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Title: Three items of ephemera from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909 Author: ** Place: Publisher: Date: 1909 Description: Includes: * Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Seattle, U.S.A. June 1st to October 15th 1909. 24 pp. Illustrated from photographs, double-page ground plan. 16x9 cm (6¼x3½") original white illustrated wrappers, printed in black and red. Front cover nearly detached. Seattle: Department of Publicity, 1907. * The World's Most Beautiful Exposition: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle USA 1909. 24 pp. Illustrated from photographs, ground plan on inside front wrapper. 23.5x11.5 cm (9¼x4½") original red wrappers illustrated and lettered in gilt and black. Department of Publicity/[Ivy Press], 1909. * The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Seattle. 45, [3] pp. Illustrated from photographs, ground plan, map of Northern Pacific Railroad lines, plus a larger folding map of the Northern Pacific Railroad lines, tipped in on rear wrapper. 21.5x14 cm (8½x5½") original color lithographed wrappers. Some wear at wrapper edges, including a bit of worming. St. Paul, Minn: Northern Pacific Railway, 1909. Three ephemeral items from the Exposition held in Seattle, Washington, including one pre-dating the expo by two years, likely produced to attract investors, tourist bureaus and convention planners. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild general wear; very good. Item number: 235979