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The Correspondence of William Hickling Prescott, 1833-1847

Author(s):

Prescott, William Hickling; Wolcott, Roger

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

1st Impression

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Houghton Mifflin Company

Publication Year:

1925

Publication Place:

Boston, USA

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

033194

Catalogue(s):

Autobiography and Biography ◇ History – General

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First edition, first printing. xx, 684, with tissue-guarded plate frontispiece. Brown publisher’s cloth-covered boards, black lettering on the spine. Top edge gilt. Cloth is worn, rubbed and rounded at corners, chipped at spine ends and edges. Bookplate of the Long Island Historical Society on front paste down, some light spotting restricted to endpapers, hint of page toning, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was an American historian who focussed on the history and culture of the Spanish-speaking world and widely recognised as the first American scientific historian, respected for his thoroughness and system use of primary evidence.

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