History of King County Washington - Thos. Pelly's Set, Complete in Three Volumes
Chicago & Seattle: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. Vol I, xii, 889; Vol II, 938; Vol III, 940. Frontis. black & white photographic portrait of the author with tissue guard. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. Index. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Signature of US Congressman Thomas M. Pelly on front pastedown. Attractively bound in black decorated cloth, gilt embossed lettering and seal on cover and spine and decoration stamped on cover. Near Fine. Item #11314
This set formerly owned by US Congressman Thomas Minor Pelly (1902-1973), son of Bernard Pelly, the first British Consul in Seattle, and Elizabeth Minor Pelly daughter of Seattle mayor Dr. Thomas Minor, who represented King and Kitsap County from 1953 - 1973. A short biography of Bernard Pelly, with mention of his son Thomas, appears on pp. 534-535 of Vol III. A bright, fresh set.
Price: $475.00