Message Elisha P Ferry (7 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

First edition. Washington territorial imprint, an address by the governor Elisha P. Ferry who would later serve as the inaugural governor of the state in 1889. Worldcat shows just one holding for this pamphlet. 8vo, [3], 20pp. Disbound, lacking original wrappers, otherwise complete.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1893 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 36 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

First edition. Washington territorial imprint, an address from Ferry, the tenth governor of the territory, and later the inaugural governor when Washington became a state in 1889. Includes sections on finances, fisheries, coal and lumber, the territorial library which was in a "very unsatisfactory condition," population, emigration, and the Northern Pacific Railroad which had faced several delays since announcing Tacoma as the planned site of its western terminus in 1873. Worldcat locates 3 holdings for this 1877 address. 8vo, 22.5 x 15cm, [3], 20pp. Original gray, printed wrappers. Very good with some wrinkling and wear along top edge and smudging and a few pencil marks to front cover. Clean internally.

8vo., (8 ½ x 5 ¾ inches). Original printed wrappers (a bit toned, lower corner chipped). First edition. An important pamphlet in the history of Washington state and the American West. Ferry served two terms as the Governor of Washington Territory, and later went on to become the Governor of Washington State. From the pamphlet: "No event of an extraordinary character has transpired within our Territory since the adjournment of the last Legislative Assembly. Our people have enjoyed uninterrupted health. Our progress in wealth and population has been as rapid as could have been expected and, under the circumstances, must be regarded as eminently satisfactory. Our isolated position and the great distance to be traveled, and the large expense incurred by immigrants will necessarily operate to retard our advancement until a continuous line of railroad to the Eastern States is secured. Our agricultural, manufacturing and mining industries have been unusually prosperous and, when we contrast our financial condition and business prosperity with that of other localities, we can realize how highly we are favored. Here, the laborer has received remunerative wages; capital has been profitably employed; manufactures have increased; the earth has yielded abundant harvests and all departments of business have been successfully prosecuted; while in other portions of our country wide spread financial trouble, embarrassment and distress have prevailed.".

Leather bound. Condition: Good. First Edition. 26 pages in leather/gilt titled wraps, spine split but tethered still by lower signature stitch. Signed 'With compliments of Elisha P. Ferry' [the first Governer of Washington as a State rather than a territory] Of interest between other standard Gubernatorial messaging is the section about the forthcoming Columbian Exposition.