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THE HISTORY OF AMERICA
by Robertson, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London, 1803.. Four volumes. Includes four folding maps and a folding plate. Half title in each volume. Contemporary blue boards with paper spines, manuscript paper labels, volume number written neatly on each spine. Early ownership signature on each titlepage. Quite clean internally. Near fine and in unsophisticated condition. Untrimmed. The tenth edition, after the first of 1777. The first edition of this work told the story of the discovery of America and the conquests of Mexico and Peru, using original sources. In the posthumous edition of 1796 material on Virginia and New England was added, included in subsequent editions. "Most highly regarded secondary source of its time..." - Howes. This edition is not noted in Howes. A lovely set in the original binding. HOWES R358 (ref).
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM43686
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF AMERICA
- Author
- Robertson, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1803.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
William Reese Company
All material is shipped subject to approval, but notification of return must be made within ten days and returns made in a prompt and conscientious fashion.
About the Seller
William Reese Company
Biblio member since 2006
New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- New
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