signed Hardcover
1896 · New York
by Bryce, James, 1st Viscount Bryce
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1896. Abridged Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 547 pages; G-; bound in publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine; moderate soiling and rubbing to boards; foxing to interior; webbing showing on ffep; two two tipped in TLS's, dated Feb. 3/97 and June 19/98, from James Bryce to Samuel Barker, publisher of "The American." Bryce writes about this work and mentions Woodrow Wilson before Wilson becomes President and Gladstone. Pasted to front pastedown is a newspaper photograph of Bryce and his wife. Barker Company Stamp on ffep; The American Commonwealth was first published in 1888 in three volumes;
NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FBA was a British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician. In 1892, he joined Gladstone's last cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and was sworn of the Privy Council at the same time. He was later appointed British Ambassador to the United States of America from 1907-1913. As an author, Bryce quickly became well known in America for his 1888 work, The American Commonwealth. The book thoroughly examined the institutions of the United States from the point of view of a historian and constitutional lawyer and at once became a classic. In developing material for his book, Bryce painstakingly reproduced the travels of Alexis de Tocqueville, who wrote Democracy in America (1835-40). [wikipedia]. 1336074. FP New Rockville Stock. (Inventory #: 1336074)
NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FBA was a British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician. In 1892, he joined Gladstone's last cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and was sworn of the Privy Council at the same time. He was later appointed British Ambassador to the United States of America from 1907-1913. As an author, Bryce quickly became well known in America for his 1888 work, The American Commonwealth. The book thoroughly examined the institutions of the United States from the point of view of a historian and constitutional lawyer and at once became a classic. In developing material for his book, Bryce painstakingly reproduced the travels of Alexis de Tocqueville, who wrote Democracy in America (1835-40). [wikipedia]. 1336074. FP New Rockville Stock. (Inventory #: 1336074)