first edition Hardcover
1877 · New York
by NORTON, Frank H., edited by
New York: Frank Leslie's Publishing House, 1877. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Folio. [4], 324pp. Rebound in modern brown cloth over boards with the front chromolithographic pictorial wrapper bound in, spine lettered in gold. Contains the large folding plate: "Bird's-Eye View of the City of Philadelphia" neatly backed on modern linen cloth, bound in between pp. 188-89. Small owner's label on front pastedown. Two leaves (pp. 7-10) are detached and chipped along the edges with some loss of the letterpress; one leaf facing the folded plate has a vertical tear mended with Japanese repair tape, fair overall with toning and some scattered chipping at the corners and margins. (Inventory #: 43571)