Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit

A first edition of this American history, beautifully illustrated by American artist Howard Pyle. A first edition account of stages of American history - divided into 'Coming of the English and the Dutch', 'The French Come Upon the Scene' and 'The Nation', which details the second war for independence. Bound in publisher's pictorial boards. Featuring a colour frontispiece, twenty-one further colour plates and one monochrome plate. These are in addition to numerous monochrome vignette and full-page illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. Richly decorated by American artist Howard Pyle. Bound in original quarter cloth. Externally, smart. Moderate closed tear and lifting to head. Moderate bumping to extremities. Moderate fading to spine. Book has a backwards lean. Moderate tide mark to front cover. Moderate tide marks to rear endpapers. Moderate warping to boards. Moderate spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. Slight cockling to text block pp.336-rear endpapers. Moderate strain between p.92-3. Good.…