City of Boston, Deparment of Parks. Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners for the Year 1887
by City of Boston, Department of Parks; Olmsted, Frederick Law
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Belfast, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: City of Boston, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A significant report in that it contains 20 page report (pp. 51-71) by Frederick Law Olmsted outlining the city's progress in planning for open space, public usage, and improvements. A large onionskin folding map shows the greater Boston areas, bay islands, and is keyed to parts of the report. A large folded map is laid in that details the Back Bay Fens in a plan provided by Frederick Law Olsmsted Associates; small tears at corner folds. 127 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth publisher's binding with gold embossed city seal on cover, scuffing to exterior boards. Front pastedown gutter has torn, but still tight to text block. Interior clean with slight darkening of paper from age. Photographs illustrate some of the projects, with early water staining.
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- Bookseller
- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29452
- Title
- City of Boston, Deparment of Parks. Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners for the Year 1887
- Author
- City of Boston, Department of Parks; Olmsted, Frederick Law
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- City of Boston
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1888
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Belfast, Maine
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