The Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Mary Antisell of Norwich and Willington, Conn. (The "Autograph" Edition -- With Copious Ephemera) SIGNED
Painesville, OH: Self-Published, 1908. Cloth. The very uncommon 1908 "Autograph" edition. #20 (of an undetermined numbered) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, MARY E. WYMAN, along the 2nd blank endpaper. ALSO INCLUDES A LOVELY SILVER ALBUMEN PRINT OF HER JUST ABOVE HER SIGNATURE. A very solid copy to boot. Tight and VG+ in its crimson cloth, with still-bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Light offsetting to several of the pages where old newspaper had been laid-in, otherwise very clean internally. Thick octavo, with 20 full-page illustrations --and their accompanying original tissue-guards-- complementing Mary Wyman's text. And finally. a thick crop of Antisell-related ephemera (letters, photographs, flyers, etc.) laid-in as well. Very Good +. Item #24444
Price: $500.00