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REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NE W.
Montgomery, Elizabeth

   

- Wilmington : Johnston & Bogia 1872
- 8vo.
- modern cloth, leather spine label..
- Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310, (2) pages.
- ISBN none / Order Nr. 67670
- Price: $ 95.00



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B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Spine slightly faded and leather spine label rubbed.

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