Spanish St. Augustine: The Archaeology of a Colonial Creole Community

New York, NY: Academic Press, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall still a nice collectible used copy! Very rare and hard-to-find title! Blue cloth with red lettering on the front board and spine. 317 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print FIRST EDITION! "The work reported in this book is the result of 7 years of archaeological research, teaching, and resource management directed at eighteenth-century St. Augustine. It began in 1972 and 1973 as a field school directed by Charles Fairbanks at the University of Florida, who, along with John W. Griffin, introduced the archaeological study of the cultural process to St. Augustine. The results of the first site excavation formed the basis for my own dissertation, directed by Professor Fairbanks, and the program has continued since that time as a Florida State University field school, carried out each year in conjunction with the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board........" ---- from the Preface.