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Records of Salem Witchcraft, Copied from the Original Documents
by Drake, Samuel Gardner
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Roxbury: Privately Printed for W. Elliot Woodward, 1864. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Two Volumes. Black leather over marbled boards. T.E.G. Marbled endpapers. 279; 287 pp., plus list of subscribers. Light rubbing to extremities. Some chipping to fore edges. Bookplates of C.B. Farwell to front pastedown. One of the earliest monographs to be printed covering the court transcriptions of the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692-93, of whom 200 were accused and 19 executed by hanging. This work includes witness testimony, indictments, examinations and executions of those who were convicted. Samuel Gardener Drake (1798-1875) was an American antiquarian, historian and founder of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Howe, 666.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013144
- Title
- Records of Salem Witchcraft, Copied from the Original Documents
- Author
- Drake, Samuel Gardner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed for W. Elliot Woodward
- Place of Publication
- Roxbury
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- Salem Witch Trials, witchcraft, Samuel Gardner Drake, Massachusetts, history, American history, witches, witch trials
- Bookseller catalogs
- Occult; Witchcraft;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Minotavros Books
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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