first edition Vol. I: [1] - 8, [1] - 222; vol. I: [1] - 4, [1] - 252. Two volumes bound as one. 1 vols. 12mo
1849 · Boston and Cambridge
by [Motley, John Lothrop]
Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First edition. Vol. I: [1] - 8, [1] - 222; vol. I: [1] - 4, [1] - 252. Two volumes bound as one. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blind-stamped red cloth. Very slight wear to spine ends, otherwise a very attractive copy of BAL binding E. First edition. Vol. I: [1] - 8, [1] - 222; vol. I: [1] - 4, [1] - 252. Two volumes bound as one. 1 vols. 12mo. "The crepuscular period which immediately preceded the rise of the Massachusetts Colony, possesses more of the elements of romance than any subsequent epoch ... " (Author's Preface).
A complicated historical novel about Thomas Morton's colony during the years 1628-30, Merry-Mount "has a four-dimensional solidity which continued to appear in his non-fiction. He had a genuine gift for the picturesque, for drama, for apt characterization." Wright I 1926; BAL 14573 (Inventory #: 16316)
A complicated historical novel about Thomas Morton's colony during the years 1628-30, Merry-Mount "has a four-dimensional solidity which continued to appear in his non-fiction. He had a genuine gift for the picturesque, for drama, for apt characterization." Wright I 1926; BAL 14573 (Inventory #: 16316)