Title: Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the Arizona Historical Society Author: Place: Prescott Publisher: Office of the Arizona Miner Date: 1864 Description: 16 pp. (8vo) original printed wrappers. Housed in a custom folder and matching morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition. First printing of the fifth Arizona imprint. "The press of the Arizona Miner is described as a Ramage press understood to have been made in Philadelphia as early as 1825. It continued in use at Prescott as late as 1880 and was destroyed by fire in 1900." - McMurtrie, Beginnings of Printing in Arizona, p. 18. Arizona Imprints 5. Penciled presentation to R.C. McCormick on front wrapper. McCormick was the second territorial governor of Arizona, appointed by Andrew Johnson. He would later serve as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona Territory and then Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district. Ink stamps on the front wrapper and title page from the New Jersey Historical Society. Rare. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to wrappers, faint vertical crease; near fine. Item number: 231629
Title: Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the Arizona Historical Society Author: Place: Prescott Publisher: Office of the Arizona Miner Date: 1864 Description: 16 pp. (8vo) original printed wrappers. Housed in a custom folder and matching morocco-backed slipcase. First Edition. First printing of the fifth Arizona imprint. "The press of the Arizona Miner is described as a Ramage press understood to have been made in Philadelphia as early as 1825. It continued in use at Prescott as late as 1880 and was destroyed by fire in 1900." - McMurtrie, Beginnings of Printing in Arizona, p. 18. Arizona Imprints 5. Penciled presentation to R.C. McCormick on front wrapper. McCormick was the second territorial governor of Arizona, appointed by Andrew Johnson. He would later serve as Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona Territory and then Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district. Ink stamps on the front wrapper and title page from the New Jersey Historical Society. Rare. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to wrappers, faint vertical crease; near fine. Item number: 231629
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