FIRST FAIR OF THE AGRICULTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF MOBILE, to Commence Tuesday, May 5th, 1874, and Continue Five Days.

Mobile, AL: Printed at the Register Job and Book Office, 1874. First edition. 8vo. 56 pp. The program for the fair and premium lists for various competitions are interspersed with ads for local businesses, some illustrated. Apparently fairs were held by this organization intermittently between 1874 and 1880. Owen, pp. 1062-1063 (for the 1875 and 1880 fairs only). OCLC locates one copy of the 1874 program (Mobile Public Library) and two copies for the 1875 fair (Mobile Public, Birmingham Jefferson County Public). Old tideline through upper corner of text, two ad leaves excised, else very good. Original printed green wrappers.(1500). Item #54416

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