Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1893. In-quarto, 278 x 203 mm, 79 pp. Scarce first edition. Original publisher's red cloth with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Floral patterned paper eps 1st edition. Features an intriguing black stamp "Baldwin Locomotive Works / Unicos Azeites no Brazil / Rio de Janeiro" on the title page. Includes Baldwin's advertisement at the end of the book. Frontis, from a photograph, showing an interior factory view of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Images, from photographs, of the 14 engines on exhibit. Woodcut of "Old Ironsides", 1832 locomotive built by Matthias Baldwin. 4to. 10-7/8" x 7-3/4" Baldwin exhibited 14 locomotives in the Exposition including an Express Passenger Locomotive, "American Pattern" [Class 8-34 C]; 3 Compound Express Passenger Locomotives, a "Double-Ender" Type, Wootten Fire-Box [Class 8 20/38 1/4 C, No. 694], an "American Type" [Class 8 20/38 C, No. 450] & a "Special High-Speed" Type [Class 8 20/38 1/4 C, No. 13,350]; a Passenger Locomotive, "American" Type [Class 830 C, No. 13,400] and other divers models such as a Logging Locomotive, "Double-Ender" Pattern [Class 8=22 1/4 C, No. 13,361].

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A bit of wear and tear on the cover. Firm binding, interior is clean and crisp, very light foxing on some pages near the binding which doesn't hamper the text or pictures.