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A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the Western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the Civil War : preceded by a sketch of the pre-historic period and the age of the mound builders

Title: A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the Western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the Civil War : preceded by a sketch of the pre-historic period and the age of the mound builders / by William Cullen Bryant and Sydney Howard Gay.
Author: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
Publication: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883-1884 (v. 1, 1884)

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Parts 1-12	Text	Restricted use	Arents BIP (Bryant, W. Popular 1883) 99-12 Parts 1-12	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Parts 13-25	Text	Restricted use	Arents BIP (Bryant, W. Popular 1883) 99-12 Parts 13-25	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Parts 26-38	Text	Restricted use	Arents BIP (Bryant, W. Popular 1883) 99-12 Parts 26-38	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Parts 39-51	Text	Restricted use	Arents BIP (Bryant, W. Popular 1883) 99-12 Parts 39-51	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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51 pts. (4 v.) : ill., ports., maps, facsims.; 27 cm.

Alternative Title

Bryant's popular history of the United States

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Note

Each part in the original illustrated light greenish gray or light brownish gray paper covers. Title page for v. 1 and preface in pt. 1; t.p. for v. 2 in pt. 12; t.p. for v. 3 in pt. 25; t.p. for v. 4 in pt. 38. Index to the 4 v. in pt. 50; preliminaries to all 4 v. in pt. 51. Each part has advertisement for Encyclopaedia Britannica on p. [2], publisher's advertisement on p. [3], and advertisement for the present work on p. [4] of covers.
Title pages of v. 1-3 dated 1884; v. 4, 1883.
All covers bear engraved date 1878. Covers of pts. 1-2 and 49-51 bear copyright date 1881; pts. 3-28, 1878; pts. 29-30, 1879; pts. 31-48, 1880.
Written by Gay; preface by Bryant. Cf. Fifty years among authors / J.C. Derby. 1884. p. 157. Cf. also BAL 1756: "[Bryant] was ... a supervisory editor" for v. 1-2 only.
Originally published in 4 v., 1876-1880; issue in parts commenced in 1878. Cf. BAL 1756.
Vol. 1: xxxvii, 562 p., [24] leaves of plates; v. 2: xxii, 605 p., [26] leaves of plates; v. 3: xxii, 628 p., [24] leaves of plates; v. 4: xxi, 648 p., [26] leaves of plates.
Illustrations: 50 prints: steel etching, steel engraving ; full-page. Engraved by Charles Burt, H.B. Hall, Jr., C.H. Smith and others, after C.S. Reinhart, J.E. Kelly and others. The print issued with pt. 25 for insertion in v. 2 was omitted from "List of illustrations" for v. 2. -- 50 prints : wood engraving ; full-page. Engraved by J. Karst and others, after J.E. Kelly, W.L. Sheppard and others. -- Numerous additional wood engravings in the text.
"Notice to subscribers" inserted in pt. 50.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

IAE (Bryant, W.C. Popular history of the United States. 1883)

OCLC

35816968
NYPGR35816968-B

Author

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.

Title

A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the Western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the Civil War : preceded by a sketch of the pre-historic period and the age of the mound builders / by William Cullen Bryant and Sydney Howard Gay.

Imprint

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883-1884 (v. 1, 1884)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Note

Arents copy partly unopened.

Added Author

Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888.

Burt, Charles Kennedy, 1823-1892.

Hall, Henry Bryan, active 1850-1900.

Smith, Charles H., active 1844-1860.

Reinhart, Charles Stanley, 1844-1896.

Kelly, James Edward, 1855-1933.

Karst, John, 1836-1922.

Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912.

Cover Title

Half title and title on covers of parts: Bryant's popular history of the United States

Research Call Number

IAE (Bryant, W.C. Popular history of the United States. 1883) Bancroft Collection. Bound in 4 vols.

Arents BIP (Bryant, W. Popular 1883) 99-12

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