THE COLONIAL VESTRY BOOK OF LYNNHAVEN PARISH, PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1723-1786
by Mason, George Carrington
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good+/Good+
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Newport News, Virginia: George C. Mason, 1949. xxvii, 134 pages. This relatively scarce first printing includes the following: 1) a brief history colonial Lynnhaven Parish, which included all of Princess Anne County ( now the city of Virginia Beach); 2) the vestry book for the colonial and immediate post-revolution years; 3) an appendix listing parish and county officials 1640-1786; and 4) an index. The book is clean and tight, with some tanning of endpapers and a hint of toning of text pages. It has been well protected by the original plain kraft paper dust jacket which iscomplete, but the jacket has hand-lettered title on the spine and aa ad for a later edition affixed to the front panel.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good+/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PC30
- Title
- THE COLONIAL VESTRY BOOK OF LYNNHAVEN PARISH, PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1723-1786
- Author
- Mason, George Carrington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George C. Mason
- Place of Publication
- Newport News, Virginia
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- Southern Americana; Religion;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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About the Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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