The Literary Memoranda of William Hickling Prescott ( 2 Volume Boxed set)

Norman OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. First Edition. Quarto. Item #013487

4th printing. 2 volume boxed set, 540 pages, index, notes. William Hickling Prescott was the first American to win international acclaim as an historian. Besides his Conquest of Mexcio he published many other works on the Americas. This volume publishes for the first time his important memoranda from his notebooks which he kept for thirty-five years intended for his private use. These volumes show the fullest and perhaps best American view of the history writing process.

Price: $50.00