A Complete Set of The Pageant of America, Liberty Bell Edition

Ralph Henry Gabriel, ed. THE PAGEANT OF AMERICA: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Vols. 1-15 (complete). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1925-1929. Limited Liberty Bell Edition, no. 1060 of 1,500 copies. Vol. 1 signed by the president of Yale University. Three-quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt-decorated and lettered spines, pictorial endpapers, and top edge gilt. 4to. Well-illustrated volumes and with color frontispiece. To include: Adventures in the Wilderness, The Lure of the Frontier, Toilers of Land and Sea, The March of Commerce, The Epic of Industry, The Winning of Freedom, In Defense of Liberty, Builders of the Republic, Makers of a New Nation, American Idealism, The American Spirit in Letters, The American Spirit in Art, The American Spirit in Architecture, The American Stage, and Annals of American Sport.

10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. each

Private Collection Virginia

Boards with edge wear and occasional chipping and rubbing to paper; wear to spines including cracking, rubbing, wear to ends (especially heavy at head with tears and losses), and occasional slight separation from text block at head; interiors lightly toned with minimal wear such as light grime, small tear, or rare instance of gutter cracking, overall very clean; one volume with wear at front hinge; vol. 14 with heavy wear at front hinge and more significant separation from text block. An overall good to very good set.