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Book/Printed Material History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent

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Title

  • History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent

Names

  • Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

Created / Published

  • Boston : Little, Brown, and Company, 1859-75.

Headings

  • -  United States history

Genre

  • Authors' autographs (Provenance)--DLC
  • Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  Vol. 1-3 also have special t.-p.: History of the colonization of the United States. Title of v. 4-6 reads ... The American revolution "considered in its causes" 1748-1774. Vol. 7-10 also have special t.-p.: The American revolution.
  • -  Vol. 1-2: 17th ed., 1859; v. 3-4: 15th ed., 1859; v. 5: 12 ed., 1859; v. 6: 9th ed., 1859; v. 7: 12th ed. rev., 1875; v. 8: 1860; v. 9: Boston, Little, Brown, and Company ; London, S. Low, Son & Co., 1866; v. 10: 1875.
  • -  Book plate. "Mr. Bancroft gave the first six volumes of this copy of his History to Mrs. J. E. Bancroft Davis in 1859. They were all that were then published. He inserted all the illustrations in them. As each succeeding volume appeared, he gave it to Mrs. Davis, who inserted the illustrations in them after his death."
  • -  Volumnes 1 and 8 have author's signature. To Frederic Gore King Davis with the very sincere esteem and affectionate regard of George Bancroft.
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-05-14 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC rwp 2021-06-30 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 10 v. : fronts., plates, ports., maps ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E178 .B22
  • E178 .B221 LC copy of Bancroft's History of the formatioin of the Constitution of the United States. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1882, has uniform binding and binder's title: History of the United States. Vol. XI and XII. Vol. 11 has author's signature. To Frederic Gore King Davis with the very sincere esteem and affectionate regard of George Bancroft.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 09016693

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Chicago citation style:

Bancroft, George. History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, -75, 1859. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/09016693/.

APA citation style:

Bancroft, G. (1859) History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, -75. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/09016693/.

MLA citation style:

Bancroft, George. History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, -75, 1859. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/09016693/>.