The History of the United States of North America; From the Discovery of the Western World to the Present Day

Bartlett, W.H.; B.B. Woodward

Verlag: George Virtue & Co, New York, 1856

Beschreibung

Red leather boards with gilt lettering and design. All edge gilt. All volumes with 5 raised bands on spine. All volumes with b/w frontace piece w/ protecive guard. B/w illustrated half title page in all volumes. Majority of illustrated plates have protective guard. Pagination of each volume respectively: 698, 720, and 726 pages, with 8 pages of publisher's advertisements following volume 3 at the end of division 7./ Includes folded facsimile of the signatures at the end of the Declaration of Independence in division 2. The most common engravers of plates are J.C. Armytage, W.J. Edwards, T. Knight, R. Wallis, Chas. Hall, T.W. Hunt, and J. Stephenson. Some of the portraits are based on daguerrotypes by Mathew Brady. Contents: v. 1. From the earliest period, to the installation of Washington as first president -- v. 2. From the administration of Washington to that of Madison -- v. 3. From "the second war" to the present times. VG All covers show wear. Most interior pages show age toning and foxing. Several pages are loose from the spine, especially vol 1. Spines have internal damage where they connect with pages. Vol 1 and 3 have water damage to lower part of pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 182308

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The History of the United States of North ...

Verlag: George Virtue & Co, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1856

Einband: Hardcover