Pioneer Days on Puget Sound

Denny, Arthur A.

Published by C. B. Bagley, Printer, Seattle, W.T., 1888

About this Item

First edition, 12mo, [3], 83pp., errata tipped-in at pg 83. Brown cloth with silver lettering and ruled in blind. Very good with most of the silver worn away and some staining and discoloration, mainly to rear board. Presentation copy, signed by Denny on the ffep, to A. W. Stewart, a notary public in W.T., the book containing several instances of his embossed stamp throughout. The first-hand account of the founding of Seattle by the leader of The Denny Party, which left Illinois in the Spring of 1851 and arrived in the Puget Sound area several months later. The book describes in detail their journey, the claiming of land on Alki Point, securing supplies, the early saw mills, and much more. Only a small number of this volume were privately printed by Denny's friend and newspaperman, Clarence Bagley. As noted by Howes, "many copies [were] burned," presumably in the Seattle fire of 1889. A scarce, and authoritative source on the early days of Seattle, presented and signed by Arthur A. Denny. Graff 1053, Howes D253a, Smith 2408, Tweney 12.

Seller Inventory # 4338

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pioneer Days on Puget Sound
• Publisher: C. B. Bagley, Printer, Seattle, W.T.
• Publication Date: 1888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Western Americana
  • Washington