Bancroft, George. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. VOLUMES I–VIII. Thirteenth edition. Eight volumes, complete. Boston: Little & Brown, 1846–1860. 8vo, original matching cloth, gilt. Approximately 3600 pages; fine frontispiece portraits in each volume. Bindings sunned; first volume with stain to binding; very good. A comprehensive history of colonial America and the early United States through 1789. Ex Syd Martin Library.