first edition Hardcover
1869 · Philadelphia
by NEWKIRK, Matthew, Jr.
Philadelphia: Printed for Private Circulation / Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger, 1869. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 123, [1]pp. Brown cloth gilt. Early autotype process/gravure frontispiece. Spine cloth worn down to text block, else a nice, very good or better copy. Inscribed by the author (the son of the subject) to Dr. George Yeomans. Biography of the merchant and industrialist who among other things built the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad, with letters and resolutions of condolences.
(Inventory #: 410580)