A Tour of St. Louis; Or, the Inside Life of a Great City
St. Louis: Western Publishing Company, Jones & Griffin, 1878.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 564 pp, illustrated and indexed, bound in original green cloth with embossed title and decoration on front board, gilt spine. Moderate wear to boards, previous owners' names on front pastedown, evidence of something tipped-in and then removed from verso of frontispiece, otherwise clean and sound. Detailed and well illustrated work describing many of St. Louis' leading businesses and civic institutions, as well as an extensive (ca. 150 pp) section on "Social Features," which include residences, summer pastimes, Fire Department, Metropolitan Police, "Pariahs in the Docks," "Ways that are Dark," "Street Arabs," "Life Among the Lowly," "Mystic St. Louis," street vendors, crime, gambling, drinking customs, the insane, and more.
Item #24079
Price: $125.00