Buy this book on-line Runyon, F. F. (Editorial) : Tournament of Roses Golden Jubilee, 1889, 1939Login Printing & Binding Company, Pasadena, CA, 1938
Original publisher's multicolored pictorial paper wrappers. Full-page color illustration on front shows Pasadena's famous parade with a horse-drawn carriage decked out in roses and a monumental rose at the top. 9" x 11 3/4." Unpaginated, thirty-two pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color, complete. Full-page black-and-white advertisements for Tanner Motor Livery and Heine's Tobacco on insides of front and back covers, respectively. Back cover has a full-page color ad for Sunkist. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few small wrinkles along spine, and the small occasional mark. Covers are clean and intact except for slightly bumped corners, small wrinkles throughout, and moderate age toning to front and back. A Very Good copy. A beautiful souvenir booklet featuring the Golden Jubilee anniversary of Pasadena's annual Tournament of Roses parade in 1939. The booklet begins with a brief introduction of the parade's history. The rest of the booklet features twenty-nine full-page color illustrations of prize-winning floats spanning the years from 1927-1938. Each of the floats has a creative and artistic arrangement of flowers and other decorative elements. The Tournament of Roses, also known as the Rose Parade or Tournament of Roses Parade, was first held in 1890. Charles Frederick Holder, a naturalist, conservationist, and author, first thought of the idea for the parade in 1889 and shared it with Francis F. Rowland. For Holder, a significant part of the parade's appeal was that it could take on New Year's Day due to Pasadena's year-round balmy weather. Rowland then brought the idea to members of the Valley Hunt Club who accepted it with great enthusiasm. The Rose Parade is still held annually on January 1.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Runyon, F. F. (Editorial) : Tournament of Roses Golden Jubilee, 1889, 1939. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, used books, collectables, incunabula and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |