Methot June Signed (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine DJ (price clipped). First Edition (No Additional Printings). Navesink, New Jersey:: Whip Publishers, 1988. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. A clean, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Sharp corners. A lavishly illustrated history of the New Jersey shore. With 484 illustrations. Looks at the Jersey shore's early settlers, impacts of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, pirates, lighthouses, Atlantic City, beach resorts, steamboats, railroads, whaling, shipwrecks, major storms, wildlife, etc. Bibliography. Index. Complete with errata slip correcting the erroneous info on the 1866 wreck of the steamship SCOTLAND. From the Dust Jacket: "Here is the complete story of the three and a quarter centuries since the first English settlement, in chronology, lavishly illustrated with almost 500 original drawings, prints (many rare, some never previously republished), watercolors, paintings, maps and photographs, both old and contemporary." Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in black. . Signed by Author (on title page - signature only). First Edition (No Additional Printings). Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine DJ (price clipped). 208pp.