(Suburban Development brochures)(KEISER, David).   A BOOKLET DESCRIPTIVE OF WYOMISSING HILLS/   A Residence Suburb / Of Reading, Pennsylvania...       Wyomissing Hills: Wyomissing Hills, Inc.,   1915.          with: PAMPHLET/ DESCRIPTIVE OF WYOMISSING/ HILLS/ AS A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE SUBURB/ OF/ READING, PA. issue no. 1, September 1, 1914; with: folding plan of Wyomissing Hills and with printed mailing envelope. William Pitkin of Rochester, N.Y. was the landscape architect for this "suburb de luxe" in Reading, Pennsylvania. Its various sections (Park, Hill-side, Wooded, etc.) were to have avenues affording picturesque views, carefully constructed street, sidewalk and planting strips, as well as several small parks. With some photographs of homes already constructed in different sections.   Stapled pamphlet (25.5 x 20.5 cm); 18 + (ii) pp. with illustrations from drawings and photographs and with double page color view; stapled pamphlet, (23.8 x 15.2 cm) 16 pp.; separate printed plan of Wyomissing Hills, 42.7 x 71 cm with printed text on portion of verso; original decoratively printed envelope.            Original color printed stiff paper covers to the two pamphlets, fine; folding plan in excellent condition with tiny tears only at a few fold intersections; original printed envelope with samll tears at corners. $100.00

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