The History of Maine from Earliest Discovery by the Northmen to the Present Time

Abbott, John S. C. The History of Maine, from the Earliest Discovery of the Region by the Northmen until the Present Time: Including a Narrative of the Voyages and Explorations of the Early Adventurers, the Manners and Customs of the Indian Tribes, the Hardships of the First Settlers, the Conflicts with the Savages, and the gradual Advancement of the State to its present Aspect of Opulence, Culture, and Refinement. Boston: B. B. Russell, 1875. First Edition. [10956] Half leather with purple cloth boards, worn at the edges, sometime repaired near the top of the front joint, joints otherwise good, gilt titles to spine, gilt vignette on the front board, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, tight. Binding with soil, finger smudges, and fading to the spine and board edges. Frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated with wood-engraved plates and text engravings, 556 clean pages, some corners folded, includes an index.  Fair. Hardcover. [The author] "wishes to give a faithful and graphic record of the