Pioneer Days on Puget Sound
Seattle, W. T. [Printed by] C. B. Bagley [for Arthur Denny], 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. [3], 4 - 83. Errata slip tipped in at p. 83, as usual. Bound in brown cloth with silver lettering stamped on front cover, covers ruled in blind. Lacking front free endpaper. Light wear to edges, with corners just a tad frayed.
This copy with a 1909 gift inscription from Mary L. Sinclair, nee, Mary Low, who, as a child of John Low, joined the Denny Party near American Falls in present-day Idaho, and eventually sailed from Portland to Seattle on the schooner Exact. Mary Low Sinclair eventually settled in the city of Snohomish, and was indeed the first white woman to settle in Snohomish County. Laid in is a postcard, ca. 1910, mounted on cardstock, showing the original Denny cabin at Alki. On the verso is written, "A souvenir of one of the earliest homes on Puget Sound. Built by A. A. Denny in the spring of 1852 at Alki Point, and a duplicate of a cabin built by John N. Low, a few months earlier. Presented to Mrs. K. K. Keeler by Mary L. Sinclair, One of the Original Pioneers." Two short newspaper clippings, 1922, are tipped in to the front pastedown. Very Good. Item #11997 Apocrypha suggests the 1888 first edition of his work had been almost completely consumed by the Great Seattle Fire. Bagley did lose his print shop to the fire, but distribution of the book must have occurred before the June 1889 disaster. SMITH, 2408; HOWES, D253a; SOLIDAY II, 323; TWENEY 89, 12.
The energetic pioneer's priceless recollections of his arrival on Puget Sound and the founding and early development of Seattle. Includes a good account of the Indian attack on the village of Seattle, 1855.
Price: $550.00