OUR PHILADELPHIA. by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins ((1855 -1936) and Joseph…

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OUR PHILADELPHIA.

Edition: First printing.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1914. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful collaboration between this husband and wife, in which the city is "described by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, illustrated with 105 lithographs by Joseph Pennell. In the preface, Elizabeth notes that this was written "simply for the pleasure of gathering together my old memories of a town that is dear to me and my new impressions of it after the absence of a quarter of a century." The lithographs by Joseph Pennell are a record an old Philadelphia and of the new one, a record that "in a few years would be impossible for anybody to make, so continually is Philadelphia changing." Index. A large and heavy book, 552 pp.

Condition: Fair condition only in red cloth with gilt lettering and top edge gilt (rubbing to the lettering on the spine, wear to covers and some fraying at the top of the spine, front hinge cracked) The contents are clean and tight and near fine, and the binding remains sturdy.

Book ID: 81558
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