WASHINGTON, THE NATION'S CAPITAL. [Washington, D.C.]

Moore, Charles, 1855-1942. E.H. Suydam [Edward Howard Suydam, 1885-1940] (illustrator). Southern Railway System.

Published by [Washington, DC - New York]: Southern Railway System - A.H. Kellogg Co. (printers), 1927.

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Unpaged - 32 pages plus covers. Staple-bound booklet: H 25.25cm x L 17cm. Cream colored paper covers with some toning and soiling. Features an Introduction (three pages of text) and legends (i.e. captions) by Charles Moore for most of the 27 illustrations from drawings by E. H. Suydam (including front cover and a frontispiece) plus a concluding map of the eastern United States showing Southern Railway lines. Interior pages are clean and binding is firm. A very good- copy. Presumably issued as a promotional lagniappe advertising tourism to Washington, D.C. via the Southern Railway System. A predecessor to the Moore-Suydam book WASHINGTON, PAST AND PRESENT which was published by The Century Company in 1929, this booklet has more illustrations than what was included in the book {see Hallinan A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTONIANA 1994}. Charles Moore served as Chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts.

Seller Inventory # PXZP-11410

Bibliographic Details

• Title: WASHINGTON, THE NATION'S CAPITAL. [Washington, D.C.]
• Publisher: [Washington, DC - New York]: Southern Railway System - A.H. Kellogg Co. (printers), 1927.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana-Regional