Order Nr. 28663 REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW. Elizabeth Montgomery.

REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW.

B1-488.

  • Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872.
  • 8vo.
  • original cloth.
  • Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310, (2) pages.

Price: $125.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 28663

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. Recased with original cloth laid down. Covers spotted with wear at spine ends and hinges. New endpapers.