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4 on Expositions/World's Fairs, incl. Chicago 1893

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4 on Expositions/World's Fairs, incl. Chicago 1893
Group of books on expositions and world's fairs, including the Cenntenial Exhibition of 1876, and the White City in Chicago, 1893: 1. McCABE, JAMES D. History of the Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia: 1876. Commemorating the 100 year anniversary of American Independence, engraved illustrations, including fold-outs, throughout. Half leather and cloth, marbled edges. Poor-Fair; wear and losses to leather, spine hinge split/partially detached, cloth worn, front inner hinge split, toning, ink inscription. 2. THE INTER-STATE EXPOSITION SOUVENIR; CONTAINING HISTORICAL SKETCH OF CHICAGO; ALSO A RECORD OF THE GREATER INTER-STATE EXPOSITION OF 1873. Chicago: Van Arsdale & Massie, Publishers, 1873. All edges gilt. Fair-Good; fading, wear, and losses to ends of spine; bookplate glued to pastedown. 3. GLIMPSES OF THE WORLD'S FAIR: A SELECTION OF GEMS OF THE WHITE CITY SEEN THROUGH A CAMERA... THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1893. Photographic illustrations. Good; spine loose/split of front inner hinge. 4. HOLLEY, MARIETTA. Samantha at the World's Fair. New York, London, and Toronto: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1893. Very Good; gilt and silver pictorial cover is bright.