Name/Title
'The Institute of English Grammar' by Goold Brown, 1874Entry/Object ID
1997.687.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.687.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1874
OBJECT: BOOK
DESCRIPTION:
HARD-BOUND BOOK, WITH COVER OF BROWN-COLORED BUCKRAM. SPINE OF BLACK-COLORED LEATHER. SPINE HAS INCISED CAPTION, "BROWN'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR," IN GOLD-COLORED TYPE. BOOK WAS PRINTED BY WILLIAM WOOD & CO., NEW YORK, 1874.
SIZE: L 7-1/2" X W 5"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
TEXTBOOK ENTITLED, "THE INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR," BY GOOLD BROWN. THIS PARTICULAR COPY IS INSCRIBED BY MARY AND REUBEN MASTICK, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, JULY 1874. THE MASTICK'S WERE EARLY PROMINENT RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA. BOOK WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRIOR TO 1971, AND NUMBERED "917."
ACQUIRED FROM:
NELLIE PENDLETON
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 29, 1997
