1. The Puritans. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1898.
First Edition. Original green cloth, gilt lettering, original printed dustjacket, octavo. Contemporary novel of romance and intrigue by this author of Bleiler listed fantasies. Bates was a native of Maine and a graduate of Bowdoin College. Near Fine but for top half of front free endpaper torn away, in scarce dustjacket, modest edge chipping, split along front spine edge. Item #17265