THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH; In Two Volumes: Volume I: The National Government, the State Governments. / Volume II: The Party System, Public Opinion, Illustrations and Reflections, Social Institutions

Bryce, James

Published by Macmillan & Co, London and New York, 1889

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2 Volume set, thick 8vos, publisher's original navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, illustrated with frontispiece foldout map of the United States with acquisitions of territory highlighted in red + a few tables [e.g., v.2 @ pp.413ff.]; black endpapers; Vol. 1: xix, [xx-xxi] + 750 pages + [2] Ads, & Vol. 2: vii, [viii], 1-743 pages. Weight: 3 lbs. 11 oz. Solid copies of this classic on the American government. Cloth has some wear: slight fraying at the head & foot of spine, edges of spines & corner wear. It has light uniform age-toning. Clean pages except for red pen strokes in the margins of v.2's chapter on "Corruption," pp.127-133. Cracking to hinge papers of vol. 2's front & rear pastedowns. Folding map vol. 1 in Fine bright condition. No djs as issued. No previous owner signatures. James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FBA (1838 - 1922), was a prominent British academic (Regius Prof. of Civil Law, Ox.), jurist, historian (expert on Rome), MP and ardent Liberal politician. His intellectual influence remains greatest in The American Commonwealth (1888), an in-depth study of American politics that shaped the understanding of America in Britain and the United States. This edition includes the sometimes suppressed section on the Tweed Ring in New York City (V.2: pp.338-353). The American Commonwealth was first published by Macmillan in three volumes in 1888. Howes B-906: "Remains the most authoritative study of American political and social institutions.". Seller Inventory # 9357

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Title: THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH; In Two Volumes: ...

Publisher: Macmillan & Co, London and New York

Publication Date: 1889

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Map [foldout]; tables

Condition: Good

Edition: Second Edition.

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