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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