Ellis's History of the United States (6 volume set)

Ellis, Edward S. Ellis's History of the United States (6 volume set); From the Discovery of America to the Present Time. St. Paul, Minn.: Western Book Syndicate, 1899. [10187] Six large volumes, sometime rebound in quarter morocco with raised bands, blue cloth boards, each 10 x 7 inches. Page edges marbled, new cream end papers. Bindings are near fine with spines sunned. Text blocks show wear, with some soil and a few chipped/creased edges; the title page to volume one is partly loose. One leaf in vol. one torn with about 1/3 loss. These volumes lack the frontispiece plates, and some of the other double page color plates have some flecking from separation. 2317 pages in all, plus many plates. Bindings are very good, content is fair to good. Hardcover. Ellis wrote history as he wrote his popular fiction: he tells the story. And so, reading his History of the United States is not dry, nor confined to names and dates, but rather it is full of interest and pathos. Almost all of volume two