[Rarebooks] FS - National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Vol I-IV, full leather

[Michael Watson]

Offered today. Terms below.

FS - National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Vol I-IV, 
full leather

The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Vol I-IV, : 
With Biographical Sketches
D. Rice and A. N. Hart, 1859, Hardcover, 4to  11" - 13" tall, 300 
each pp., VG/ NONE

Concise biographical essays of popular, influential, and famed, 
politicians, businessfolk, clergy, inventors, explorers: collected 
from the original serialized version of 1833. All the movers and 
shakers, men and women, that were deemed important from the beginning 
of the Republic. This edition 1859[1856].

Tissue-covered steel engraved portrait plates of all concerned. Each 
engraving lists the painted portrait it replicates and the painter 
where known. Raised bands, ornately embossed brown full-leather 
publisher's binding over heavy beveled boards,  gilt all edges of 
block, marker ribbons. Unpaginated, approximately 300pp per volume.

Slight offsetting of plates onto their tissue covers. Scattered, tiny 
mineral specks in paper. Occasional, faint foxing at edges of leaves. 
Raised bands, joints, edges, and corners rubbed. Marring and small 
losses to gilt edges. Faint offsetting at edges of pastedowns and 
endpapers. Vol I: Small ink and marker notation front endpaper.

All corners still sharp, joints and hinges sound. All engraved plates 
present. Internally clean, still fairly tight. With the ownership 
blind stamp of Jack McKim Vorhies, noted numismatic author on 
obsolete bank notes. Each front pastedown with the (presumably) 
original bookseller's label of James Rudd, Louisville KY who sold 
each volume at $10.

A complete set that's attractive, a good representation of how the 
Republic of 1833 saw its favorite sons and daughters, and superior to 
the mass-market sets of the era. All volumes VG condition. $400.00 
USD for the set.


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   Prices are net USD, payment by PayPal to archetype at 20ants.com,
   or international money order/check with order. Indiana pays 7% tax.
   Institutions invoiced. Books returnable in 10 days: contact us first.
   Domestic S&H: $3.50 1st book, $1.00 per additional book by USPS
   at Media rate. International, Priority Mail, or other carrier by quotation.


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  Michael Watson, bookman                           Indianapolis IN USA
  archetype at 20ants.com       www.20ants.com        (317)514-3829
  20th Century & Antiquarian Books for the Reader & Collector
  Fine press, limiteds & unusual non-fiction. Appraisal & cataloging
  Traditional courtesies to the trade. Always seeking better books.
  Member IOBA: Independent Online Booksellers Association
  www.ioba.org
  Offering a safe, secure bookbuying experience at
  www.iobabooks.com/browse_books.php?id=47132
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