Author: Schouler, James.
Title: Historical Briefs. With a Biography.
Description: New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896. 1896. - Octavo, olive green cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed. The spine is a bit darkened & there is dampstaining to the front edge of the rear cover. Half-title, title, [3] leaves & 310 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. A owner's name & date is penciled on the front endpaper. There is foxing to the preliminaries & the dedication page is nearly detached. There is dampstaining to the bottom corners of the leaves in the rear quarter of the book with light soiling to a few other leaves. Good.

First edition.

James Schouler [1839-1920] was an American lawyer and historian. His most important work was "History of the United States under the Constitution, 1789-1865 [7 volumes, 1880-1917]. The publishers of "Historical Briefs" state that the biography was prepared from "fresh and original materials provided by the author himself. Good .

Keywords: HISTORY; HISTORIAN; LAWYER; AMERICAN; JAMES SCHOULER; HISTORICAL BRIEFS; PRESIDENT MONROE; RHEA LETTER; FRANCIS PARKMAN; PRESIDENT POLK; BIOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

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