"Roanoke Hundred", by Inglis Fletcher. Copyright 1948 by the author. Published by Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis. Presumed but unstated First Edition. NOT Ex-Library. No ISBN - there were none in those years. Note - the photos you see are of this volume - no 'Stock Photos' - we never use them.
A tight firm clean book in Good condition in deep blue/gilt-lettered hard boards, 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 493 pages of remarkable colonial American history - reportedly the first book in the author's Carolina Series.
Early settlements in the English colonies in North America were often labeled 'The Hundred'. In this case a tale of the men who settled Roanoke Island - twice - the first settlement failed; the second settlement resulted in The Lost Colony.
A clean hardcover book in Good condition. There is no dust jacket. A bit of whitening at the bottom extremities and along the front hinge. No mustiness, No looseness, No smoke smell. No names, No other markings, No bookplates, NOT Ex-Library, NOT Remainder-marked.
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