[Rarebooks] FS: Seattle,Washington Territory, Albertype viewbook

[Bob Petrilla]

Washington Territory, Seattle. SAMUEL'S SOUVENIR NO. 3 - SEATTLE. Portland,
Oregon: L. Samuel, [1882?] . First Edition. 10pp text; 18 panels of views
from photographs by Louis Glaser, including: Seattle from the Harbor;
Yesler-Leary Block; Front Street (several); Fry's Opera House; Arlington
House; Seattle from the Capitol Hill; Bell's Hotel; Sullivan's Block;
Golden Rule Bazaar; Territorial University; Sisters' Academy; 12 private
residences; Olympic Range from Seattle Harbor; &c. Bound in embossed,
decorative red boards, gilt cover title; a nice, bright example of this
scarce viewbook. 3.25" x 5" Very Good. Decorative Boards.
Albertypes by Wittemann Bros.192 Fulton St., New York, Sole Agents for
North America for Louis Glaser's Souvenir Albums. The text is an overview
of Seattle up to 1881. [WorldCat does not record this title, but does
record an 1884 viewbook, "The Pacific Northwest," credited to L. Samuel,
with three holdings: Washington State U. UC-Berkeley, U Oregon. The
Huntington Library has the same title, catalogued as Samuel's Souvenir No.
6, ca. 1884.] Washington Territory was admitted as a State in 1889. $250.00

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