Hemment Jack (3 results)
Published by Illustrated Press Syndicate
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fair. New York: Illustrated Press Syndicate, 1904. Oblong sm 4to. Unpaginated. Illus. Fair book. Covers detached. (Maryland, Baltimore, Fire 1904) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by The A. B. Benesch Co, New York 1904
- Softcover
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare
Contact seller5-star sellerPictorial wrappers. Designed and published for the Illustrated Press Syndicate, New York. Unpaginated. Original pictorial wrappers. Compliments of The Baltimore Car Wheel Company. Previous owner's name in pencil on the front cover, spine partially split, a few smudges and light foxing to covers. A good copy. ; Oblong octavo.
Published by A.B. Benesch Co (1904), New York 1904
- First Edition
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Oblong octavo (20cm x 28cm). Stapled pictorial wrappers; two preliminary pages, [2] pp.text, 14 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones) of which 8 are folding panoramas. Map, showing the portions of the city affected by the fire, inside front wrapper. Clean and bright, with just mild external wear - V…ery Good. A quite extraordinary view-book, containing panoramic scenes of Baltimore following the Great Fire of 1904, which destroyed large portions of the downtown and inner harbor. The photographer and author Jack Hemment had been a correspondent for the Hearst Newspapers during the Spanish-American War; his introductory text provides a brief narrative of events from the time the first was discovered until it was finally extinguished three days later. The total damage was estimated at the astronomical sum of thirty million dollars, well over a billion dollars in today's currency. A fragile book, seldom found in good condition - this a remarkably fresh, unsoiled example.
