Peculiarities of American Cities by Glazier, Willard - 1886

Hubbard Brothers, 1883-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used - Acceptable. 0x0x0. heavy wear. cracked binding. edgewear. scar on back cover. discoloration from age. Very readable copy.

Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo; 558 pages, blue pictorial cloth, rather edgeworn, discrete rubber stamp on floral endpaper. "... it will be my aime, in the following pages, to talk of cities as I have found them in my walks, from day to day, with but slight references to their founding and past history." - Preface. The much-travelled Captain Glazier claimed to have lived in more than 100 American cities. Includes Quebec, Ottawa, Montreal, Portland, Milwaukee, Erie, Cheyenne, Brooklyn, Salt Lake City, and the usual suspects.

Philadelphia, PA: Hubbard Brothers, 1886. Early Printing; gold pictorial c; w/s=ome age darening, moderate wear at extremities; owner's name; 570 clean, unmarked pages; Brooklyn Bridge and buildings pictorially represented on cover in gold stamp and black stamp, gold stamped decorated spine. Glazier, the soldier- author. Glazier presents the peculiar features, favorite resorts and distinguishing charateristics, of thirty-nine American and Canadian cities. From Quebec to Savannah, New Haven to Cheyenne. Cities include Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, New Orleans, Detroit, New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, St. Louis amongst others; slight wear at spine/tips; in mylar protective wraps. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece + 33 Plates. 12 vo; 2 Pounds.

Philadelphia, PA, USA: Hubbard Brothers, 1883. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated boards with gilt and black lettering and graphics. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated. The corners are frayed. The top and base of the spine shows shelf wear. The rear endpaper has an one inch tear. The frontis has the tissue intact. There is foxing noted. 558 pages.

Phila: Hubbard Bros, 1884. Decorated Cloth. Tan cloth ornately decorated in gilt and black with depiction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the National Cathedral. 558 pps.. Illustarted with frontis portrait of the suthor and 24 full page drawings of notable sights in American cities. Each of the following cities are covered in a seperate chapter: Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Brooklyn (not then incorporated into New York City), Baltimore, Charleston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Chyenne, Detroit, Erie, Harrisburg, Hartford, Lancaster, Milwaukee, Montreal, Newark, New Haven, New Orleans, New York, Omaha, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Portland , Philadelphia, Providence, Quebec, Reading, Richmond, St. Paul, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Savannah, Springfield, St. Louis, Syracuse, Toronto and Washington, D.C. A tight copy with hinges still firm; though the gilt is all still claer, the covers are rather dingy with a few spots, worn through at the top and bottom edges of the spine.

Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers. 1886. Hardcover. Near Fine, minor soil to brown cloth; 570 pp; Gilt decorated brown cloth. .

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