Description: [IRELAND, CORRESPONDENCE, LOS ANGELES HISTORY / POLITICS] HAVERTY, Martin (Author) 'THE HISTORY OF IRELAND....' + 'THE ARMS OF THE PROVINCES, CITIES AND CHIEF TOWNS OF IRELAND' + 'ARMS AND HERALDIC DEVICES OF ANCIENT FAMILIES OF IRELAND' New York. Thomas Kelly. ND (~1885). Thick quarto (7.5 x 10.25). 882 pp + 34 pp.+ 147pp + 18 pp. Re-bound in green cloth with black & gilt spine label. New endpapers as well. All edges gilt. Minor old stain to upper left inner margin of some pages. Contents otherwise clean. Hinges tight and sound. Overall, very good or better. THIS COPY HAS TIPPED IN A LETTER FROM A FRIEND OF WILLIAM H. WORKMAN WHO WAS SERVING AS MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES in 1887. The friend was requesting this book be given to his sons (Thomas & Boyle). Collectors should know ANY letter to or from Workman as Mayor is RARE as nearly all of the Mayors received and written correspondence held in the family was donated by Workman's heirs in 1999 & 2001. An important collecting opportunity for Los Angeles and Southern California collectors. Provenance: From the Family collection of William Henry Workman (1839 - 1918) two term Mayor of Los Angeles, banker, & pioneer settler of the Los Angeles & Boyle Heights area. We acquired some 300 volumes from the Estate of David J. Workman (1930 - 2020) who was a Los Angeles Judge and functioned as the Workman family historian. An important and rare opportunity to acquire items from one of the key families of early Los Angeles. Please email any questions -
Price: 349.99 USD
Location: Beverly Hills, California
End Time: 2024-10-03T22:32:48.000Z
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Subject: History
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
