Incidents of Pioneer Life in the Early Settlement of the Connecticut Western Reserve [Ohio] (Signed First Edition)
by Rice, Harvey; [Ohio];
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: Cobb, Andrews & Co. Publishers, 1881.
FIRST EDITION.
INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER; ALSO NOTATIONS BY AUTHOR ON AT LEAST TWO PAGES.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
300 pages.
Good. Front hinge a bit cracked else good binding; clean pages; a bookplate, notes and a newspaper clipping on front endpaper; some wear.
A very scarce history of the early settlement of the Connecticut Reserve, also known as Putnam County and Cleveland, Ohio.
References: Howes R-247.
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- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16620
- Title
- Incidents of Pioneer Life in the Early Settlement of the Connecticut Western Reserve [Ohio] (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- Rice, Harvey; [Ohio];
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cleveland: Cobb, Andrews & Co. Publishers
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- PUTNAM COUNTY
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