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Solid binding. Contents: Illustrations, 20 w/ title and page number; short Foreword noting author is 4th grade teacher in Laconia NH school system, in which there had been a shortage in NH State history material for young readers, thus had been tested in Laconia, with vocabulary controlled for 4th grade pupils' abilities, and keeping to the short story format, and with chapters in five parts after its Introduction, inclusive of 42 chapters plus a Glossary and Bibliography. Did you know the first sighting of land in 1623 was named Pannaway? Later it became Rye after a more permanent settlement took root in Dover, upriver from the coast. Chapters describe commercial ventures, sending shiploads back to England, and returning with more settlers with some moving inland, Algonquin native tales, individual residents, lots of work, and growing villages with passing years. Book wear: Darkened back cover, old damp-stain, early section of Contents Illustrations outlined in ink pen by hand; else clean. A rare… Read More

Orford, New Hampshire: Equity Publishing Corporation, 1963. First. Hardcover. Good. R. Alden Burt. Hardcover. First edition 1963. Ex-library copy with stamp on inside cover. Light wear on edges and spine. Tight, clean copy. Childrens Section