Buy this book on-line

Grenville Mellen (ed.) : A Book of the United States: A View of the Republic [Full Leather]

H. Frederick Sumner, Hartford, 1849

A Book of the United States, Exhibiting Its Geography, Divisions, Constitution and Government, Institutions, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, Religion, Education, Population, Natural Curiosities, Railroads, Canals, Public Buildings, Manners and Customs, Fine Arts, Antiquities, Literature, Mineralogy, Botany, Geology, Natural History, &c, &c, &c, and Presenting a View of the Republic Generally, and of the Individual States, together with a condensed History of the Land, from the First Discovery to the Present Time, of about Two Hundred Leading Men: A Description of the Principal Cities and Towns; with Statistical Tables, relating to the Religion, Commerce, Manufactures, and Various Other Topics. with Engravings of Curiosities, Scenery, Animals, Cities, Towns, Public Buildings, &c.. Portrait frontispiece with tissue overlay, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges, illustrated throughout. Several newspaper clippings laid in. (New Britain Herald 1950): 1. ["Free Nations must be ready to use force agains reds...", "Democracy must be Defended..."]; 2. Notice of the death of Zachary Taylor]. Provenance: Charles G. Bloom. Binding sound. Spine leather chipped away (see photo), marbled page edges, foxing throughout (see photos). Previous owners name on free front endpaper. As is.. Illustr.: Engravings. Antiquarian. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Leather Bound

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.