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Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE
Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE

Transportation Exhibits at the Worlds Columbian Exposition Folio 1894 RARE

$ 343.17

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: PLEASE SEE ITEM DESCRIPTION FOR MORE DETAILS. 1st Edition, 1894, Very Large Illustrated Folio (approx 11.75 x 2.75 x 15.75), lii, 779pp, with 192 plates (6 fold-outs), 404 in-text illustrations, and 108 illustrated Tables and Charts. Top edge gilt with marble end-papers. 3/4 Leather Binding over Navy-Blue Cloth boards, professionally restored by a certified antiquarian book restoration specialist. Spine is rebacked in new leather, preserving the original spine leather over the restored binding (see Image 1 using the magnifier tool). Some missing chips from the original spine. Leather corners have also been replaed (see Images 2 and 12). Original Cloth shows some soiling and dust (see Images 2 and 12). Very small name stamp from the original owner on the front fly-leaf. NOT EX-LIB. See Images 4 and 5 for complete Table of Contents. See Images 6 & 7 for complete List of Plates, See Image 8 for List of Illustrations In the Text. See Images 8 and 9 for complete List of Tables and Diagrams.
  • Year: 1894
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modification Description: Restored by a certified antiquarian book restorationist with a new leather spine, refurbished binding, and new leather corners while preserving the original binding, pasted atop of the new binding.
  • Modified Item: Yes

    Description

    "A Record of the Transportation Exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893," by James Dredge. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1894.
    3/4 Leather Folio (approx 11.75 x 2.75 x 15.75), lii, 779pp, with 192 plates (6 fold-outs), 404 in-text illustrations, and 108 illustrated Tables and Charts, including Exhibition Buildings, Locomotives, Passenger Trains, Freight Cars, and Ships (71 Locomotive Plates w 6 Fold-Outs; 25 Passenger Car Plates; 21 Freight Car Plates; and 30 Ships). Top edge gilt with marble end-papers.
    An extremely scarce volume, printed in very limited numbers, and refurbished by a certified antiquarian book restoration specialist.
    SEE CONDITION DESCRIPTION FOR MORE DETAILS.
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