The Essays, Humor, and Poems of Nathaniel Ames, Father and Son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, From Their Almanacks 1726-1775

Published by Sam. Briggs / Short & Forman, Cleveland, OH, 1891

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Cleveland, OH: Sam. Briggs / Short & Forman, 1891. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth, printed paper spine label; 490pp.; frontispiece, five leaves of plates including folding facsimile and map, text illus. throughout. Light scuffing to cloth extremities, spine label rather toned and dust-soiled, front hinge cracked but holding, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper and later ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown; a Very Good copy overall. A generous anthology of Colonial New England thought and humor opening with an essay on the role of the almanac and a genealogical history of the Ames family and Dedham, MA.

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Title
The Essays, Humor, and Poems of Nathaniel Ames, Father and Son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, From Their Almanacks 1726-1775
Author
Nathaniel Ames; Sam. Briggs [notes]
Publisher
Sam. Briggs / Short & Forman, Cleveland, OH
Publication year
1891
Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
4 pounds
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19th Century, Massachusetts, Poetry

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