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PRESCOTT, William Hinkling (1796-1859). History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas . New York: Harper and Brothers, 1847. 2 volumes, 8 o (238 x 145 mm). Half-titles. Two engraved frontispiece portraits, engraved map, engraved facsimile (some spotting). (Some spotting to text.) Original blind-stamped olive-green cloth, gilt-lettered on spines (spines a bit faded, small stain at head of spine on vol. II, discoloration to endpapers). Provenance : ?Kami Lyom Van Karnec (early signatures on flyleaves) -- B.R. Lyom (signatures on endleaves and at end) -- Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplates). First American edition, without the printer's imprint on the copyright page in vol. I (no priority). BAL gives priority to the English edition, although Bibliographical Notes to the Grolier list cites the American edition, listing an earlier publication date for America. BAL 16346; Grolier English 81; Hill, p.241; Palau 236506; Sabin 65272. [ With :] PRESCOTT. History of the Conquest of Mexico . New York: Harper & Brothers, 1843. 3 volumes, 8 o . Half-titles. (Without frontispieces.) 19th-century mottled calf (rebacked preserving original spines). Provenance : Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplates). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, WITH AN ALS BY PRESCOTT TO HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW tipped to the front free endpaper, 2 pages, 7 January 1840. Mentioning Dante and Boccaccio and that "I am glad to hear that your poems go off so well." BAL 16340; Sabin 65262. (5)