The Bold and Magnificent Dream: America's Founding Years, 1492-1815.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Hardcover. Illustrations by Dennis Lyall. Small 4to. Full brown calf with raised bands and gilt lettering, rules and decorations, publisher's thin card stock slipcase with gold foil label. 643pp. All edges gilt. Illustrations, maps, brown silk moire endpapers, sewn-in brown satin page marker. Fine/near fine. Minor wear to slipcase (only). Item #52154
Pristine limited first edition (preceding the Doubleday trade edition) of this thick survey, a volume in their "First Edition Society" series. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to blank leaf facing the title page is a fine First Day Cover signed by Bruce Catton, 6½" X 3½", postally cancelled in Appomattox, Virginia on 9 April 1965 and with "First Day of Issue" so stamped. Single 5-cent "Appomattox" stamp at upper right and printed cachet at left depicting Grant and Lee seated together to sign the surrender document. Near the center, Catton signs boldly in blue ballpoint. Laid in is the publisher's "Notes from the Editors" leaflet about this title.
Price: $150.00