Galley Proof: Columbian Oration Dedication: 1893 World\'s Columbian Exposition
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Galley Proof: Columbian Oration Dedication: 1893 World\'s Columbian Exposition:
$39.00
Noted New York Orator, Chauncey Depew, at the Chicago 1893 World\'s Fair
- Rare Galley Proof: Long 19 x 6 inches strips printed on thin tan pulp with a different type face (top half of sheet one shown). Eight uncorrected sheets printed one side only. Single staple at top holds all 8 sheets. A wonderful display of how the printer finalizes and marks upthe text and layout format. Unusual and the ultimate original.
-Printer\'s Proof: 9x 6 inchesstiff card stock wraps with black print (covershown).New York: Lockwood, 1892 (imprint shown); 24 pp. printed on heavy high rag content fine paper (title page shown). Complete text of the speech given at the Dedication of the Columbian Exposition, October 21, 1892 (page 1 shown). Depew was a noted attorney and Senator from New York state and renowned as a fine orator in his day. Reminder of a very special day in Chicago history.
- Condition:Excellent:cover, hinges, spine, pages perfect. No marks, stains, or tears (shown). Folds on galley sheets perfect with no separations.
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Galley Proof: Columbian Oration Dedication: 1893 World\'s Columbian Exposition:
$39.00