAWS, DEBT, POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND EACH STATE AND CONSIDERABLE CITY, AGRICULTURAL CONDITION, AREA FOR CULTIVATION, FOREIGN COINS AND THEIR VALUE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POSTAGES AND LABOR TABLES, EDUCATION AND RAILWAYS, ETC., ETC., BEING THE MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS EVER BROUGHT TOGETHER IN A SINGLE VOLUME OF SMALL SIZE. -- TO ACCOMPANY WATSON'S NEW MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. -- NEW YORK: GAYLORD WATSON, 16 BERKMAN STREET. - 1877"(1877 FIRST EDITION COPY OF THIS BOOK, WHICH INCLUDES MUCH INFORMATION ON THE PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T MENTION IT IN THE TITLE PAGE)--
Here we have a very nice First Edition copy of this book about America and its people and government, with description and pictures of the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition scattered here and there throughout the pages of the book. The book has five full page pictures of the five major buildings at the exposition, along with a full page panoramic view of the area. The frontispiece is an unrelated picture of the then recently completed Brooklyn Bridge, an engineering marvel at the time it was built. This is a very nice copy of this book, in a GILT decorated, lavender cloth binding. I find a few copies of this book priced from ten to thirty-five dollars plus S&H.--
THIS IS A HARDCOVER BOOK OF 157 PAGES, WHICH MEASURES ABOUT 9 BY 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER--I AM PUTTING THIS UP FOR SALE TODAY AT A REASONABLE BUY-IT-NOW PRICE WITH FREE SHIPPING, OR FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR BEST OFFER--GARY FROM HAUNTED MANSION RELIX--