Item #14310 History Of The Johnstown Flood. The Salesman's Dummy; "All the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of Connemaugh Valley; the Overthrow of Johnstown; the Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, Etc., Etc. with Full Accounts of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek." W. Fletcher Johnson.

History Of The Johnstown Flood. The Salesman's Dummy; "All the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of Connemaugh Valley; the Overthrow of Johnstown; the Massing of the Wreck at the Railroad Bridge; Escapes, Rescues, Searches for Survivors and the Dead; Relief Organizations, Stupendous Charities, Etc., Etc. with Full Accounts of the Destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek."

Np: Edgewood Publishing Co., 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. octavo; pp. 96 selected pages; illustrated, twenty-four selected black and white plates of a projected twenty-four; brown cloth, lettered in gilt, brown patterned endpapers, rear board shows the projected spine; the order ledger at rear is intact and is unused; bound in is a broadsheet advertisement for the book with details as to make up and pricing; Very good, minor edgewear. Very good. Item #14310

A very nice example of a late 19th century salesman's dummy.

Price: $35.00

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