STEPHEN GATES OF HINGHAM AND LANCASTER AND HIS DESCENDANTS [bound with] SILAS GATES OF STOW MASS AND THE DESCENDANTS OF HIS SON PAUL GATES OF ASHBY, MASS
first edition Hardcover
1898
by Gates, Charles Otis [with] Gates, Julius K. & Samuel Pearly
Willis MacDonald, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Two items bound as one. 8vo. Quarter red morocco over red cloth, top edges gilt. 370, 147 pp. Both items first editions. (SILAS GATES printed for private circulation in 1907.) Numerous b/w illustrations. (The authors note SILAS GATES item was published in part because STEPHEN GATES indicated Silas died young and childless.) Rubbing to head, tail, edges, and corners. Some scuffs to covers. Light toning to page edges, with a small red stain to fore-edges. Very good. Scarce. (Inventory #: 428415)