Perley's reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis
By: by Ben: Perley Poore ; illustrated
Publisher: Hubbard Bros.
Published: 1886
Place of publication: Philadelphia; Chicago; Kansas City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1101
Other titles: Reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis; Perley's reminiscences :; Biographical sketch of Ben: Perley Poore.
Notes: Vol. 2 includes index.

"Volume 1 contains 544 pages; volume 2 contains 544 pages; this index, covering both volumes, properly pages from the sum of the two, viz.: 1088, so commencing on 1089"--Vol. 2, p. 1089.

"Illustrating the wit, humor, genius, eccentricities, jealousies, ambitions and intrigues of the brilliant statesmen, ladies, officers, diplomats, lobbyists and other noted celebrities of the world that gather at the centre of the nation; describing imposing inauguration ceremonies, gala day festivities, army reviews, &c., &c., &c."

With: Biographical sketch of Ben: Perley Poore / contributed by his wife.

Bound in cloth, with leather spine and corners; with gold embossed lettering on spine and gold borders on cover.

"Balch Bros. & Graham, Boston; Jas. Morris & Co., Cincinnati; A.L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco."