MEANY, Edmond S.

History of the State of Washington; With Maps and Illustrations [INSCRIBED]

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Stout 8vo. Pp. xii, 406 followed by four pp. of publisher's ads for PNW titles. Top edges gilt. Frontis. port. (the statue of George Washington positioned at the 40th St. entry on the west side of the UW campus). Illustrated with 12 plates. Includes 34 portraits and two maps. Index. Bound in dark blue ribbed cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine, light soiling to boards, light wear to extremities, small bump to spine, hinges cracked. Booksellers label to front pastedown, Raymer's Old Book Store 905 3rd Ave., Seattle

Inscribed on front endpaper "To Miss Alice Murchison / In memory of Northwestern History / Researches in British Columbia. / Edmond S. Meany / University of Washington." Very Good+. Item #12323

The standard history of Washington State, written by the Grand Old Man of the University of Washington (in the words of Frank McCaffrey), Edmond Stephen Meany. SMITH, 6651. SOLIDAY II: 1072 ("an important historical contribution").

Price: $300.00