Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit

First Edition, First Printing (showing code B-X). A stunning book, fine in original black quarter-cloth over brown paper, large rectangular pictorial onlay by Pyle affixed to upper cover, and in matching dust jacket (also with pictorial onlay). Fully and profusely illustrated with more than 200 color and in black & white pictures representing major events in American history. Pictured by Howard Pyle, Compiled by Merle Johnson, with Narrative Descriptive Text from Original Sources Edited by Francis J. Dowd. Quarto. 9.125 x 12.5 in. [iv] + xviii, 348 + [2] pp. A truly lovely copy, best on the market!