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First edition. 316 pages. Illustrated with a number of nicely detailed steel engravings plus a foldout map ("Hartford in 1840"). Good condition, a new spine professionally applied, original boards still present though worn at the corners. Occasional foxing internally, the maps has tears along the folds neatly reinforced from the rear. No owner names.

Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Good+ in the publisher's original, highly decorated light green cloth covered boards with gilt designs on the spine and on the front board. The cloth of the back strip at the joints is parted by 1" at the upper edge of the book and the cloth at the rear joint is parted by 3"; yet, the binding remains tight and strong. There is an early prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket, and probably as issued. An octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches containing 316 pages of text. Edited by W. M. B. Hartley Illustrated with five steel engravings and a folding map showing the layout of the town as of 1640 with lot owner's names. (Sabin; 30665. Armstrong: Connecticut A Bibliography of its History; 4889).