History of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 by Bennitt, Mark (ed.) - 1905

Saint Louis, MO: Universal Exposition Publishing Company, 1905 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. Complete Title: History of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Comprising the History of the Louisiana Territory, the Story of the Louisiana Purchase and a Full Account of the Great Exposition Embracing the Participation of the States and Nations of the World and Other Events of the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904; Compiled from Official Source by Mark Bennitt Editor-In-Chief ; Frank Parker Stockbridge Managing Editor, et al; with an Introduction by Walter B. Stevens; Illustrated Under Direction of Edgar M. Dilley with more than Four Thousand Engravings from Photographs by William H. Rau, Official Photographer, Jessie Tarbox Beals and George Stark, with Portraits of National, State and Foreign Commissioners, Exposition Officials and Distinguished Visitors, by J. C. Strauss, Kandeler Brothers, Murillo Studio and Others. xv (i), 800 pp, large bookplate regarding the dedication of the fair and signed by Alameda County Commissioners, 1904 World's Fair seal with tipped-in ribbon, b&w frontis, preface, introduction, 25 chapters, index to b&w illustrations, general index. First Edition, 1905. Light edge wear to cloth with slightly age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine..