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Our country : a household history for all readers, from the discovery of America to the present time

Title: Our country : a household history for all readers, from the discovery of America to the present time / by Benson J. Lossing ; with over five hundred illustrations, by Felix O.C. Darley, and twelve fine engravings on steel.
Author: Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891.
Publication: New York : Johnson & Miles, 1878

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	pts. 29/30-31/32, 35/36, 49/50, 59/60	Text	Request in advance	IAE (Lossing, B. J. Our country. 1878) pts. 29/30-31/32, 35/36, 49/50, 59/60	Offsite

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Description

3 v. (xviii, 1866 p., [61] leaves of plates) :bill., ports.; 26 cm.

Alternative Title

Illustrated history of our country, for all readers

Subject

United States > History

Note

Title and statement of responsibility on covers of pts.: Illustrated history of our country, for all readers. Benson J. Lossing, author, F.O.C. Darley, artist.
"Entered ... in the year 1877, by Johnson & Miles"--T.p. verso.
Originally issued in 60 semi-monthly parts (many double numbers). Title pages and other preliminaries (except t.p. to v. 1) in pt. 59/60.
Ill. include reproductions of paintings by Alonzo Chappel, W.H. Powell, Thomas Nast and John Trumbull, and wood engravings by A. Bobbitt after F.O.C. Darley.
Parts issue: Each pt. in illustrated brown paper covers. Prospectus and/or publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of covers.

Call Number

IAE (Lossing, B. J. Our country. 1878)

OCLC

35785787

Author

Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891.

Title

Our country : a household history for all readers, from the discovery of America to the present time / by Benson J. Lossing ; with over five hundred illustrations, by Felix O.C. Darley, and twelve fine engravings on steel.

Imprint

New York : Johnson & Miles, 1878 ([New York] : Printed by D.G.F. Class : Electrotyped by Smith & McDougal)

Local Note

NYPL copy: Parts issue, incomplete: Pts. 29/30-31/32, 35/36, 49/50, 59/60 only.

Added Author

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888. Illustrator

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887. Illustrator

Powell, W. H. (William Henry), 1823-1879. Illustrator

Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902. Illustrator

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843. Illustrator

Bobbett, Albert, approximately 1824-1888 or 1889. Wood engraver

Ford Collection.

Research Call Number

IAE (Lossing, B. J. Our country. 1878) Library has: pts. 29/30-31/32, 35/36, 49/50, 59/60

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