A UNIQUE AND RARE PRIVATELY BOUND BOOK "A RUN THROUGH AMERIC...

Hammer

£40

A UNIQUE AND RARE PRIVATELY BOUND BOOK "A RUN THROUGH AMERICA AND CANADA BY REV.WILSON BAIRD" CIRCA 1893. THE BOOK IS LEATHER BOUND WITH GILT TITLE AND CONSISTS OF NEWSPAPER OR PERIODICAL CUTTINGS PASTED ONTO THE PAGES - THE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WERE WRITTEN BY WILSON-BAIRD AND INCLUDE HIS VOYAGE "ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN A WHITE STAR LINER". THIS BOOK WAS CLEARLY WILSON-BAIRD'S OWN COPY AS IT CONTAINS TWO PAGES WHERE TICKETS HAVE BEEN PASTED, ONE IS A VISITOR'S ADMISSION TICKET TO THE MERCHANTS EXCHANGE OF ST LOUIS, DATED SEPT 22 1893 AND THE OTHER IS A 7 DAYS ADMISSION TO A CLUB "PASTIME GYMNASIUM ASSOCIATION AND PASTIME ATHLETIC CLUB" FOR 2ND SEPT 1893