THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA; from the Discovery of the Western World to the Present Day

Published by George Virtue & Co, New York, 1857

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First edition, American issue; first bound issue in publisher's cloth; originally issued in parts, in wrappers. Tall octavo, three volumes in seven parts ("Divs."), complete: each Div. with 12 full-page plates, all steel engravings with tissue guards. The title pages for all three volumes bound in at end of Div. VII ; Div. I with an extra title page for Vol. I, with vignette, a steel engraving; Div. I with gate-fold map with hand coloring; Div. II with decorated plate of facsimile signatures of signers of the Declaration of Independence, a steel engraving by J.W. Allen, with decorations by E. McCabe after A.H. Wray ; Div. VII with extra title pages, for both Vols. II and III, each with vignette, steel engravings by J.C. Armytage after H. Warren. The publisher's advertisements appear in Div. VII. In the publisher's royal blue morocco-grain cloth, with blind-stamped ruled borders and decorative surround, and gilt-stamped titles and borders, a bust of Washington with a circular star surround topped by an eagle, and vignettes of Liberty, a Native American, and Justice. Just an occasional hint of foxing to the contents. The boards are slightly edgeworn, with some very mild toning along the spine and extremities; else very good or better. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin.…

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Title
THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA; from the Discovery of the Western World to the Present Day
Author
Bartlett, William and Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward
Publisher
George Virtue & Co, New York
Publication year
1857
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First Edition.
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