The Account of John Stockwell of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Being a Faithful Narrative of His Experiences in the Hands of the Wachusett Indians 1677-1678
by [CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE - KING PHILIP'S WAR] YOWELL, Clark S. (ed)
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About This Item
Somerville, NJ: Clark S. Yowell, (1928). First Edition. Octavo pamphlet, 15pp. Only 90 copies printed. This copy has at some point in its history been bound into an octavo hardcover volume with ca. 100 blank leaves, presumably to provide shelf presence. Red cloth over cloth-covered boards, title faintly stamped on spine; Very Good.
An elusive pamphlet; the text originally printed in Richard Blome's The Present State of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America (1687).
An elusive pamphlet; the text originally printed in Richard Blome's The Present State of His Majesties Isles and Territories in America (1687).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81251
- Title
- The Account of John Stockwell of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Being a Faithful Narrative of His Experiences in the Hands of the Wachusett Indians 1677-1678
- Author
- [CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE - KING PHILIP'S WAR] YOWELL, Clark S. (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Clark S. Yowell
- Place of Publication
- Somerville, NJ
- Date Published
- (1928)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Native Americans;
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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