[Rarebooks] The Washington Hotel, Seattle--unrecorded? 1903 booklet

[Bob Petrilla]

Lew,

This is also available.  It pays to get to work early.
Will send both hotel booklets with an invoice.

Thanks as always,

Bob




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On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Bob Petrilla <petrillabooks at gmail.com>
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> Washington, Seattle . THE SCENIC HOTEL OF THE WORLD--THE WASHINGTON,
> SEATTLE: Overlooking Harbor, Puget Sound, Lakes, Mountains and all Seattle.
> Owned by James A. Moore. Managed by De L. Harbaugh. Seattle: Washington
> Hotel, (1903). First Edition. (18)pp; illustrated throughout from
> photographs. Pictorial white wrappers. 6.75" x 10.25" Very Good. Pictorial
> Paper Covers.
> "Situated on the brow of Seattle, the acknowledged gateway to the Orient,"
> the Washington Hotel featured extravagant woodwork, Victorian decor, a
> noted chef, President Roosevelt's Private Dining Room, and a stuffed elk in
> the rotunda. According to historylink.org: "The Denny Hotel was conceived
> and begun in 1889 by a group of developers including Seattle founding
> father Arthur Denny (1822-1899). The Panic of 1893 halted the proceedings
> with interiors incomplete, and the turreted shell hung over Seattle for a
> decade. James A. Moore (1861-1929) bought it and it flourished as the
> Washington Hotel for one or two summers before the Denny Hill regrade
> regraded it out of existence." This brochure is an historic record of the
> short-lived Washington Hotel.  [Not recorded by WorldCat.  Not seen in UW
> online catalog.]   $150.00
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> Trade discount 20%, postpaid in US
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