[BINDINGS & SETS]. PRESCOTT, William Hickling (1796-1859). Works. John Foster Kirk, editor.

Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott, 1874. 15 volumes, 8vo. Titles printed in red and black (some spotting). Publisher's brown cloth, printed labels on spines; original dust jackets (some soiling and a few short tears).

LIMITED EDITION, number 130 of 250 copies. 19th-century historian William Hickling Prescott is one of the most widely translated of all American historians, and is credited as an important figure in the development of history as a serious field of study.

[With:] BURNS, Robert. Poems. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1900. Publisher's brown suede gilt. -- LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. Evangeline. New York: Hurst & Company, [n.d.]. Publisher's brown suede gilt. -- MEREDITH, Owen. Lucile. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [n.d.]. Publisher's brown suede gilt. -- And others. Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, condition generally good.

Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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[BINDINGS & SETS]. PRESCOTT, William Hickling (1796-1859). Works. John Foster Kirk, editor.

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[BINDINGS & SETS]. PRESCOTT, William Hickling (1796-1859). Works. John Foster Kirk, editor.

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