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London: Longmans, Green & Co.. Good. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine dark with removed library mark, bookplate on end-paper. ; Ex-Library; 8vo; ix, 278 pages; Photographs, bibliography. .

London, New York, Toronto: Longmans, Green & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover.

London/New York: Longmans, Green & Co, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. Ink gift note on front endpaper, frontispiece creased, sticker on last page. 1930 Hard Cover. ix, 278 pp. "Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (c.1715—11 July 1774) was an Irish official of the British Empire. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren, which was located amidst the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. Johnson learned the Mohawk language and Iroquois customs, and was appointed the British agent to the Iroquois. Because of his success, he was appointed in 1756 as British Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the northern colonies. Throughout his career as a British official among the Iroquois, Johnson combined personal business with official diplomacy, acquiring tens of thousands of acres of Native land and becoming very wealthy.

New York, NY: Longmans, Green And Co. G/Fair. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover Cloth. 12mo., 278 pp., dj frayed, yellowed, stained, inside hinges weak, pages yellowed .

London: Longmont, Green and Co, 1930. First Edition. Full leather. Very good +. 8vo., 278 pp., full leather with gilt dentelle inside border, marbled endpapers, frontispiece, 2 illustrations, map, bibliographical notes. -- Authors personal copy with her booklplates. Probably a presentation copy from the publisher. -- A small amount of rubbing to the top and bottom shoulder joints of the binding and to the heel of the spine. "Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (c.1715-11 July 1774) was an Irish official of the British Empire. As a young man, Johnson moved to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren, which was located amidst the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. Johnson learned the Mohawk language and Iroquois customs, and was appointed the British agent to the Iroquois. Because of his success, he was appointed in 1756 as British Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the northern colonies. Throughout his career as a British… Read More