BRYAN, WILLIAM S. (EDITED AND ARRANGED BY) WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAJOR-GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER WITH SPECIAL DESCRIPTIVE MATTER AND NARRATIVES BY JOSE DE OLIVARES - Our Islands and Their People As Seen with Camera and Pencil. Two Volumes. Embracing Perfect Photographic and Descriptive Representations of the People and the Islands Lated Acquired from Spain, Including Hawaii and the Philippines: Also Their Material Resources and Productions. . .![]() St. Louis, MO: N. D. Thompson Publishing Co, 1899. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Walter B. Townsend. B&W Illustrations; This is a folio sized set of two volumes . Rust colored cloth covered boards have gilt lettering to the spine and gilt and black lettering and decorations to the front covers of the books. The gilding on the spines of both volumes and on the front cover of volume two has faded and dulled somewhat (it varies - with more dulling to the spines than the cover). There is some bumping to the spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers along with edge tearing, fraying and wear to the cloth at the corners and spine ends. The text blocks of both volumes are clean and bright. With the exception of two pages, the text blocks are clean, bright and fresh. There is one small tear to the bottom of one page in volume two, followed by two pages with spots of discoloration. Volume one has one page which has a long, tear - almost a full page tear - which has been repaired. All plates are present and in very nice clean, bright condition." 2 volumes, 16 unnunbered leaves of color plates : color frontispieces, color illustrations, portraits, maps ; 41 x 29 cm" (from OCLC) The photographs (black and white) were taken by Walter B. Townsend. Special descriptive matter and narratives were added by Jose De Olivas. The entire work was introduced by Major-General Joseph Wheeler of the United States Army. Due to the extreme weight of this set, postage will have to be determined at time of ordering.. Good . USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 530.5 | £UK 450.75 | JP¥ 87105] Book number 43896is offered by:
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