TACOMA AND VICINITY. by [Washington] - 1888

Facsimile Publisher , pp. 73 . Papeback. New.

Facsimile Publisher , pp. 73 . Hardback. New.

George W. Traver , 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. beautifully decorated front board in oblong book wonderful illustration throughout Book in FINe condition

Tacoma, W.T.: Allen C. Mason, 1888. First Edition. Oblong 16mo, 6 x 9," [50]pp., blue illustrated cloth with gilt and black stamped lettering, page edge stained red. Original promotional viewbook for the city of Tacoma, Washington Territory, incorporated some 13 years prior. This version published by Allen C. Mason, prominent real estate agent and loan broker in the city. Contains 24 full-page, photomechanically reproduced, tinted photographs of streetscapes, theaters, hotels, public buildings, mills, railroad stations, storefronts, landscapes, mountains, parks, colleges, schools, trains and residences, including that of Mr. Mason. Also includes promotional literature opposite each photograph. Very good with soiling to covers with corners and edges worn. Cloth at spine chipping. Hinges a little weak otherwise clean internally with former owner's name and date of 1889 to front pastedown. More uncommon than the Nuhn and Wheeler printing, worldcat locating 7 holdings. Smith 6585.

Tacoma: Nuhn & Wheeler, 1888., 1888. First edition. 5 3/8” x 9” in light green/blue color illustrated cloth covers with an image of Mt. Tacoma and the title text in gilt; [50] pp (including the title page and text on its verso and the back side of each additional page); following the title page, each subsequent right hand page of the booklet bears lithographs of views, buildings, and street scenes in Tacoma, Washington Territory. The inside front cover contains a full-page ad for the Oakland Land, Loan and Trust Co. No other ads appear in the booklet, which makes it different from most copies that have 20 or so pages of Tacoma area business advertisements following the lithographic plates. Undoubtedly, this version was specifically produced as a promotional piece for the Oakland Land, Loan & Trust Co. The inside title page has a printed line near the bottom that reads, “A copy of this book will be forwarded by mail on receipt of… Read More