Published by Arthur Logoz, Switzerland, 1958
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 34.55
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very uncommon in dustwrapper. Colour photo throughout & detailed text on cars of the world. Large format. Endpapers very lightly foxed. Dustwrapper has discreet tape repairs to rear edges.
Published by Portland Post Card Co., Louis Scheiner; Oregon News Co., Edward H. Mitchell, American Art Post Cards, Wesley Andrews Co., Northern Pacific Railway Co., Employes' Forum of PG&C, Northwestern Electric, PP&L, 1908-1929]., [Portland, OR & San Francisco, CA:, 1908
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Fourteen pieces: 12 postcards are colour-printed, 1 on linen, 1 embossed chromo w/ gilt lettering added, 1 w/ scalloped edges on linen, all split-backs, 5 w/ manuscript mailing & postmarks on versos (1 stamp removed); 13 -- [16 pp (unpaginated).], of black & white printed postcards leporello accordion-style one continuous strip, mounted in folding colour-printed mailing cover (minor edgewear, dustsoiling); 14 -- die-cut photo-printed card sized 2.5 x 3.25 in. w/ portrait superimposed on PG&C building (some w/ thumbing, minor edgewear), still VG grouping. First editions of this group of postcards celebrating the early two decades of the popular Portland Rose Festival, organized kicked off by a speech by Mayor Harry Lane in 1905 at the Lewis & Clark Exposition, and in 1907 featured a festival with parade, and an electric parade with elaborate illuminated floats atop flat cars on Portland trolleys.