SPALDING MEMORIAL. A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF EDWARD SPALDING OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY, AND HIS DESCENDANTS

Boston:Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers. 1872. 1st edition. xi+617pp. Illustrated with 5 color coats of arms plates and 10 portrait engravings, all with tissue guards intact. Hardcover.  Brown boards soiled and shelfworn with wear to edges, spine ends fraying with a small tear along the top rear gutter, and edge points bumped worn to boards. Gilt on spine is dulled and page edges soiled. Internally 3 previous owners bookplates to boards, 2 to inside front board and 1 to inside rear board. Pages, aside from some light foxing scattered throughout, in very good, clean condition. The binding is tight, but both front and rear hinges have cracked. Overall, a near very good copy.