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Title=REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW.
 
   
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  Montgomery, Elizabeth REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW.
Philadelphia T.K. Collins, Jr. 1851 8vo. original brown cloth stamped in blind. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages.
B1-488. First edition. 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. Illustrated. Pencil presentation from former owner to his brother dated 1851 in pencil on first blank page. Top of spine worn. Some fading and spotting of covers. Better preserved than most copies seen.
Price: $ 135.00 other currencies Order nr. 28368

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Montgomery, Elizabeth REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW.
Philadelphia T.K. Collins, Jr. 1851 8vo. original brown cloth stamped in blind. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages.
B1-488. First edition (Howes M-741; Sabin 50138 - who comments that most of the first edition was destroyed by fire ). History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., 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. Illustrated. Small holes in cloth covering in places. Shaken with inside hinge broken and frontispiece - title page coming loose. This copy once belonged to the noted Delaware historian, C.A. Weslager, with his signature in ink and various notes present.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 29230

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Philadelphia T.K. Collins, Jr. 1851 8vo. original red cloth ornately stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages.
B1-488. First edition, a variant binding. 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. Illustrated. Chipped at spine ends. Old presentation in pencil dated 1841 and a recent name in pen. Unusual to find in this special binding.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 29699

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Wilmington Johnston & Bogia 1872 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310, (2) pages.
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. Also contains a full page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia as binders as the last page. Worn at spine ends with front hinge partially split. Foxing of preliminary pages and pastedown.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 65928

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See More... Montgomery, Elizabeth REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW.
Philadelphia T.K. Collins, Jr. 1851 8vo. original brown cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages.
B1-488. First edition. 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. Covers worn with parts of hinge covering cracked partially detached. Old ink inscription at top of title page.
Price: $ 115.00 other currencies Order nr. 68103

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