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A History of Madison, the Capitol of Wisconsin; including the Four Lake Country to July, 1874, with an Appendix of Notes on Dane County and its Towns.
by Durrie, Daniel S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Madison: Author / Atwood & Culver, 1874. Early history of Wisconsin's capital city, based in part on settlers' reminiscences; including Indian troubles, traders, surveys, politics, schools, churches, Civil War, Capital buildings, railroads, boats. This is the rather scarcer illustrated edition, with 19 mounted albumen photos by "Jones" on ten leaves, including portraits, buildings, & views. Durrie was Librarian at the State Historical Society. Hardcover, recently rebound in full green cloth, paper spine label. Light wear, minor foxing & staining; photo pages and those adjacent cockled from the mounting process. Text clean; 420 pages; index, appendix giving brief histories of Dane County's towns, lists of local officials, albumen photos. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Jones. Octavo.
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- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0466
- Title
- A History of Madison, the Capitol of Wisconsin; including the Four Lake Country to July, 1874, with an Appendix of Notes on Dane County and its Towns.
- Author
- Durrie, Daniel S
- Illustrator
- Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Author / Atwood & Culver
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1874
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Wisconsin, Americana, History, Government, Photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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