Philadelphia Centennial Celebration 1876 pictorial souvenir booklet views & map

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Americana, Souvenirs, Ephemera, Centennial Celebration, Philadelphia, Illustrated Books).

Centennial Souvenir 1876 Philadelphia.
Published 1876, United States.
16 pages. Text in English. Illustrated throughout with 15 views on 16 panels (one is a double pg. birds-eye view). Map of grounds on rear interior cover (long tear closed on reverse with archival tape). Accordion style binding.

Publisher's 1/4 cloth binding, pictorial color lithographed paper pastedowns, oblong format.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, light scattered spotting, spine cloth has holes but is still holding the boards together well, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly,rear map is detached,  book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 3 1/4" H x 5" W.

[B10924].