Farnum, Alexander. Visits of the Northmen to Rhode Island (Rhode Island Historical Tracts no. 2). Providence: Sidney S. Rider, 1877. First Edition. [11343]
Original printed blue wrappers, some edge-wear, name erased from the top of the front wrapper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. 41, [3] clean pages. Pages are dark. Good. Paperback.
Limited edition of 250 copies.
A presentation on the evidence for believing that Northmen, after discovering and settling on Iceland ca. 860, continued to explore westward until reaching the shores of Rhode Island.
Alexander Farnum, Esq. (1830-1884), b. Waterford, MA; d. Providence, R.I. Mr. Farnum amassed a large and valuable library, the catalogue of which was published in 1884.
