Old Concord [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING] [VINTAGE 1915]
French, Allen
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AbeBooks Seller since 20 March 2019
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 20 March 2019
About this Item
Near fine condition green linen boards, gold front cover and spine lettering, and a 4 inch by 5 inch fine condition color illustrated front cover pastedown. Includes Preface; List of Illustrations; Envoi and Index. Illustrated with color plate drawings by Lester G. Hornby and map illustrated front and rear endpapers. A small penciled Christmas gift inscription, vintage 1915, at the upper left corner of the blank second front endpaper. Also includes gilt upper page edges. All pages are in fine condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square condition (see photographs). "This book, while primarily designed to present the points of chief interest in the historical and literary associations of Old Concord, may also be depended upon for its accuracy. Its historical matter I have drawn from the Concord histories of Lemuel Shattuck (1835) and Charles H. Walcott (1884), from the Concord Social Circle Memoirs, from the writings of Grindall Reynolds, and from the publications of the Concord Antiquarian Society, chiefly those by the late George Tolman. For facts concerning Concord's literary notables I have drawn principally upon their own writings. The book also contains material from Concord tradition and family knowledge, not to be found in print. For help in verifying my statements, and for supplying me with much matter previously unknown to me, I am much indebted to my neighbors Dr. Edward Waldo Emerson, Judge Prescott Keyes, and Mr. Adams Tolman. I am also greatly obliged for the courteous help of the librarians of the Concord Free Public Library, and I desire to express my thanks for permission to quote directly from the publications of the Concord Social Circle, Houghton Mifflin Company, and Charles Scribner's Sons. - Allen French, Concord, Massachusetts, June, 1915." - from the Preface. Seller Inventory # 008678
Bibliographic Details
Title: Old Concord [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING] ...
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachussets
Publication Date: 1915
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Hornby, Lester G.
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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