Exposition

1898 · réf. 61010 — Chicago: Rand McNally Co. 1898. 8vo. 497 1 pp. 1 large folding Birds-eye colour pictorial map bound in at rear sized 25.5 x 20.5 in. with only slight edgewear. Original three-quarter brown calf over dark blue pebbled cloth gilt lettering & bands on spine t.e.g. minor shelfwear light rubbing ex-lib markings on endpapers stamp embossed in blind on title still a VG crisp copy. First edition of this surprisingly scarce report which served to provide the final history and financial analysis of the 1893 Columbian Worlds Fair. Higinbotham provides numerous tables explaining expenses amount of visitors to the fair specific exhibition costs final disposition of exhibits and much more. Of particular interest is that this copy still retains the original pictorial map Birds-Eye view based upon earlier versions and issued with this report. The pictorial map features a numbered list of attractions listed below which carefully correspond to those depicted in the map such as the “Ferris Wheel” erected by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece to the Midway Plaisance. See: Dybwad & Bliss Annotated Bibliography: World’s Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 1992 221 3 different versions issued. [Rand McNally Co., hardcover