GELLATLY, Judy

Mercer Island The First 100 Years

(Mercer Island): (Mercer Island Bicentennial Committee), (1977). First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Large 8vo. Pp. [iv], 149, followed by two blank pages for "Notes." Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photography. Index. Bound in stiff printed wraps. Edge-wear and general evidence of use. Good. Item #6565

A fine history of the island east of Seattle, published in the historical fervor induced by the Bicentennial of 1976. For a while, in Seattle's early history, a proposal to make the entire island a park was met with serious consideration, a la Vancouver's Stanley Park. A worthy history.

Price: $40.00