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[READ, JAMES.] A brief sketch of the life of James Read. By his grandson James Read Chadwick, M.D.
Boston, The Merrymount Press, 1905. 8vo, pp. [2], 34; gravure frontis portrait, silhouette portrait, facsimile poem, gravure plate; black cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt- titled spine, some wear to extremities, spine ends cracking and beginning to fray, else very good. This copy with presentation to “Mrs. William C. Loring with regards of James R. Chadwick, Boston, July 13, 1905.” Read (1789-1870) was a prominent Boston merchant and manufacturer; Readville, MA is named after him. Smith 22. Another copy of the above. Similar condition, without presentation inscription. $35.
Offered for US$ 93.75 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 12537