Pioneer Days on Puget Sound - VARIANT Binding
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 dark red cloth with gilt lettering stamped on front cover, covers ruled in blind, turquoise endpapers. Spine ends and corners rubbed, spine sunned, light scars and stains, stamped titles moderately oxidized, front free endpaper missing, lower corner of first flyleaf torn away, previous owner signed in pencil on the rear pastedown and pencil annotation on p. 69. Very Good. Item #12667 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. 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.
In a variant publisher's binding of red cloth, not cited by Tweney. The pencil annotation on p. 69 corrects the starting date of the Indian attack on Seattle.
Price: $600.00