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Marine Society, Boston, Massachusetts, The Constitution and Laws of the Boston Marine Society. Boston: [no printer], 1792.
The only edition of this title listed in ESTC, rare, with only two locations worldwide, both at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester; bound in modern boards with the original limp marbled paper wraps still in place within, some spotting to title and elsewhere, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-400
[A]4, B-E4 [E4 blank present].
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