Bradford's History 'Of Plimoth Plantation.' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts. [Plymouth] by Bradford, William - 1928

Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1928. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Reissue. Boards lightly rubbed, ink names on front endpaper, frontispiece and title page lightly foxed. 1928 Hard Cover. lxxvii, 555 pp. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt titles and rules. Frontispiece image of original bound manuscript, several portrait plates. A facsimile reproduction of Bradford's manuscript, detailing the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Plantation, including many of the hardships the early settlers faced. Bradford was a founding member of Plymouth Plantation and became its second governor. It remains an important early source for historians of colonial America, and was a strong influence on future writers of history and religion, most notably Cotton Mather. Included with this edition is an account of how the manuscript was returned to Massachusetts.

Boston: Secretary Of The Commonwealth, 1901. First Edition. Very good in its original, dark blue cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 5/8 inches with the cloth worn through over the upper corners of the head of the spine and over the upper tips of the boards and rubbing to the heel of the spine and the lower tips of the boards. There is an early prior owner's name and date of "1903" on the first free end page. The first 52 pages have a faint dampness stain in the lower margins. The contents are othewised clean, tight and without prior ownership markings. 555 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated with an image of the original manuscript from a black and white photograph and eight plates two of which are facsimiles of pages from the manuscript.