Description: Please note we do not work weekends. All offers, questions, or concerns may not be answered untilMonday. Please understand this means you may need to resubmit your offer Sunday evening. Thank you forsupporting our libraries and have a great weekend. Frank Leslie's historical register of the United States Centennial exposition, 1876 / embellished with nearly eight hundred illustrations drawn expressly for this work by the most eminent artists in America. ; including illustrations and descriptions of all previous international exhibitions, and containing much useful information, and statistics of the foreign countries represented at the exposition ; edited by Frank H. Norton ...Cover illustration shows five figures kneeling, standing and crouching as they stare into an unseen distance from a rocky promontory. From left to right, they are: a male Native American representing the Americas wearing a headdress and kneeling on his shield; Columbia signifying the United States standing proudly and gesturing; Europa standing at the center and clutching in one hand a shield and an olive branch in the other; crouching beside her is a woman representing Asia; and the female figure of Africa kneels and leans back on the far right, a quiver full of arrows at her side. A world globe rises behind them on the right, with Europe and Africa depicted and labeled. In the valley below lies the United States Capitol, and a city along a river on which a sailing ship and steamship pass. A railroad train chugs alongside a telegraph wire. Brown hard cover with gilt lettering and design on front cover. Book may be missing a few pages in front of beginning of volume and at the very end. Front end sheet is torn. Fold out has a few small tears. Slight foxing of pages. 64 pp. All proceeds benefit the Libraries of Pima County. Please review all photos. This listing has beendonated. Please note that the listing is for what you see in the listing. We photograph all of it so youknow what you are purchasing. The sale of the item(s) benefits Friends of the Pima Library (501c3non-profit).
Price: 117 USD
Location: Tucson, Arizona
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: Frank Leslie
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1876
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Frank Leslie
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Topic: Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
