Barton, Elmer E, ed.)

HISTORICAL AND COMMERCIAL SKETCHES OF WASHINGTON AND ENVIRONS: Our Capital City, "The Paris of America," Its Prominent Places and People, Leading Merchants, Manufacturers, Artisans, and Professional Men; Its Improvements, Progress, and Enterprise. Illustrated.

Washington, DC: E.E. Barton, publisher, 1884. 8vo. xvi, 272 pp. First edition. Wood engraved plates, plan of the city; ads for local businesses. Original gilt-stamped plum cloth (dull, spine faded), old tideline at top of rear endpapers, some foxing, but a good solid copy. Item #55253

Price: $250.00