Excerpt from The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital: A Work Descriptive of Washington City in All Its Various Phases Tee pet child of the Republic, Washington City, is unknown to the majority of the American people. Few have seen it, and there is no work in print de scribing its varied attractions and sights, or making plain that inner life which daily transpires within it, and in which the whole country is so much interested. It is the centre from which radiate these influences which make our national ...
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Excerpt from The Sights and Secrets of the National Capital: A Work Descriptive of Washington City in All Its Various Phases Tee pet child of the Republic, Washington City, is unknown to the majority of the American people. Few have seen it, and there is no work in print de scribing its varied attractions and sights, or making plain that inner life which daily transpires within it, and in which the whole country is so much interested. It is the centre from which radiate these influences which make our national existence great or feeble, and the entire Republic is affected by its weal or woe. There is a growing desire manifested on all sides to know more of the Capital of the Nation, and it is the object of this volume to gratify this laudable and natural curiosity. It is believed that the picture herein presented is complete, and the author has la bored faithfully to make it accurate. The Publishers, on their part, have spared no expense to render the book attractive. As a guarantee of the excellence and fidelity of the engravings of the Public Build ings, it is only necessary to mention that they were prepared in the famous establishment of Messrs. Har p'er Bros. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Fair with no dust jacket. Spine extremities, corners and board edges are heavily rubbed. Quite shaken. Corners are bumped. Binding is mottled with surface rubbing. Front hinge is cracked. Some age-toning, foxing, a bit of spotting throughout text.; AHH16D; 512 pages.
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Good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine and hinges solid. Wear at spine ends, corners. Minimal ex-library markings. Several owner names, otherwise unmarked. All plates present. Small chip out of front endpaper. A few spots on cover. xix, [21]-512 p. Green cloth, gilt titles. Front., plates (part double) 23 cm.
