Buy this book on-line Brooks, E. S : In Leisler's Times: An Historical Story of Knickerbocker New YorkD. Lothrop and Company, Boston, MA, 1886
Original publisher's brown cloth binding with small color illustrations on the front cover and spine. Cover and spine illustrations show portraits with gilt backgrounds. 5 3/4" x 7 3/4." 299 pages, complete. Twenty-four black and white illustrations, complete. Former owner's inscription in black ink on front free endpaper. The inscription includes the owner's signature and is datelined 1902 in Camden, New York. "Press of Berwick & Smith, Boston" printed in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Spine has a small split along the fore-edge on the front cover. Excerpt from the Preface: "[This book] is an attempt to reclaim from unmerited oblivion the name and character of one of America's earliest, stanchest and most unselfish patriots--Jacob Leisler, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New York, the first representative of the American people and one of the remote causes of American Independence.". Illustr.: Smedley, William T.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Brooks, E. S : In Leisler's Times: An Historical Story of Knickerbocker New York. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres rares, antiquarian books, incunabula and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |