National Book Auctions: Books and Ephemera - Cuba, Sheet Music etc.: Lot 3010
A MEMORIAL OF THE HON. JOHN CROUSE OF SYRACUSE N.Y. 1889 Prominent Syracuse Merchant & Banker Benefactor
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Title: A Memorial of Hon. John Crouse of Syracuse, N.Y. Who Died June 25th, 1889, Aged Eighty-Seven Years
Publisher: Uncredited
Printing Year: 1889
Condition/Details: Bound in full leather with name of John Crouse in bright embossed gilt lettering on front cover, this antique volume is a scarce memorial book still in its original cloth-bound wooden encasing. This edition was "intended for private circulation only." John Crouse was prominent in the wholesale grocery business and banking, and also a great benefactor to what would become Syracuse University. The book includes a detailed description of the funeral services: "The casket was of cedar, copper-lined, with an inner lining of tufted velvet." The work is illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait. The volume shows light external age/wear, and is solidly bound with clean, gilt-edged pages. Covers of case are beginning to peel. The book measures approximately 8" x 10" and contains 48 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50
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