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History Of Delaware. 1609-1888. Two Volumes. Plus Index To History Of Delaware J. THOMAS SCHARF

History Of Delaware. 1609-1888. Two Volumes. Plus Index To History Of Delaware

J. THOMAS SCHARF

Other works by J. THOMAS SCHARF

Publication: LJ Richards, 1888, Philadelphia

First edition. Thick quarto. VOLUME I: Half leather and cloth, top edge gold gilt, [2], v, [blank], 610 pp., plus xxxiii, double column, preface, errata slip, illustrated, plates, portraits, maps, appendix. VOLUME II: Half leather and cloth, top edge gold gilt, double column, [5] [blank], 611-1358 pp., illustrated, plates, portraits, index. One of the most important of the histories of Delaware. Both volumes are lightly foxed, former owner's neat bookplate, and each volume has been professionally rebound sometime in the past, else a very good, tight set. PLUS INDEX TO HISTORY OF DELAWARE, 1609-1888 IN THREE VOLUMES. Edited by Gladys M. Coghlan and Dale Fields. Published by The Historical Society of Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. Made possible by a grant from The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Delaware. Cloth, iii [1], 400 pp.; 401-799 pp.; [2], 801-1151 pp. All three volumes are in fine condition. Both the History of Delaware and the three volume Index are considered to be scarce. The two volume set is housed in a matching cloth slipcase with a leather label on the spine and titles stamped in gold gilt. The three volume set is housed in a matching cloth slipcase with a leather label on the spine and titles stamped in gold gilt.

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