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The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783-1860
by Morison, Samuel Eliot
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/fine
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. Limited edition of The Maritime History of Massachusetts by Samuel Eliot Morison, with a handwritten letter from the author.. Large octavo, xvi, 401pp. Green hardcover, title in gilt on cloth spine. Solid text block, faint foxing to endpapers, a near fine piece. Protected by acetate jacket, fine condition. Housed in the publisher's slip case with title in green on paper label affixed to spine. (Howes M812) From a limited edition of 350 copies, this being number 67. Includes an ALS from Morison dated 7 December 1963 and penned on his personal stationery to the previous owner. Four small tape remnants from letter previously affixed to front free endpaper. Letter reads: "Dear Mr. Eaton / I am glad you like my Maritime History of Massachusetts. Your old neighbor at ---. Samuel Eliot Morison." Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and a 1964 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Morison is best remembered for his 15-volume set titled "History of United States Naval Operations in World War II" and biographies of Christopher Columbus and John Paul Jones.
Synopsis
From jacket: "Here is the first adequate account of the seafarers of the Old Bay State..."
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15158
- Title
- The Maritime History of Massachusetts 1783-1860
- Author
- Morison, Samuel Eliot
- Illustrator
- Limited edition of The Maritime History of Massachusetts by Samuel Eliot Morison, with a handwritten letter from the author.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Admiral of the Ocean Sea, The Caribbean as Columbus Saw It, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Of Plymouth Plantation, The Young Man Washington
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