Oak Knoll

B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. 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. Contains a full-page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia as binders as the last page. Ink ownership inscription on front pastedown "Wm. Davidson, Wilmington, Delaware, 1872" and with the bookplate of Henry Law. Covers rubbed and spotted with wear at spine ends.