History of the United States From Their First Settlement As Colonies To The Peace With Mexico In 1848

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Company 1850. 8vo. Orig. illust. boards (rubbed) with decorative leather spine. Gilt titling. (372pp.) With two engravings by Gilbert and Gihon and 11 pages of advertisements of Lippincott Grambo & Co.'s schoolbooks at rear. Considerable foxing throughout. NOTE: Published only two years after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico an essential school textbook by historian William Grimshaw (1782-1852).