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- Ship Registers of the District of Salem and Beverly Massachusetts. 1789-1900.
Ship Registers of the District of Salem and Beverly Massachusetts. 1789-1900.
Essex Institute.
Essex Institute, ( 1906), Salem
23 cm. 206 pp. color, b/w plates.
Price: $200
Copied by A. Frank Hitchings with annotations by Stephen Willard Phillips. Featuring a double-page duotone plate of private signals of the commercial houses of Salem and Beverly, with over 100 b/w plates of Salem vessels. The book is inscribed to William Northey by David Pingree, 1921. Laid in is a one-page ALs from Salem resident Northey to “Dear Alby” offering to sell his collection of marine books. This is the first edition of a scarce book. Bound in tan cloth with leather label. Very good condition.
