Connecticut

New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, stated first printing [1961]. Well kept copy, very good in very good dustjacket. Illustrated history of Connecticut by the state's historian. Blue cloth printed in gilt, 470 pages, illustrated dustjacket. Very light rubs to outer corners, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, last name neatly written on front free endpaper, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [12.50) and has some edgewear and a few minor edge creases, essentially no paper loss. Includes: Backgrounds in England and Massachusetts Bay; Settlement of the Connecticut River Valley; Founding of New Haven and Developments of the 1640s in the Connecticut Area; From the Code of 1650 to the Charter of 1662 and Absorption of New Haven; King Philip's War and Andros' Challenge to the Charter; Boundary Disputes and Intercolonial Wars, 1690-1764; Social, Economic and Religious Patterns in the Eighteenth Century; The Background of the Revolution; Connecticut Fights for Independence 1775-83; Federalism Reigns and is Toppled; Migrating Yankees; Under the New Constitution 1818-50; The Civil War Era 1860-65; Political, Social and Economic Developments 1865-1914; Connecticut During World War I; Life in the Golden Twenties; The Depression Decade and Connecticut's New Deal; Trade, Transportation and Industry; Religion and Education in Modern Connecticut; Connecticut, an Arsenal of Democracy 1939-45; and A Brief Survey of Postwar Connecticut. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.