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The Pilgrim Fathers; or, Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First
by Bartlett, W. H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T Nelson and Sons, 1866. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly rubbed unmarked full black leather boards and very minor bumping to corners. The bevelled-edge boards are of an elaborate embossed design with five raised bands to the spine and gilt spine title. Page edges are bright gilt all round. With many engravings on steel each tissue-guarded plus woodcuts. Tanning to some end papers and to edges of each engraving. 230pp. The story of how religious persecution forced a group of religious adherents, who came to be known as the Pilgrim Fathers from and around Scrooby in Nottinghamshire, England and some from Hollannd to travel to New England as founders of the state of America. An appendix describes the establishment of the Massachusetts colony.. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.5 x 6 inches.
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- Bookseller
- Godley Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020686
- Title
- The Pilgrim Fathers; or, Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First
- Author
- Bartlett, W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- T Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Religious Persecution, Founding America, Puritans
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Religion / Spirituality / Occult;
- Size
- 8.5 x 6 inches
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