Group of Books Concerning Increase and Cotton Mather: 1) Increase Mather: His Works, Being a Short-Title Catalogue of the Published Writings That Can Be Asribed to Him, Thomas J. Holmes, (Printed by Horace Carr for private distribution, Cleveland, 1930), first edition, 1 of 250 copies printed on WGM handmade paper, quarter dark green levant, marbled boards, green paper wrapper with title in gilt on spine, paper slipcase, fine, 59 pages, 10" x 6 1/2". 2) a second copy of above. 3) Cotton Mather and His Writings on Witchcraft, Thomas J. Holmes, (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1926), first edition, 1 of 200 author's separate copies, reprinted for private distribution from papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume XVII, Parts 1 and 2, brown wraps, author's name in pencil on title pages, few pencil notes in margins, near fine, 29 pages, 9 1/2" x 6". 4) The Mather Bibliography, Thomas J. Holmes, (Privately Printed, 1937), reprinted for private distribution from papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume 31, Part 1, brown wraps, 76 pages, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4".
Group of Books Concerning Increase and Cotton Mather: 1) Increase Mather: His Works, Being a Short-Title Catalogue of the Published Writings That Can Be Asribed to Him, Thomas J. Holmes, (Printed by Horace Carr for private distribution, Cleveland, 1930), first edition, 1 of 250 copies printed on WGM handmade paper, quarter dark green levant, marbled boards, green paper wrapper with title in gilt on spine, paper slipcase, fine, 59 pages, 10" x 6 1/2". 2) a second copy of above. 3) Cotton Mather and His Writings on Witchcraft, Thomas J. Holmes, (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1926), first edition, 1 of 200 author's separate copies, reprinted for private distribution from papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume XVII, Parts 1 and 2, brown wraps, author's name in pencil on title pages, few pencil notes in margins, near fine, 29 pages, 9 1/2" x 6". 4) The Mather Bibliography, Thomas J. Holmes, (Privately Printed, 1937), reprinted for private distribution from papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume 31, Part 1, brown wraps, 76 pages, 9 1/2" x 6 1/4".
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