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Hardcover, royal 8vo, in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 344pp., Selected Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with more than 50 photographs, half-tones and maps. First edition, first printing. An examination of some dozen seaports that were instrumental in the economic growth and maritime history of Colonial America, up to 1812. List of ports discussed are: Castine, Portsmouth, Boston, Salem, Bristol, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans. Previous owner’s name in pencil on half-title page. Dust-jacket sunned/toned to light brown on spine. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket complete with no chips or tears, now in Brodart cover. Very good in a good dust-jacket.