(BROOKLYN BRIDGE)E F Farrington History of the Building of t

Sale 1906 - Lot 64

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(BROOKLYN BRIDGE)
E. F. Farrington. History of the Building of the Great Bridge. New York, (1881). Numerous full-page illustrations and ads. 8vo, contemporary pictorial covers [see note], rebacked, worn; tear to page 33/34 with loss.

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This is an uncommon history of the Brooklyn Bridge, written during its construction, with ads in the rear for companies that contributed. OCLC locates 8 copies. The rear cover is fashioned from a large trade card with an image of the bridge and an ad for Willimantic thread, and the front cover seems to be a part of a small format Currier and Ives view of the bridge.