First Edition Seven Volume History of Colonial Charlestown, Massachusetts and its Role in the Revolution
First Edition
Frothingham, Richard. The History of Charlestown Massachusetts. Charlestown: Charles P. Emmons (and Charles C. Little and James Brown), 1845-49. - First Edition pamphlets in seven parts. Octavo. 368 pages total. Plates, facsimiles and maps, on steel, wood and stone. Internally clean, tight. Tight sewn bindings and original wrappers. Engravings, illus, facsimiles of documents. Signature of "Benjamin Edmands, Charlestown" on front cover at top right, all seven. Scarce account as issued of an important city in the revolution. Frothingham was a historian, politician, member of the Massachusetts state legislature and mayor of Charlestown. Originally, he "prepared a series of communications upon the history of Charlestown, intending them for the Bunker Hill Aurora; the advice of friends induced him to keep them, and add to them, until they will now appear in the more presumptive form of a volume... Volumes published 1845, 1846, 1846, 1847, 1847, 1847, 1849, respectively. Quite scarce in original unbound pamphlets. "The History of a Town is United with that of Country to which it belongs, and with that of the Ages through which it has Stood" appears on the cover of each of the seven pamphlets. Frothingham writes, "...One great reason for choosing the mode of publication so much in favor with the public, -- viz., in numbers, -- is the hope that the early ones may fall into the hands of some persons who may have ancient family manuscripts, and be willing to loan them for the purpose of making this work more complete..." A few of the cover sheets partially separated along spine, and paper spine missing from all but one of the pamphlets but in Very Good condition overall. Very scarce with only four copies held as of July 2022.Item #17659
Price: $1,200.00
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