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TEN, including Stefan Lorant, ed., "The New World: The First Pictures of America", 1946, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, first edition; John Smith, "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles", no date given, Johnson Publishing Co., Murfreesboro, NC, facsimile edition; T.M., "A Discourse of Trade", 1930 Facsimile Text Society, New York, facsimile edition; Thomas Hariot, "A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia", 1951, History Book Club, New York, facsimile edition, in slip case; and Rutherford Goodwin, "The William Parks Paper Mill at Williamsburg", 1939, Journalism Laboratory Press, Lexington, VA, special edition. Hardcover, some with dust jackets, and soft cover.
<i>Very good condition overall, expected minor wear to covers/dust jackets, some covers with minor stains or discoloration, interiors generally very clean, some with expected minor toning, Lorant example with significant losses to dust jacket, Rutherford Goodwin example with some minor losses or tears to paper wraps, some with bookplates or minor notations to endpapers.</i>
Provenance: From the research library of Ivor Noel Hume, O.B.E., F.S.A., Williamsburg, VA.
Catalogue Note: Ivor Noel Hume (1927-2017), O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire), F.S.A. (Fellow, Society of Antiquaries), was a distinguished scholar, author, and former director of the Department of Archaeological Research at Colonial Williamsburg.
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