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Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! CONQUEST OF MEXICO/RARE 1st Ed./WILLIAM H.PRESCOTT/1843 Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album VERY RARE - SCARCE EDITION RARE FIRST EDITION - FIRST ISSUE FINE ORIGINAL BINDINGS HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE ANCIENT MEXICAN CIVILIZATION AND THE LIFE OF THE CONQUEROR, HERNANDO CORTES by WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT NEW YORK: Harper and Brothers. 1843. (Published date 1843). Rare First American Edition. The first printing of Prescott's classic work. In Three volumes. 8vo. 9.25" x 6.25" Inches (LxB). Pp. 488; 480; 524 pages. Complete with three half-titles, three engraved frontispieces, two engraved double page maps and an engraved facsimile of Cortes' signature. Bound in the original publisher's black cloth binding, embossed designs with gilt lettering on spine. Many top edges uncut, indicating this has never been read or used. Prescott negotiated the publication in New York of 5000 copies of this work, just a few months after the first edition was published in London. Published one volume at a time, between December 6 and 21, it earned $.50 per volume ($1.50 for the full work) for the author who, once more, superintended the manufacture and continued to own the stereotype plates from which it was produced." - GARDINER.. Very rare and of great value. A classic work. There are numerous close-up pictures of the contents given below; please click on them for a detailed description (See Scans below). Please take some time to view the 50+ pictures in detail, in order to gain a full idea of the contents and condition. Note: Volume 1 spine restored-replaced, spine ends restored William H. Prescott From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 January 29, 1859) was an American historian, known for his books The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic and The History of the Conquest of Mexico. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico was a seminal influence on Edward E. Ayer (18411927), a wealthy antiquarian and collector of books and original manuscripts from Native American and colonial-era histories and ethnography. During his lifetime Ayer amassed a collection of more than fifty thousand volumes and documents on pre-and post-Columbian American histories, which as the Ayer Collection donated to the Newberry Library in Chicago represented one of the most extensive and significant Americana collections then accumulated. Ayer credited Prescott's Conquest books as the inspiration behind his efforts and interest in Americanist literature, since as Ayer himself noted they had been the "first books [he] had ever bought and that they had given [him] the incentive to read and taught [him] how interesting history was." In his later memoirs, Ayer confirmed: I feel that that day, taking those books home, was, perhaps, the happiest day of my life up to that time; and going home I only touched the earth in high places. And I want to reiterate that the finding of Prescotts Conquest of Mexico in that mine in Arizona in 62, has been responsible and is to be credited as the principal force that has given me a vast amount of enjoyment in this world, and is absolutely responsible for the Ayer Collection in the Newberry Library, Chicago. The historic house in Boston in which Prescott lived from 1845 to 1859 is named after him. In 1966 the Colegio Anglo Americano Prescott (school) was founded in Arequipa, Peru in Prescott's honor. The first principal was Manuel Paz Bishop. The History of Ferdinand and Isabella 1837 The History of the Conquest of Mexico 1843 The History of the Conquest of Peru 1847 The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain 1855-1859 "PLEASE ASK - E-MAIL ***** ANY/ALL ***** QUESTIONS, regarding Description and Condition BEFORE BIDDING". There are numerous CLOSE-UPS GIVEN BELOW. PLEASE CLICK & ENLARGE TO SEE DETAIL. A SCARCE BOOK SET. Check sellers other auctions as we have NUMEROUS RARE Titles coming up. CONDITION REPORT: A rare book in the original publisher's black cloth binding, professionally recased & the original spine relaid (See Scans below), some wear/tear/scuffing to covers, spine, ends & corners (See Scans below), pages-plates are unusually clean & bright (See Scans below), the binding is tight & intact (See Scans below). The cloth is smooth & supple to the touch. Note: Volume 1 spine restored-replaced, spine ends restored (See Scans below). There are many close-up pictures for your kind perusal. Please click on any of the 50+ images above & below in the listing for enlarged close-up pictures of details, virtues & flaws (See Scans below). RETURNS: Though every item is catalogued with the intent of accuracy. Minor flaws, may not always be noted, that is why there are 50 to a 100 pictures of every book we list. Please look at pictures &/or email any &/or all QUESTIONS, regarding description and condition prior to bidding. Only Improperly described items can be returned, as received within seven calendar days of receipt. Please email us before returning any item. Please Remember this is an Auction and not a Retail sale. " PLEASE ASK-E-MAIL *****ANY/ALL***** QUESTIONS, regarding Description and Condition, "BEFORE BIDDING". "ALL QUERIES ANSWERED". There are numerous CLOSE-UPS GIVEN BELOW. PLEASE CLICK & ENLARGE TO SEE DETAIL. 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