THE DUTCH AND QUAKER COLONIES IN AMERICA
by Fiske, John
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, 1903. Two volumes. xxvii,256; xxvi,374pp. plus plates, maps and facsimiles. Original cloth backed paper boards, printed paper spine labels. Binding of vol. I dampstained, bleeding through slightly to gutter of text, neat bookplate, else about fine, untrimmed and largely unopened. Deluxe edition, limited to 250 copies on large paper, of Fiske's useful study, which first appeared in 1899. With much material on the relations between the Dutch and English, the West India Company, and the colony of Pennsylvania.
Synopsis
This is Volume 1 (I haven't seen Volume 2 online yet). Fiske tells a delightful and informative series of stories and provides authoritative historical framework, for the development of New York. Volume 1 deals almost entirely with Dutch lore. Highly recommended for anyone with interest in New York.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM7008
- Title
- THE DUTCH AND QUAKER COLONIES IN AMERICA
- Author
- Fiske, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1903
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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