HISTORICAL BRIEFS. With a Biography.

Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed. The spine is a bit darkened & there is dampstaining to the front edge of the rear cover. Half-title, title, [3] leaves & 310 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. A owner's name & date is penciled on the front endpaper. There is foxing to the preliminaries & the dedication page is nearly detached. There is dampstaining to the bottom corners of the leaves in the rear quarter of the book with light soiling to a few other leaves. Good. First edition.James Schouler [1839-1920] was an American lawyer and historian. His most important work was "History of the United States under the Constitution, 1789-1865 [7 volumes, 1880-1917]. The publishers of "Historical Briefs" state that the biography was prepared from "fresh and original materials provided by the author himself." First Edition.

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Publisher: New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896.

Year: 1896.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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