Description

Slim quarto paperback, perfect bound in pictorial card covers. 95 pages. Includes bibliography. Edited, designed and illustrated with color drawings and maps by Len Tantillo. With a historical overview of the Delaware River by Charles T. Gehring and commentary by Peter A. Douglas. First edition, Privately printed, first edition. A survey of the New Netherland frontier forts, focusing on their architecture and construction, from the Delaware Bay up as far north as Camden. No previous ownership marks. Old retail price sticker on front cover. A tight, clean, unmarked copy of a scarce monograph concerning the early Dutch (17th century) presence along the lower Delaware River. Very good.