A Popular History of the United States, from the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen, to the End of the First Century of the Union of the States; Preceded by a Sketch of the Pre-Historic Period . (Four Volume set)
Published by Scribner, Armstrong and Co., 1876
- Hardcover
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Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.Pistil Books Online, IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Four volume set, of very heavy books (5 lbs. each) with very heavy bindings: brown cloth with elaborately embossed covers and spine in gilt and black. Covers are very clean. Spine edges are slightly frayed or worn with slightly worn corners, some slight edge wear otherwise. Back covers are as elaborately embossed as front with no gilt or black. Each volume about 575 pages with illustrations in steel plates ("pure line"), covered in tissue and leaving shadow on opposite page. Most are wood engravings, all b&w. Binding are very solid and square, exteriors show no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save one mark of previous owner's signature and date, vol. I only. Occasional foxing at front endpaper or around steel engravings, and at frontspieces, which are few. Small coffee stain on page ends of Vol. I. "The drawings have been executed upon wood and steel by the first engravers in this country and in Europe. No original work, therefore, equalling this in the variety and excellence of its illustrations, has ever before been offered to the American public." Over 300 illustrations in Vol. I. , the remainder volumes are equally profuse. End of volume four takes us to The closing scenes of the war: including Richmond and Petersburg, Early's raid in Maryland and Pennsylvania, Burnside's mine at Petersburg, Battle of Five Forks, Sherman's march through teh Carolinas, Assassination of the president, Capture of Jefferson Davis, amidst other sections. Keywords: 1800's, 19th Century, American History, Illustrated, Engravings, Steel Engravings, Wood Engravings.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Popular History of the United States, from the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen, to the End of the First Century of the Union of the States; Preceded by a Sketch of the Pre-Historic Period . (Four Volume set)
- Author
- Bryant, William Cullen ; Sydney Howard Gay
- Publisher
- Scribner, Armstrong and Co.
- Publication year
- 1876
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Illustrator
- Charles Burt, Hinshelwood, Hollyer, Emil Bayard, Thomas Moran, G.H. Boughton, Thomas Moran, Albert Bierstadt, Winslow Homer, Alfred Fredericks, E.A. Abbey, M.A. Hallock, A.R. Waud, W. L. Sheppard, Sol Eytinge, A.C. Warren, Granville Perkins, et, al.
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