KESSLER, HENRY H. & EUGENE RACHLIS - Peter Stuyvesant and His New York

NY: Random House, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Top edge coloring is solid. Contents are clean and unworn, with no writing or other entries in the text. No DJ. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 1950. 8-1/2" Tall, X + 309pp. Historic Map endpapers. Medium brown cloth, silver spine lettering. BIOGRAPHY. "The Peter Stuyvesant and the New Amsterdam (New York) in this book are based on letters, journals, diaries, affidavits, and sworn testimony of the people who knew them both. " The Chapters: The restless city, 1647; The wayward voyage of Henry Hudson; The West India Company's loyal employe; White men on the warpath; The reformation that failed; The art of diplomacy; The people of New Netherland vs. Peter Stuyvesant; Victory in Old Amsterdam; Unfriendly neighbors; Indians on the warpath; Controversy over conscience; Days of prosperity; The plot against New Netherland; The president of Long Island; New York, New York; Home on the Bouwery... Notes. Bibliography. Index. Frontispiece b/w portrait.. Very Good- with no dust jacket .