COLUMBUS MEMORIAL PROGRESS ACHIEVEMENT 1492-1892-DISCOVERY, SETTLEMENT,WARS,INDEPENDENCE,CONSTITUTION,DISSENSION,SECESSION,PEACE Illustrations and Descriptions of the World's Fair Buildings, with Official Plat of the Grounds and Valuable Information in Keeping with the Times for the People de Iliff, John W. (Copyrighted by) - 1892

Monarch Book Company. VG. 1892. no edition/printing given. Softcover. Very good condition with light usage showing. Photo shows title page which is actually much lighter than shown. Covers are tan/dark blue lettering. Front cover and a few pages have a matching 1 1/2 inch tear at lower outer edge. Covers have some other minor edge tears. Covers also have some natural darkening with more around edges. Large handwritten compliments of Mrs. Cecli Abbot on opening front endpaper. Frontispiece is b/w illustration with Columbus in center surrounded by incidents in his llife such as Columbus in Ghana, on the road to Vallodolid, etc. All pages are quite clean and still stapled tight. Quite a few maps showing different discoveries of the Western Hemisphere, settlements and wars of North America, American Independence, etc. Also lots of b/w illustrations of the World's Fair buildings and their description such as the Horicultural and agricultural buildings, the women's buildings, the mines and mining building, etc. In giftable condition. Free gift wrapping, card and drop shipping. Let us know the occasion and message. ; 111/2x143/4; Unpaginated pages .