[CAPTAIN] CAPT. JOHN MASON, THE FOUNDER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: Including his Tract on Newfoundland, 1620 ... Together with a Memoir by Charles Wesley Tuttle
by [John Mason] Edited with Historical Illustrations by John Ward Dean / Charles Wesley Tuttle
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Prince Society, 1887. One of 250 copies printed.. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Originally issued as wrappers with front cover retained (printed in red and black inks). Bound, or rebound in tan canvas cloth, light wear, some rubbing to spine, leather title label affixed to spine, suggesting this was previously bound then rebound the spine title was retained. A very sturdy binding. Former institutional copy (Mercantile Library of New York) with rubber ink stamp to title page with inked number, several page are stamped again, but no other institutional markings or ephemera. Otherwise the book is clean and unmarked with minor age toned paper. xii, 492 pages, plus fold-out plate and folded map of Newfoundland, fascimiles and chapter head & tail pieces.
Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Experienced full-time used & antiquarian bookseller since 1994. Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.
Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22491
- Title
- [CAPTAIN] CAPT. JOHN MASON, THE FOUNDER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: Including his Tract on Newfoundland, 1620 ... Together with a Memoir by Charles Wesley Tuttle
- Author
- [John Mason] Edited with Historical Illustrations by John Ward Dean / Charles Wesley Tuttle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One of 250 copies printed.
- Publisher
- The Prince Society
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1887
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
North Country Books
Biblio member since 2008
Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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- Plate
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- Rubbing
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