Wilkie, Franc B.

DAVENPORT PAST AND PRESENT: including the early history, and Personal and Anecdotal Reminiscences of Davenport; etc.

Davenport: Luse, Lane & Co., 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Item #5022063

1st printing. Decoratively embossed original cloth over boards. 333Ppp. Steel or copper-engraved portraits. with tissue-guards. Double-page frontispiece of "City of Davenport, Iowa" looking across the Mississippi River. Very old signature of Wm. A. Meese on front paste down. Fair condition because head & toe of spine are worn back 5mm. Hinges sound; internally vg with light foxing, although the title page is somewhat browned probably from something laid in.

Price: $49.50