Large, slim 8vo, unpaged; color frontispiece, plain and color illustrations and plates throughout, including maps and photographs; original cream pictorial wrappers (some minor dampstainign) printed in brown, yapp edges, spine head chipped, top edge of last few leaves trimmed not affecting text. Prospectus for the 12-volume encyclopedic work, consisting mostly of samples pages and plates. Provides a partial list of the work's contributors, including Grover Cleveland, author of the entry on the Democratic Party.