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Add this copy of A Popular History of the United States of America. to cart. $257.00, Sold by Zephyr Used & Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1878 by A.S. Barnes & Co..
Edition:
1878, A.S. Barnes & Co.
Hardcover
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Publisher:
A.S. Barnes & Co.
Published:
1878
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14627375202
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Thick 8vo. 20, [2], [9]-664 pp. Steel-engraved frontisp., 278 text woodcut-engraved illustrations, woodcut-engraved head-and tail-pieces, vignettes. Deluxe full calf publisher's presentation binding, beveled boards, gilt lettering front cover & spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., gilt inner dentelles (minor shelfwear, slight scuffing, 1 small tear to frontispiece tissue guard), NF copy. Revised and expanded Centenary history of the United States, originally published in celebration of the 1876 Centennial. The author has included substantial sections on the American Colonial period, Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and details the efforts of Reconstruction following the end of the Civil War and Lincoln's assassination. In addition, there are appendices on the Centennial Exhibition, efforts of Confederate women working as nurses and caregivers during the Civil War, as well as description of the history of early American school books.
