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A VOLUME OF MEMOIRS AND GENEALOGY OF REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND COUNTY OF KING WASHINGTON INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF MANY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY (Henry Sicades Copy)
by Lewis Publishing Company
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1903. Leather-bound. Near Fine. Quarto. Morocco (goatskin) in dark maroon (10 1/4 in. x 8 1/2 in.) Double ruled in blind, with decorative embossed corner devices to both front and back. Beveled boards. Four raised bands (five compartments). Gilt lettering ("King County Washington" to second compartment down, and "Illustrated" to fourth). All edges gilt. Lovely floriated patterned endpapers (gold daisies to dark blue background). Handsome, bright, solidly bound, lovely on the shelf. Illustrated with photographs.
This copy belonged to noteworthy Puyallup tribe member Henry Sicade's, a descendant of Chief Leschi copy with his signature and year to front free endpaper. Sicade (1866-1938) served on the Puyallup Tribal Council and the Fife City Council, and additionally, holding important positions with the tribal police and judicial systems, as well as the City of Tacoma. Henry Sicade's signature and year. (Note: The date after the handwritten signature is 1902, and the book's publication date is listed as 1903, which suggests that Sicade had an advance copy of this book.).
This copy belonged to noteworthy Puyallup tribe member Henry Sicade's, a descendant of Chief Leschi copy with his signature and year to front free endpaper. Sicade (1866-1938) served on the Puyallup Tribal Council and the Fife City Council, and additionally, holding important positions with the tribal police and judicial systems, as well as the City of Tacoma. Henry Sicade's signature and year. (Note: The date after the handwritten signature is 1902, and the book's publication date is listed as 1903, which suggests that Sicade had an advance copy of this book.).
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86332
- Title
- A VOLUME OF MEMOIRS AND GENEALOGY OF REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND COUNTY OF KING WASHINGTON INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF MANY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY (Henry Sicades Copy)
- Author
- Lewis Publishing Company
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lewis Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Washington State History, Pacific Northwest History, Native Americans, Washington State Native Americans, Tacoma Washington History, Fife Public School System, Distinguished Native Americans
- Bookseller catalogs
- AMERICANA;
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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