The Pratt Family: or the Descendants of Lieut. William Pratt, One of the First Settlers of Hartford and Say-Brook, with Genealogical Notes John Pratt, Peter Pratt and John Pratt (Taylor) (FIRST EDITION)
by F. W. Chapman
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Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Company, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. 8vo. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION, 1864. Hardcover. Lieutenant Pratt and his brother, John, were original founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Bound in textured navy blue publisher's cloth. Covers are plain with blind stamped lettering and lining on the spine. Endpapers are a mint green. Illustrated throughout with portrait plate engravings in black and white, protected by a tissue leaf. Frontispiece is the "Arms of Pratt", also with a tissue leaf. Includes an additions an corrections page. Indexed. 420 pp. Additional Pratt information is added in handwritten, dipped ink from the period at the back. Two xerox copies of the preface are present and laid in. <br><br>CONDITION: Overall VG-. External cover shows modest shelf wear. Front inner hinge has cracked, and several introductory pages have detached, yet are present and laid in. Some marginalia in pencil occasionally throughout. Gutter is cracked at pages 194 and 195 and pages are detaching, yet pagination is complete. Continuous dampstain runs at all corners throughout, yet text has not been compromised. Engravings are dark and bold. Signature of Levorllyn Pratt (sp?) present on the title page. Leaves have toned, but very little foxing is present. A nice, readable copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Title
- The Pratt Family: or the Descendants of Lieut. William Pratt, One of the First Settlers of Hartford and Say-Brook, with Genealogical Notes John Pratt, Peter Pratt and John Pratt (Taylor) (FIRST EDITION)
- Author
- F. W. Chapman
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Case, Lockwood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The Pratt Family: or the Descendants of Lieut. William Pratt, One of the First Settlers of Hartford and Say-Brook, with Genealogical Notes, Lieutenant Pratt, John Pratt, Peter Pratt and John Pratt (Taylor), Hartford, Connecticut
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