Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston. (Association Copy)


Dedicated by the author to Hon. Charles S. Lester, the upright judge and public-spirited citizen. This particular copy is inscribed by Judge Lester himself in the year of publication to a relative on the front free endpaper: “C.S.L. to John Willard Lester Saratoga Springs August 7, 1875.”

A well-preserved example of this lively regional history, covering Saratoga’s development as a fashionable resort (Saratoga Springs), Revolutionary War connections, and local lore. Includes extensive appendix with biographical sketches and local historical notes. In the first Appendix, essentially a bibliography, a reader has made extensive notes in pencil throughout the text and margins.


Description: Reminiscences of Saratoga and Ballston. (Association Copy)

New York: Virtue & Yorston, 12 Dey Street, 1875. First edition. Octavo. 451 pages, plus adverts. Illustrated. Original publisher’s brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards stamped in blind. Light and general rubbing to binding; shelfwear; overall, very good.

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Price: $125.00

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