American Broadsides: Sixty Facsimiles Dated 1680-1800, Reproduced From Originals In The American Antiquarian Society

Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1971. Hardcover. VG+/VG (light wear to boards & cloth. some instances of light creasing to pg corners, edges. otherwise bright. slipcase has scuffs & smudges; wear to cloth corners). terra-cotta cloth boards w/ quarter blue cloth spine; gilt printing. unpaginated w/ bw plates; many fold-outs. tan paper slipcase w/ blue cloth; mounted title. There appears to be a double layer of pastedowns to front, interior board: first layer is adhered by a very small section to edge and could be easily removed; otherwise, a nice, sharp and bright copy. Appears to be have lighty handled. Of 1950 Copies; remains unnumbered. "Broadsides contain some of the most fascinating material relating to life in early America. These single sheets of paper, usually printed on one side only, make it possible to view colonial society from a different vantage point than that usually afforded by the materials of military, political, and diplomatic history. Subject matter of these pieces of ephemera ranges from advertisements to the edifying warnings of criminals' confessions; official proclamations, instructions for school masters, comments on important contemporary events, information for immigrants, ballads and elegies--all found a convenient vehicle in the broadside during its heyday in the eighteenth century."--WorldCat.