Merry-Mount; A Romance of the Massachusetts Colony
by: Motley, John Lothrop

Hardcover. Boston, James Munroe, 1st, 1849, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with embossed design on covers, gilt title on spine. 252 pages. 2 volumes in one. A fictional account of Thomas Morton's "Merry Mount" community, arguably America's first notable contrarian movement: anti-Puritan, devoted to public sinning, and credited with erecting the first Maypole in North America. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Corners bumped. Rubbing to extremities. Chipping to spine cover. Light foxing to a few pages.