"Newport: Our Social Capital" 1905 Van Rensselaer, Mrs. John King

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VAN RENSSELAER, Mrs. John King

[401] pp.

J.B. Lippincott Company

1905

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

Map 1) 8-fold map … Read more VAN RENSSELAER, Mrs. John King

[401] pp.

J.B. Lippincott Company

1905

11 1/2" x 8 1/4"

Map 1) 8-fold map of Newport, R.I.: 25 3/4" x 20 1/4"

Map 2) Newport: A Key to Residences and Points of Interest: 10.75" x 22", 4-fold

This edition is limited to three-hundred and forty-seven copies. This is number 237

Philadelphia and London. J.B. Lippincott Company. MDCCCCV (1905)., 1905. First Edition. With matching dates of 1905 on the title and copyright pages. With "Published November, 1905" on the copyright page. "This edition is printed from the type, and is limited to Thre Hundred and Forty-seven copies. This is Number 219." (Limitation page) With a a splendid colored frontispiece by Henry Hutt, many illustrations in photogravure and double-tone, and from drawings by Edward Stratton Holloway. All with tissue guards. With two maps in excellent condition, crisply folded and pocketed in the rear paste-down: 1) Map of Newport; 2) Road Map of Island of Rhode Island and Conanicut Island. And over 95 splendid full-page illustrations, photogravures, all with tissue guards throughout this limited edition. Splendidly bound in finely woven brown linen cloth stamped brightly in gold on the front boards and the spine. With the Rhode Island seal stamped in gold and blue on the front boards, featuring an anchor and the word "Hope" on a waving banner. Printed on heavy, deckle-edged paper. See less