UP FOR SALE TODAY WE HAVE A "HISTORY OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY IN MASSACHUSETTS, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS. -- COMPLETE IN TWO VOLUMES. - VOL. I. (& VOL. II.) -- PHILADELPHIA: LOUIS H. EVERTS. - 1879. -- PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., PHILADELPHIA."(1879 FIRST EDITION COPY OF THIS MASSIVE TWO VOLUME SET BOUND IN GILT DECORATED AND EMBOSSED HALF LEATHER AND CLOTH BOARDS BINDINGS!!)--
Here we have a good or better for its age First Edition copy of this two volume set. This set begins with the early history of the valley, including the Indians living there that the white colonists slowly drove out of the valley. The book then continues with the more recent history of the region, followed by histories and descriptions of each county and town in the valley. The book is illustrated throughout with occasional pictures of street scenes and buildings and tons of portraits of prominent citizens of the area. Both volumes have a three toned colored frontispiece, and volume one has a colored map shows the counties of Massachusetts covered in the book. The bindings of both these books still have solid hinges, but the textblocks of both books are so heavy that they are threatening to separate from the bindings.The bottom of the spine of volume two has a chip out of it, but otherwise the gilt decorated bindings still look quite nice both on the table and on the shelf. I find copies of this set ranging in price from a little over a hundred to four hundred dollars plus shipping. This set is very heavy, weighing close to fifteen pounds, so please don't waste your time making ridiculously low offers, because the shipping alone is going to be close to twenty dollars to properly protect this set.--
THIS IS A TWO VOLUME HALF LEATHER AND CLOTH BOARDS BOUND SET OF BOOKS OF 1111 CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED PAGES PLUS ILLUSTRATIONS, WHICH MEASURE ABOUT 12 BY 9 INCHES IN DIAMETER--I AM PUTTING THIS UP FOR SALE TODAY AT A REASONABLE BUY-IT-NOW PRICE WITH FREE SHIPPING, OR FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR BEST OFFER--GARY FROM HAUNTED MANSION RELIX--