1876 Centennial View Of Our Country And its Resources - Antique Leather store Book

A Centennial View Of Our Country And its Resources 1876 Illustrated

"Giving A Brief Outline History Of The Birth And Growth Of The Nation And Each State Separately, And Thus Introducing The Reader To Their Present Vast Extent And Varied Resources.......Interspersed With many Exciting Incidents In American History"

That was an edited version of a very, very long title! But, one gets the point! 1876 was the nation's celebration of the 100th year anniversary of the American Revolution and this large antique leather book marks the exciting occasion. There is a chapter at the end of the book about the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Large antique leather book, the title is gold embossed on the spine. The paper pages have some cotton content and are not fragile. Good binding and no loose pages. Original marbled paper for the endpages. There is also a large pull-out map at the end of the book (albeit wrinkled with some repaired rips).

In antique used good condition. Moderate wear to the covers: bumped corners, wear to the cloth at the top of the leather spine, dings, scrapes, and rubbing to the leather, foxing and tanning to the pages, and some repaired pages. The book was formerly also a library book and has library marking (on binding, a stamp at front, and date due pocket on rear endpage.

Large hardcover antique leather book 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 2 3/4", 1241 pages. Large book!

By James D. McCabe

About the Centennial International Exhibition:

"The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, store the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May to November, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
Mass-produced products and new inventions were on display. such as the typewriter and electric pen, along with new types of mass-produced sewing machines, stoves, lanterns, guns, wagons, carriages, and agricultural equipment. The Centennial Monorail featured a steam locomotive and passenger car that straddled a single elevated iron rail. The exposition also featured many well-known products including Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone, set up on opposite ends of Machinery Hall, the automatic telegraph system by Thomas Edison, screw-cutting machines that drastically improved the production of screws and bolts from 8,000 to 100,000 a day, and new food products such as popcorn and ketchup, along with root beer, were also exhibited."

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