first edition
1948 · Manchester, NH
by Driggs, Howard R.
Manchester, NH: The Clarke Press, 1948. First Edition. 127+101pp. Octavo [21 cm] Burgundy cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Jacket has a few short closed tears, most notably at the lower right corner of the front panel. Illustrated by J. Rulon Hales. History of the northern Utah County town, that was founded in 1850 and originally named Battle Creek. The latter half of this work (101pp.) contains numerous identified black and white portraits of town founders and stalwarts and many black and white captioned views of buildings and places. Uncommon in jacket. (Inventory #: 9018)