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The Descendants of Jacob Schoff (German Migration New England) ORIG 1910 EDITION

The Descendants of Jacob Schoff (German Migration New England) ORIG 1910 EDITION

$ 13.2

Availability: 100 in stock

Condition: This is a hardback book without a dust jacket. The front and back hinges feel a little loose and there is slight splitting of the paper over these hinges. The covers and all pages are attached. There is some soiling of the cloth of the boards. There is some wear and bumping to the top and bottom of the spine and to corners of the boards. The page edges show slight spotting. There is a small stain to the bottom page edges and slight wear to the bottom edge of the rear board (see photo #9). There is some spotting to the insides of the boards and to the facing free pages. (See photo #10.) The interior pages are toned with age. There is no writing, highlighting, or underlining. This book is not ex-library nor ex-libris. It has a slightly musty odor. Please see photos. Sold as is.

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is the ORIGINAL, PRIVATELY PUBLISHED edition of an important historical and genealogical work which would be of interest to any student of the German American pioneer experience.
Title:
The Descendants of Jacob Schoff
Subtitle:
Who Came to Boston in 1752 and Settled in Ashburnham in 1757, With an Account of the German Migration Into Colonial New England
Author: Wilfred H. Schoff
Copyrighted and self-published by the author.
Date: 1910
Hardback book without dust jacket.
About 9.5 inches tall by about 6.5 inches wide. 163 pages, plus an "Appendix - Additional Corrections" and an "Index of Surnames"
NOTE: There is no later date than 1910 in this book. There is also no publisher listed, suggesting that this was privately published. Some copies of the book that are dated 1910 list J. McGarrigle as the printer. I was unable to find this name in the copy I am selling.
The author, Wilfred H. Schoff, lived from 1874 to 1932. He was a noted antiquarian and classical scholar who also served as the Secretary of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum.
Please see photo #4 for the Table of Contents. You'll notice that this book is much more than a family genealogy. The first portion contains a very interesting history of how German colonists came to Canada and to New England about about their life in the years immediately preceding the American Revolutionary War.
Please see above for complete description of condition and photos. Sold as is.
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Attention International Buyers: Unfortunately, it appears that international shipping from the US (via the USPS) has become unreliable, because of the pandemic. Therefore, I have decided to remove the international shipping option. You are still welcome to bid on this item, but will need to supply a shipping address in the US. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.