1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition Architecture and Landscape Gardening

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The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition (1915) Bibliographic Details Publisher: San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co. 2nd Edition, Revised.Publication Date: 1915Binding: Hardcover Tall 8vo. Good in light brown buckram, gilt debossed lettering. NO DUST JACKET. Deckle edges; heavy rag stock. Loaded with 96 stunning tipped in b/w photographs of the various gardens, palaces, and other extraordinary buildings and venues that comprised this Phanton Kingdom. A pictorial survey of the incredible accomplishments made -- a mere 10 years after the devastating earthquake of 1906 levelled the City -- to create this phenomenally successful international exhibition which restored San Francisco's pre-earthquake rankings as a world class city. Informative descriptions by Maud Raymong and John Hamlin accompany each of the 96 photographs. A wonderful record of early San Francisco. Shipping is Media Mail USA - Return anytime if not happy.