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4 Vols: HARVARD FOOTBALL SEASON, 1892 + 3 others.

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4 Vols: HARVARD FOOTBALL SEASON, 1892 + 3 others.
4 Vols: HARVARD FOOTBALL SEASON, 1892 + 3 others.
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[West/Manuscript/Garfield/Football]. 4 Vols. 12mo-4to. Sold with all faults. ++ Miss Fairchild. HARVARD FOOTBALL SEASON, 1892. (Title from front cover.) Orig flexible red leather. Edgeworn covers. Tables marked by a contemporary owner. Newspaper clipping on ffep verso. ++ James D. McCabe. OUR MARTYRED PRESIDENT… THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF GEN. JAMES A. GARFIELD… Chi: A. G. Nettleton & Co., (©1881). Contemp leather. Covers separated. ++ OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA, BY BREVET COL. J. C. FREMONT… Buffalo: George H. Derby & Co., 1850. Contemp leather. Covers separated. Lacking free eps. Some foxing and staining. ++ Manuscript volume with writing of multiple owners. At front of volume are various names and notations. Near the front is a handwritten draft of the last will and testament of Mark Bigler in Botetourt County, Virginia (not far from Charlottesville). Next several pages are a handwritten table of Bigler’s property, with values, followed by other writing related to his death and his wishes while living. (Lower portion of 1 leaf was removed at some point in the volume’s history). This is followed by several one-page transaction records (one for each customer or supplier, 1832 to 1840’s). Next portion of volume has pencil transaction records by a different owner, mostly 1875 to 1890’s. A little less than half the volume is blank. Contemporary ¼ leather and marbled board ledger. Externally rubbed but intact. Internally worn and stained.
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4 Vols: HARVARD FOOTBALL SEASON, 1892 + 3 others.

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