Murat

1898 · réf. 34846 — United Subscription Book Publishers of America 1898. A first edition sold by subscription only. With a fine half-tone engraving frontispiece from photograph numerous black and white plates and illustrations within and throughout the text and four maps on plates printed in blue black and white being the Philippines Cuba Puerto Rico and Hawaii. And with a gilt emblazoned colour lithographic plate showing the appearence of the book in the available full calf binding. 4to in original full navy cloth the upper cover decorated as the available cloth binding with an image of the White House in red white and blue and with red trimmed gilt lettering the rear cover with an image of the books cloth spine similarly decorated in patriotic motif in red white blue and gilt lettering tipped to the rear pastedown is an example of the spine for the available morocco binding this features blind embossed American Eagles with gilt lettering and ruled bands and with endpapers featuring a motif of spring flowers and autumn leaves printed in blue. vi iii-xvii 11-17 xxvi- xlii 16pp. examples of plate illustrations 16pp. examples of text pages 16pp. examples of plates 14pp. examples of text pages 16pp. illustrations 16pp. text 16pp. illustrations 14pp. text 4 maps prospectus and ordering leaf lithograph 8 pages for orders none of which are used. A very fresh copy especially so. The binding is bright and clean and rich in colour. Virtually free of foxing but to a few leaves. FIRST EDITION AND A SCARCE SALES DUMMY AND A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED ITEM OF PUBLISHING HISTORY AS RELATES TO THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR PRESENTED JOURNALISTICALLY AS CURRENT EVENT. Bound in the rear is the publisher's description of the book with the prices for the available bindings. This is followed by several pages of lined paper for taking down customer orders. None of them in this rare and fine example have been used. The many plate examples from this extensively illustrated work include portraits of important persons in the conflict military life in the tropics and American military and naval hardware. United Subscription Book Publishers of America hardcover