Pope alexander charles e dyer copy (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 5 Hardcover volumes in full, original, leather. Title labels on the spine have all chipped off, and the volume number labels are in danger of coming off as well. Spines are dry and chipping, boards are generally fine, but edgeworn. Leather hinges are weak, but the cords are keeping all the covers tightly in place. Title pages all dated 1788. We have volumes 1-5 of the 6 volume set. Text blocks are in good shape, edges crisp and square, pages clean and without foxing. Between 300 and 360 pages in each volume, all complete. Each of these volumes has early ownership name of Charles E. Dyer. Dyer was a US District judge in Wisconsin, nominated by President Grant. He grew up on Burlington, WI. His father was Edward Galusha Dyer, an early settler of Burlington, Wisconsin, the first doctor to settle in the new community, and a widely regarded conductor on the Underground Railroad operations in the region, helping usher scores of enslaved people to freedom on the northward route to Canada. We have several volumes from the Dyer collection among our listings. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it s an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Some extra shipping will be needed for this 5 volume set.…