Prospero's America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676

  • SIGNED Boards
  • Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2010
By Walter W. Woodward
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WALTER WOODWARD on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2010 1st edition, IN ITS MUCH LESS COMMON HARDBACK EDITION. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of soiling along the rear panel. "Examines the transfer of alchemical culture to America by one of English colonization's early giants, John Winthrop, Jr.

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Title

Prospero's America: John Winthrop, Jr., Alchemy, and the Creation of New England Culture, 1606-1676

Author

Walter W. Woodward

Binding

Boards

Condition

Near Fine

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, NC

Date

2010


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