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8vo. "Twenty-three authoritative booklets of exact and scholarly information on the history of Virginia during the Jamestown era. Each book is written by a specialist in its field." All 23 books, still housed in the original box. The titles and authors are: 1. A Selected Bibliography of Virginia, 1607-1699, by E. G. Swem, John M. Jennings, and James A. Servies; 2. A Virginia Chronology, by William W. Abbott; 3. John Smith's Map of Virginia, with a Brief Account of its History, by Ben C. McCary; 4. The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London, with Seven Related Documents: 1606-1621. Introduction by Samuel M. Bemiss; 5. The Virginia Company of London, by Wesley F. Craven; 6. The First Seventeen Years, Virginia, 1607-1624, by Charles E. Hatch, Jr.; 7. Virginia under Charles I and Cromwell, 1625-1660 by Wilcomb E. Washburn.; 8. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, by Thomas J. Wertenbaker; 9. Struggle Against Tyranny and the Beginning of a New Era, Virginia, 1677-1699, by R.L. Morton; 10. Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, by George MacLaren Brydon; 11. Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century, by Henry Chandlee Forman; 12. Mother Earth--Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699, by W. Stitt Robinson, Jr.; 13. The Bounty of the Chesapeake; Fishing in Colonial Virginia, by James Wharton; 14. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699, by Lyman Carrier; 15. Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic in Virginia, 1607-1699, by Susie M. Ames; 16. The Government of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, by Thomas J. Wertenbaker; 17. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, by Annie Lash Jester; 18. Indians in Seventeenth Century Virginia, by Ben C. McCary; 19. How Justice Grew, Virginia Counties, by Martha W. Hiden; 20. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia; "The Sovereign Remedy," by Melvin Herndon; 21. Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Thomas P. Hughes; 22. Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia, by Cerinda W. Evans; 23. A Pictorial Booklet on Early Jamestown Commodities and Industries, by J. Paul Hudson. The books are in near fine condition, with some relatively minor rusting of staples on the 14 saddle-stitched books (the other 10 are perfect bound). The box is in very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal edgewear and some faint toning of the title labels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # W2502
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