History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 [seven volumes]

Rhodes, James Ford (1848-1927)

1893, First Edition. London : Macmillan. Good to very good copies all in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, some with scuffs and speckled staining. Lower board margins of vols. 1, 5 and 6 damp-stained, with surface loss at edges. Spines dust-dulled; endbands rubbed. Endpapers foxed; some volumes with light foxing to preliminary or final leaves. Leaves otherwise very clean. Vol. 1, pp. iii-vi loose; text blocks otherwise tight. Folded maps crisp but often foxed or dust-dulled at outer folds. A well-preserved set overall. Item #466152

Physical description; 7 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm. Notes; This set comprises the complete first edition as published 1893-1906, covering 1850-1877. An eighth volume (1877-1896) was published in 1919, with the complete series reissued in 1928 with a ninth volume (1896-1909). Vols. 3-7 title continues: "...to the final restoration of home rule at the South in 1877." Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; v. 1. 1850-1854 -- v. 2. 1854-1860 -- v. 3. 1860-1862 -- v. 4. 1862-1864 -- v. 5. 1864-1866 -- v. 6. 1866-1872 -- v. 7. 1872-1877. Subjects; United States. History. Compromise of 1850. Civil War. Reconstruction. Slavery. 19th century. 20th century.

Price: €225.00