A COMPENDIUM OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES from the Earliest Settlements to 1883. Designed to answer the purpose of a text-book in schools and colleges as well as to meet the wants of general readers.
New York: E. J. Hale & Son, Publishers, 1889. New Edition. Cloth. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged by Mr. Stephens. A Good copy. 12mo., 525, (1) pp., illustrated with engravings. Bound in the publisher's grey cloth with title and decorative lines in black. Moderate edge wear, particularly at the spine's crown and foot. Cloth boards moderately soiled. Front hinge starting. Old bookstore stamp and sticker on the front end papers. Scattered foxing. Item #27464
Written by Alexander H. Stephens, the former Vice-President of the Confederate States of America (CSA). Stephens became a member of the US House of Representatives from Georgia after the war, in addition to authoring this work and, the more famous, A CONSTITUTIONAL VIEW OF THE LATE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.
Price: $175.00