The History of Detroit and Michigan, or The Metropolis Illustrated: A Chronological Cyclopaedia of the Past and Present (Complete 2-Volume Set)
by Farmer, Silas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used
- Seller
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Punta Gorda, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Detroit: Silas Farmer & Co., 1889. Second Edition, revised. Hardcover . Used. Two volumes. Three-quarter-bound morocco over pebbled cloth, with stamped gilt and gilt page edges. Glossy marbled endpapers, profusely illustrated; the numerous portrait plates with facsimile signatures are especially striking, and they accompany the wonderful biographical sketches which were added to this expanded 2nd edition. Leather is heavily scuffed and rubbed, with board exposure at corners, and 1x2' piece missing from spine head of Vol 1, exposing paper backstrip. Spine leather is dry. Hinges starting a little, else binding quite secure. Pre-owner's name and date (1889) on ffeps, in lovely quill or fountain pen handwriting. A very small amount of foxing/tanning, mostly in early pages. 1028 + 1236 pps. Size: Thick 4to 9' - 13' tall
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- Bookseller
- Copperfish Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39419
- Title
- The History of Detroit and Michigan, or The Metropolis Illustrated: A Chronological Cyclopaedia of the Past and Present (Complete 2-Volume Set)
- Author
- Farmer, Silas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition, revised
- Publisher
- Silas Farmer & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Detroit
- Date Published
- 1889
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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