The Gavel and the Book: The Simsbury Town Meeting, 1670-1986 by Evan W. Woollacott - 1987

Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing, (1987). Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition. Thick octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt and copper gilt titles and decorations and decorative endpapers. 567pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR in year of publication on verso of half title. A very fresh, clean and bright copy in a crisp, sharp dust jacket with two tiny nicks to edges. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Simsbury, Connecticut: Simsbury Historical Society, 1987. First edition [1987], with a personalized inscription signed by the author on the blank page opposite the title page. Very good in good dustjacket. A history of Simsbury, Connecticut as shown through its long history of spirited and well-organized town meetings. Black cloth, decorative endpapers, illustrated tan dustjacket. The book has light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some light shelf soil, edgewear, and a closed tear at the top edge of the front panel, effectively no paper loss.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Simsbury Historical Society, 1987-05. Hardcover. Good.

Simsbury, Connecticut: Simsbury Historical Society, 1987. First edition [1987], signed by the author on the blank page opposite the title page. Fine in near fine dustjacket. A history of Simsbury, Connecticut as shown through its long history of spirited and well-organized town meetings. Black cloth, decorative endpapers, illustrated off-white dustjacket. The book looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is near fine with just a touch of very light shelf soil to the off-white background, no chips or tears.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Simsbury, Connecticut: Simsbury Historical Society, 1987. First edition [1987], signed by the author on the blank page opposite the title page. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. A history of Simsbury, Connecticut as shown through its long history of spirited and well-organized town meetings. Black cloth, decorative endpapers, illustrated off-white dustjacket. The book looks and feels new and unread, tight binding, clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is near fine with just a touch of very light shelf soil to the off-white background, no chips or tears.. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.