Item #164788 Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts
Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts
Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts
Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts
Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts
Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts
Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts
Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts
Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts

Art Work of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Published in Nine Parts

Chicago: Gravure Illustration Co., 1914. Paperback. Dark green paper wraps with glossy light green design and lettering. Part I: 2pp text, 14 illus. Part 2: 17 illus. Part 3: 1pp. text, 16 illus. Part 4: 1pp. text, 14 illus. Part 5: 1pp text, 16 illus. Part 6: 1pp text, 14 illus. Part 7: 1pp, 14 illus. Part 8: 2pp text, 13 illus. Part 9: 2pp text, 15 illus. All illustrations are BW and have tissue paper overlays. Good. These volumes show shelf wear on covers, including some tanning and ripping of paper along the spine; Part 2 has small missing chunks of back cover and back few pages in bottom corner. Moderate foxing is seen throughout the volumes, mostly on the tissue overlays. There are a few spots of soiling, most significantly in Part 9 where there appears to be blue paint on tissue paper and over an illustration. The tissue is often foxed, torn, creased, or crumpled, while the plates are for the most part clean except for some tanning, a few minor rips along page edges, some creased corners, or minor smudging. Item #164788

These large exquisite plates showing buildings and scenic views from early Harrisburg are a lovely flashback in time. These books are a wonderful addition to any collection of those interested in local PA art and history, with scenes from Wildwood Park, the Susquehanna River Park along Front Street, the State Capitol grounds, Port Hunter, Paxtang Park, and residences of various local families, among many others. An earlier version of this was crafted in 1901, and included Harrisburg, Lancaster and York, PA in the nine parts. Quite scarce, located only in 9 libraries.

OCLC: 3664692

Price: $500.00

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