The Chronicles of America Series, Extra-Illustrated Edition (49 volumes of 50-volume set) de Johnson, Allen (editor) - 1921

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921. Hardcover. VG- (MISSING v. 34; Ex-art library, with numbers on spines; bookplates and pockets and few i.d. marks; page edges and tissue sheets are tanning lightly; book bindings are slightly faded on spines and may have light surface scuffs but are otherwise quite nice; v. 13 has small tear on extra publisher's label on spine; shows little to no wear of evidence of use; some paged remain uncut at top edge; a handsome set for your bookshelf.). 49 vols. Blue cloth, gilt letters and ornate gilt and white decoration on spines and front covers; gilt top edges; various paginations; BW frontispieces, BW illus., some fold-out maps, etc. 49 volumes of a 50-volume set that offers a wonderful approach to the history of North America. In addition to the themed narratives, each volume includes a handful of BW illustrations. Sadly, this set is missing volume 34, the episode about American literature. All the rest make quite a handsome and worthy set. CONTENTS: v. 1. The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America / Ellsworth Huntington ; v. 2. The Spanish Conquerors: A Chronicle of the Dawn of Empire Overseas / Irving Berdine Richman ; v. 3. Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and his Companions / William Wood ; v. 4. Crusaders of New France: A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-lis in the Wilderness / William Bennett Munro ; v. 5. Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings / Mary Johnston ; v. 6. The Fathers of New England: A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths / Charles M. Andrews ; v. 7. Dutch and English on the Hudson: A Chronicle of Colonial New York / Maud Wilder Goodwin ; v. 8. The Quaker Colonies: A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware / Sydney G. Fisher ; v. 9. Colonial Folkways: A Chronicle of American Life in the Reign of the Georges / Charles M. Andrews ; v. 10. The Conquest of New France: A Chronicle of the Colonial Wars / George M. Wrong ; v. 11. The Eve of the Revolution: A Chronicle of the Breach with English / Carl Becker ; v. 12. Washington and his Comrades in Arms: A Chronicle of the War of Independence / George M. Wrong ; v. 13. The Fathers of the Constitution: A Chronicle of the Establishment of the Union / Max Farrand ; v. 14. Washington and his Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of Federalism / Henry Jones Ford ; v. 15. Jefferson and his Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty / Allen Johnson ; v. 16. John Marshall and the Constitution: A Chronicle of the Supreme Court / Edward S. Corwin ; v. 17. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 / Ralph D. Paine ; v. 18. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: A Chronicle of the Dark and Bloody Ground / Constance Lindsay Skinner ; v. 19. The Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond / Frederic Austin Ogg ; v. 20. The Reign of Andrew Jackson: A Chronicle of the Frontier in Politics / Frederic Austin Ogg ; v. 21. The Paths of Inland Commerce: A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway / Archer B. Hulbert ; v. 22. Adventurers of Oregon: A Chronicle of the Fur Trade / Constance L. Skinner ; v. 23. The Spanish Borderlands: A Chronicle of Old Florida and the Southwest / Herbert E. Bolton ; v. 24. Texas and the Mexican War: A Chronicle of the Winning of the Southwest / Nathaniel W. Stephenson ; v. 25. The Forty-Niners: A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado / Stewart Edward White ; v. 26. The Passing of the Frontier: A Chronicle of the Old West / Emerson Hough ; v. 27. The Cotton Kingdom: A Chronicle of the Old South / William E. Dodd ; v. 28. The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm / Jesse Macy ; v. 29. Abraham Lincoln and the Union: A Chronicle of the Embattled North / Nathaniel W. Stephenson ; v. 30. The Day of the Confederacy: A Chronicle of the Embattled South / Nathaniel W. Stephenson ; v. 31. Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray / William Wood ; v. 32. The Sequel of Appomattox: A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States / Walter Lynwood Fleming ; v. 33. The American Spirit in Education: A Chronicle of Great Teachers / Edwin E. Slosson ; v. 34. The American Spirit in Literature / Bliss Perry [MISSING] ; v. 35. Our Foreigners: A Chronicle of Americans in the Making / Samuel P. Orth ; v. 36. The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors / Ralph D. Paine ; v. 37. The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest / Holland Thompson ; v. 38. The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States / John Moody ; v. 39. The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry / Burton J. Hendrick ; v. 40. The Armies of Labor: A Chronicle of the Organized Wage-Earners / Samuel P. Orth ; v. 41. The Masters of Capital: A Chronicle of Wall Street / John Moody ; v. 42. The New South: A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution / Holland Thompson ; v. 43. The Boss and the Machine: A Chronicle of the Politicians and Party Organization / Samuel P. Orth ; v. 44. The Cleveland Era: A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics / Henry Jones Ford ; v. 45. The Agrarian Crusade: A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics / Solon J. Buck ; v. 46. The Path of Empire: A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power / Carl Russell Fish ; v. 47. Theodore Roosevelt and his Times: A Chronicle of the Progressive Movement / Harold Howland ; v. 48. Woodrow Wilson and the World War: A Chronicle of Our Own Times / Charles Seymour ; v. 49. The Canadian Dominion: A Chronicle of our Neighbor Neighbor / Oscar D. Skelton ; v. 50. The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of our Southern Neighbors / William R. Shepherd.