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Jay T. Snider Collection
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6 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036-1902 ![]()
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WESTCOTT, Thompson. A History of Philadelphia, from the time of the first settlements on the Delaware to the consolidation of the city and districts in 1854. Philadelphia: [1886]. 4 vols., folio (310 x 250 mm). Consists of the text which appeared serially in the Philadelphia Sunday Despatch, clipped and mounted in three columns on each page, recto only, plus separately-printed title pages. Contemporary morocco. Condition: binding rubbed. Considered among the most accurate and comprehensive histories of the city, but never published in book form. rarely encountered bound in this fashion.View Bloomsbury Auctions next auction.Similar lots up for auction |




