The United States: A History by John Clark Ridpath

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1891. United States History Co. Columbian Edition. Heavily Illustrated. 

United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present day. 

Embracing an account of the aborigines; The Norsemen in the New World; The discoveries by the Spaniards, English, and French; The Planting of Settlements: The Growth of the Colonies; The struggle for liberty in the Revolution; the Establishment of the Union; The development of the Nation; The Civil War; The Centennal of Independence; and the recent annals of the republic.

Revised and enlarged - The complete census of 1890 and other valuable statistics, magnificently illustrated with numerous growth and development of the nation.

Bound in green cloth with illustrated cover and silver decorations and lettering. Some dents to cover, edge wear, corners bumped. Peeling of spine at bottom of about 1x1in. Fraying and tear along top of spine. Frontispiece is lose, but attached, though tear is noticable. Interior shows some tanning, but otherwise clean. Shaken.