Salem and the Indies: The Story of the Great Commercial Era of the City

xx, 468 pp. 8vo. Original maroon cloth, gilt titles. Illustrated with double-sided plates, illustrations on front endpapers, plan of Salem, 1820, on rear endpapers. Appendices and extensive index follow text. A detailed history of the development of Salem, Massachusetts into a significant hub of commerce during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.