“MEMOIRS OF THE WILKINSON FAMILY IN AMERICA” — REV. ISRAEL WILKINSON, A.M. 

* HARDCOVER 

* TRUE FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHED IN 1869 BY ISRAEL WILKINSON. PRINTED IN 1869 BY DAVIS & PENNIMAN PRINTERS IN JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS. 

* ORIGINAL BOARDS ABSENT — BOOK WAS RE-BOUND IN AUGUST, 1940 BY THE RENOWNED WELLS BINDERY OF WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS. GOLD EMBOSSED TITLES ON SPINE. 

* BOOK IS IN FANTASTIC SHAPE, REALLY… LIGHT OVERALL STORAGE AND SHELF WEAR. UNSULLIED BY RIPS OR TEARS, BUT CERTAINLY NOT UNBLEMISHED.  TO WIT, THERE IS A PEN-WRITTEN NAME ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER; TITLE PAGE BEARS PEN-WRITTEN “HELEN WILKINSON REYNOLDS - POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. SEPT. 1914 (UNCLEAR)”; SMALL PAPER SCUFF AND A PRINTER’S MARK ON THE FIRST PREFACE PAGE; A VERY FEW TINY AND TANGENTIAL PENCIL MARKS — A COUPLE OF UNDERLINED NAMES AND A COUPLE OF APPARENTLY ERRANT PENCIL MARKS; AND IN THE “GENEALOGY OF” SECTION (PAGES 558 THROUGH 565) THERE ARE NUMEROUS PEN AND PENCIL WRITTEN ADDENDUM MARKS TO THE WILKINSON GENEALOGIES PRESENTED, WHICH PROVIDE A WEALTH OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE WILKINSON FAMILY IN RHODE ISLAND AND NEW YORK ESPECIALLY… THESE PAGES DO REVEAL SOME CHIPPING ALONG THE EDGES AND A FEW TINY TEARS, ALSO ALONG THE EDGES. SEE PHOTOS. 

* INCLUDED ARE THE EPHEMERA THAT WERE STUCK IN BETWEEN THE PAGES OF THE VOLUME WHEN I ACQUIRED IT. TO WIT, THERE IS A PAGE OF PENCIL-WRITTEN WILKINSON ANCESTOR DATA; THERE IS A PEN WRITTEN AND DRAWN TWO-SIDED MAP OF SOME LOCATION BETWEEN HYDE PARK, NEW YORK AND POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK; AND THERE IS NOTE TO THE PROPRIETRESS OF THE VASSAR COOPERATIVE BOOKSHOP. 

THE PAPER EPHEMERA HAS ALL BEEN FOLDED. SEE PHOTOS. 

* PAGES ARE ALL NICE (EXCEPT AS NOTED ABOVE)... LIGHTLY BROWNING AT THE EDGES. TEXT BLOCK ENDS ARE BROWNING, BUT NOT EGREGIOUSLY SO. FREE OF FOXING ON TEXT BLOCK ENDS, BUT THERE IS A SMALL SPOT OF DISCOLORATION ON THE OPENING END TEXT BLOCK. 

* CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED. 

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