8vo. Steel-engraved frontispiece. Original gilt-lettered brown pebbled cloth, all edges gilt (light rubbing to extremities, front joint starting). Provenance: contemporary gift inscription from R.R. Buck to A.A. O'Brian.

FIRST EDITION. The Brooklyn Bridge, an iconic engineering marvel, officially opened on 24 May 1883, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City for the first time. Designed by John A. Roebling and completed by his son Washington Roebling after John’s death, the bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time, spanning 1,595 feet.