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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1972 first edition Swampscott Historical Committee (Swampscott, Massachusetts), 6 x 9 inches tall stapled paperbound in white covers printed in purple, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, 48, [1] pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with moderate foxing to the blank rear cover. Slight creasing to a few lower page tips. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. OCLC (No. 50281390) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide. ~OOO~ [1.0P] An early history of Swampscott, a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, located 15 miles up the coast from Boston in an area known as the North Shore. Swampscott was first settled in 1629 as the eastern part (Ward One) of Lynn, and was set off and officially incorporated in 1852. In 1857, a piece of Salem at the far western end of Salem then known as the 'Salem Finger' was set off from Salem and became part of Swampscott.