A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia.; A facsimile reproduction of the 1588 quarto, with an introductory essay by Randolph G. Adams

Ann Arbor, (MI): Edwards Brothers, 1931. A facsimile reproduction of the 1588 quarto, with an introductory essay by Randolph G. Adams. Ann Arbor, (MI): Edwards Brothers, 1931. Facsimile of the 1588 original, 1/315 copies, this one inscribed by Adams to Williamsburg, Virginia, historian Rutherfoord Goodwin in the year of publication. Small 4to. (6), iv, (48) pp. Randolph G. Adams's 1931 census of copies of Hariot's 1588 "Report," "the cornerstone of any collection of Americana," listed five complete copies (Bodleian, British Library, Leyden, Huntington, and Clements); we are unaware of others surfacing since. Thornton 5629. Very good. Original parchment boards, French-fold dust jacket, publisher’s thin cardboard slipcase (worn). (3305).