RANDOM NOTES OF BOSTON by [Boston]; Dowst Henry P - 1913

Boston: H.B. Humphrey Company, 1913. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with full-page plates with tissue guards from drawings by John Albert Seaford. Tall 8vo, publisher's original navy blue cloth the spine lettered in gilt, the upper cover beautifully decorated with a fine gilt framework design and lettering in gilt within, t.e.g. [94] pp. A fine copy, the binding and cloth very well preserved, some of the typical mellowing to the inside pages. FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHED FOR PRESENTATION IN 1913. A PLEASING WORK ON BOSTON with illustrated chapters on Beacon Hill, the Old City, Copley Plaza, the Harbour and Waterfront and the New City. A famous book for many years.