The new Philadelphia / blocks cut and printed by A.B. Weaver, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weaver, A. B. (Albert Burnley), 1898- printer.

Contributor:

Gollifox Press, publisher.

Centaur Book Shop, bookseller.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Rare Books Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Pictorial works.

Buildings.

Wood-engraving, American.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Pictorial works.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Wood-engraving, American--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Specimens.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Genre:

Specimens.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[28] leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia [Pa.] : Gollifox Press, [1929]

Summary:

Contains information on the Philadelphia Library, Hano Wasserman & Company building, Penn Athletic Club, Liberty Title & Trust Company, the Reading Station on North Broad Street, Kenilworth, the Lasher Building, the Delaware River Bridge, Chateau Crillon, the Scottish Rite, arcadeof the stadium of the University of Pennsylvania, the Fidelity-Philadelphia Building, the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Unitarian Church on Lincoln Drive, 2031 Locust Street, the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company's building, 1500 Walnut Street, Rittenhouse Plaza Apartments, the University of Pennsylvania powerhouse, Elbow Lane, the Elverson Building, Central Young Men's Chritian Association, the Lewis Tower, Tradesman National Bank & Trust Company, and the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

Notes:

One hundred copies of which 80 are for sale at the Centaur Bookshop.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum's copy signed by the artist.

Athenaeum copy: Laid in are order form and description of the book, from Centaur Book Shop.

Athenaeum copy: Gift of James Halpin Hill.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 35.

OCLC:

9129341