Description
Octavo, [three volumes], xviii, 502pp; xvi, 469pp; xxiii, 638pp. Cloth, titles on spine. All volumes include the ""First Edition"" statement on copyright page, with full number lines. Light foxing along top edge of Volume I, internally clean. Each in the publisher's first state dust jacket, near fine examples. Volume II price clipped, bright illustrations. The final volume of this set, The Course of American Democracy 1833 - 1845, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1984. (Martin / Goehlert: 2754, 2755, 2756). Complete set includes: Course of American Empire 1767-1821, Course of American Freedom 1822 - 1832, and Course of American Democracy 1833 - 1845.
