Pages from the Past - a Pictorial Retrospective of Lee County, Florida by Board, Prudy Taylor and Esther B. Colcord - 1990

Virginia Beach: The Donning Co., 1990 1st ed. SIGNED by both authors on a special plate attached to rear pastedown. 192pp. illus. green cloth 4to: Fine in a Fine dj. This is No. 1003 0f 3250 copies of this limited edition.

Virginia Beach, Virginia:: The Donning Company/Publishers, 1990. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Lavishly illustrated with 300 portraits and old photographs. The endpapers feature a double-page birds-eye view of Fort Myers. Limited to 3250 numbered copies, this being # 1463. A history in words and pictures "laced with never-before published anecdotes." From the Dust Jacket: "The first chapter is devoted to the founding families. The second traces the involvement of the military, beginning with the area's inception as an Army fort during the Seminole Wars." Other chapters address the growth of education in Lee County; development of transportation; and histories of the medical community, the religious centers, the media, sports,… Read More