Biographical and Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William H - 1845

J.B. Lippincott Company, Phil, 1895. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Near Fine/no dust Jacket. # 327 of Limited Edition 1500. . Vol 9 of The Complete Works. Green cloth with white title plate, black & red titles. Top edges gilt. Engraved tissued frontispiece in each volume, plus other tissed illustrations & maps. Deckle edges, most pages uncut and clearly never read. Very minor cover rubbing and title plate chipping , o/w fine. JA4A Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4481. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. with no dust jacket. 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex library; some foxing. .

Denver CO: Tandy, Wheeler & Co., 1875. 682 pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt colophon on front. Outer layer of spine cover is missing. Bookplate on feb. Pages are faintly tanning. Text is clean with no markings, binding is sound.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.

J. B. Lippincott & Co. , 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. ORIGINAL, LIMITED EDITION; number 498 of 1500 copies; hardcover; deckle edges; top edges gilt; uppermost portion of paper title on spine perished; copyright page w/ a couple of small light smudges; o/w in good condition..

Very Good. Philadelphia, 1875. Green cloth covered boards; wear at edges and corners; gold design on cover and spine; gold title on spine; top edge gilt; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; several illustrations; interior is clean and unmarked; 682 pages.

John Alden Publishers, 1886. Hard Cover. Good. Good. 1886, John Alden Publishers. Black leather at corners. Marbled cover, endpages and tips of pages. Frontispiece portrait inside cover. Ex-library with typical markings. Spine covered in black tape. Inside front and back hinge library repaired with tape. Light edge wear. Tight binding.

New York: Harper, 1845. Dampstaining in a few margins. About very good.. Hard Cover.

New York: Harper & Bros. 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. BAL 16344. Owner names on endpaper; half leather and marbled boards, some rubbing and wear but good. .

NY: John B. Alden, 1886. 234p. A hardcover book in good reading condition. Ex-library: number painted on spine; pocket on endpaper; stamp on title page. Front inside hinge cracked otherwise clean and tight. Includes pieces about Charles Brockden Brown; Cervantes; Sir Walter Scott; Moliere; and Italian Narrative Poetry.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good; No Dust Jacket As Issued. Full thin-leather-bound with stamped gilt spine titles. 12mo; 7.5 inches tall; 682 pages; New Edition; Tissue guarded frontispiece of Prescott; all edges gilt. Faint sun-fading on the spine, partial fold 1.5 inches from the front edge of front cover. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear.. All of the essays except the first were originally contributed to the North American review. Background Information: William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian.