Random Notes On Colonial Furniture (Signed)

Hartford, Connecticut: Walpole Society / Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth Branch Connecticut Society of the Sons Of The American Revolution, 1922. Hardcover. Good+. cloth spine sunned; covers scratched & spotted w/ ink smudges to front. hardcover pastedowns at hinges have segments that have cracked; binding still firm. original wrappers have edge-wear; cover has a small pencil X. interior clean w/ instances of foxing.. light tan/grey wrappers w/ printed cover medallion & black printing bound in maroon cloth boards w/ gilt stamped printing. 39 pgs w/ 5 tipped-in bw plates. From the collection of prominent antique and military collector, William H. Guthman. Hardcover pastedown has ex-libris plate of George Dudley Seymour, who was a historian and leading figure in the development of New Haven, Conneticut. The cover endpaper of the original copy is affectionately inscriped and signed by Henry W. Erving to Mr. Seymour. Page 17 includes a section of bracketed marginalia in soft, red like-crayon and handwritten pencil. The writing, as described from the receipt of the collector Mr. Guthman had purchased the book, is stated as being from Henry Irving's own hand. The receipt is included. This is a fascinating and nice collectible of New England and American history. (Inventory #: 181182)