Author: Murat Halstead
Publisher: Our Possessions Publishing Co.
Year: 1898
Size: 24 x 18 cm
Reference:
The Story of the Philippines and our new Possessions
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Description
406pp, hardcover, half-tone engravings, from photos, etchings from special drawings; military maps of PH as prepared by the US War Department. First edition. Called the Eldorado of the Orient, Murat Halstead, a War Correspondent, narrates the natural riches, industrial resources, statistics of productions, commerce & population; the laws, jabits & customs, scenery & conditions of the Philippines including personal character sketches of and interviews with Admiral Dewey, Gneral Merritt, General Aguinaldo & the Archbishop of Manila. Also includes events of the war in the West with Spain, and the conquest of Cuba & Porto Rico.
Condition
discolouration on spine and covers, cracked hinges, edges bumped.
