New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1852. Here is an anthology of the great American historian's essays from "The North American Review." This is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition. Surprisingly uncommon; most institutional holdings are later and from differing publishers. Brown cloth binding with leather tips and spine. Spine has five raised bands with gilt ruling and decorations. There is a red label with gilt titling. Clean text; vii, 638 pages, with a two-page advert for "Valuable Works for Reference" in the rear. Marbled endpapers and edges. Only some occasional spotting throughout, but generally a nice, bright text; very readable today, and probably worth it.. First American Edition.. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004458
Title: Biographical and Critical Miscellanies
Author: Prescott, William H
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First American Edition.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1852
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: American Literature;

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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