Trades and Tradesmen of Essex County Massachusetts -- Schlesinger copy
Salem: The Essex Institute, 1929. Photographic reproductions. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Pp. 96. Frontis. Eleven b&w photos reproduced. Index. Fore edge untrimmed. Dark blue cloth with gilt stamped lettering on cover and spine. Slight dust soiling to top edge. With the bookplate of Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr. on the front pastedown. A contemporary newspaper review laid in. A very attractive copy of a scarce title. Very Good +. Item #1231
Schlesinger's bookplate, showing the "progress" of man, from rural, agriculture life to Western overland migration to a city of skyscrapers, is designed by Paul Laune; today Laune's principally recognized for his covers for the Hardy Boys series. A handsome book production, in presentable condition.
Price: $125.00