Massasoit of The Wampanoags With A Brief Commentary On Indian Characters; And Sketches Of Other Great Chiefs,Tribes And Nations; Also A Chapter On Samoset, Squanto And Hobamack, Three Early Native Friends Of The Plymouth Colonists
by Alvin G. Weeks
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Fall River, MA: Privately Printed, 1919. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-library copy, rebound in blue buckram. Library blind-stamp on the title page and access number on the lower spine, no other library markings. Errata sheet bound in after page 270. A tight, straight and clean book with no text-related defects. A very good ++ reading/reference copy. 12mo, 270pp.
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- Seller
- NWJBOOKS
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 004049
- Title
- Massasoit of The Wampanoags With A Brief Commentary On Indian Characters; And Sketches Of Other Great Chiefs,Tribes And Nations; Also A Chapter On Samoset, Squanto And Hobamack, Three Early Native Friends Of The Plymouth Colonists
- Author
- Alvin G. Weeks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Fall River, MA
- Date Published
- 1919
- Pages
- 270
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- nonfiction; indians; native Americans
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NWJBOOKS
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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- Buckram
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- 12mo
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- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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