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Author: Bancroft, George
Title: History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent
Place: Boston
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date: 1861-1875
Item # : 118564
Sale Number   246
Lot Number   23
Sale Name    
Books in All Fields with Mineralogy, Modern Literature and OZiana
Sale Date   08/15/2002
Sale Time   1pm PST
Low Estimate   $ 300
High Estimate   $ 500
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Description:
10 vols. 8 steel-engraved including frontispiece portraits; 5 copper-engraved maps (1 hand-colored); 2 copper-engraved battle scene plates (1 with color highlights). (8vo) half calf & marbled boards, two gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels.
A mixed set from various later editions. Includes: History of the Colonization of the United States (6 volumes); The American Revolution (4 volumes).
Condition:
Spine ends and corners chipped, minor darkening and cracking to spines, light rubbing to covers; small chips to Vol.II spine labels, some paper loss to rear board of Vol.X; soiling to endpapers, occasional dampstaining &/or darkening to contents, else very good, overall.
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