Buy this book on-line Rand, McNally and Company : Fifty Glimpses of Philadelphia and Vicinity. Reproduced from Recent PhotographsRand, McNally and Company, Chicago, IL, 1896
Original publisher's green cloth binding with beautiful gilt lettering and a floral decoration on the front cover. 9" x 6 1/2." Forty-eight pages, complete. Former owner's inscription in black ink on a blank flyleaf with a Biblical verse and dated "Aug 28/[18]99" in Philadelphia. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. A few pages have a few small spots or smudges. A Fine copy. This book is composed entirely of reprinted black and white photographs of scenic buildings, places, and historical landmarks in and around Philadelphia. Each photograph has caption that briefly states what the subject is. Among the featured subjects are the "Academy of Fine Arts," "Chestnut Street, Looking West from Ninth Street," "Chew Mansion," "Drexel Institute," "Flower Beds, Fairmount Park," "Germantown Cricket Club Grounds," "Independence Hall," "A View of Schuylkill River," and the "William Penn House.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Rand, McNally and Company : Fifty Glimpses of Philadelphia and Vicinity. Reproduced from Recent Photographs. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, collectables, livres rares, incunabula and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |