GOODWIN, Maud Wilder. The Head of a Hundred Being An Account of Certain Passages in The Life of Humphrey Huntoon, Esq. Sometyme An Officer in The Colony of Virginia. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1895.

First Edition. Octavo, original decorative green cloth and printed dustjacket. "From the moment of Humphrey Huntoon's arrival in Chesapeake Bay until the final passages in his tale there is not a dull line. The quaint language of Virginia in the early years of the seventeenth century has been carefully followed and the whole story shows that the authoress is fully as deserving of high praise for her admirable fiction as for her delightful efforts in historical sketches". Uncommon in 19th Century dustjacket. Very Good in Good dustjacket, chipping at edges, split along front flap edge, spine backed with archival quality paper tape (at verso).

Price: $250.00