BEATON, Welford

The City That Made Itself A Literary and Pictorial Record of the Building of Seattle [SIGNED by the author]

Seattle: Terminal Publishing Company, (1914). Limited Edition. Leatherbound. Small folio. Pp. xiv, 275. Frontis. Jacob Furth portrait with tissue guard. Illustrated with b&w gravure photo reproductions and engraved portraits with signature facsimiles, the latter with tissue guards. Index. Pebbled morocco over beveled boards, titles stamped in gilt on the cover, blind-stamped borders front and back, maroon silk endpapers, edges untrimmed. Rubbed edges and corners. Pencil signature of Bernard Pelly ("B Pelly") on front free-endpaper. Author signed in green ink and numbered 65 of an edition limited to 300. Very Good. Item #11318

Newspaperman Beaton (1874-1951) arrived in Seattle in 1903. His projected photo history of the Denny Regrades became a deeply-researched story of the physical and commercial development of the city. Many of the photos, arranged in decorative settings, present then-and-now views illustrating the rapid changes. With fine printing on high quality paper in a deluxe binding designed by Beaton to be "a book worthy of the subject." TWENEY, 5; SMITH, 680; SOLIDAY I 1436.

Previous owner's signature is that of Bernard Pelly, the first British Consul to Seattle, father of US Congressman Thomas Minor Pelly, and son-in-law of Seattle mayor Dr Thomas Minor, who figures prominently in the book.

Price: $550.00