[Rarebooks] fs: Middleton. Tobacco Coast, 1st, DJ

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(No. 5801 )  Middleton, Arthur Pierce edited by George Carrington Mason. 
TOBACCO COAST: A MARITIME HISTORY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY IN THE COLONIAL ERA.
Newport News: Mariner's Museum, 1953. First printing, Full cloth, Octavo, 
xiv, 482 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. Fine in a Very Good Dust 
Jacket, Jacket in Mylar protector.
      This classic economic history of the Chesapeake Bay region also 
includes a wealth of information on everyday colonial life. The monumental 
themes developed in this work have powerfully influenced subsequent study 
and interpretation of the Chesapeake Bay region and the colonies that shared 
its shores. See PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #459. Bound in brown cloth over boards 
with gilt-stamped spine and upper board. Shallow bumps to spine ends, some 
light foxing to textblock edges. Jacket has mild rubs to joint folds, some 
light soil, and a bit of fading to spine. Overall a very handsome copy of 
this classic....... $75.00
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