FULL OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN Written Over the Wires in the Discharge of Public Duty by the Highest Authorities of the Government, Heads of Departments and Bureaus of State, War and Navy, Cabinet Secretaries, the Adjutant General, the Commanders of Fleets and Armies in Active Service , and the President of the United States.

A rare original publisher's 'Salesman's Dummy' for the first edition of this book, which was sold by subscription only. With a fine half-tone engraving frontispiece from photograph, numerous black and white plates, and illustrations within and throughout the text, and four maps on plates printed in blue, black, and white being the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. And with a gilt emblazoned colour lithographic plate showing the appearence of the book in the available full calf binding. 4to, in original full navy cloth, the upper cover decorated as the available cloth binding with an image of the White House in red, white, and blue and with red trimmed gilt lettering, the rear cover with an image of the books cloth spine similarly decorated in patriotic motif in red, white, blue, and gilt lettering, tipped to the rear pastedown is an example of the spine for the available morocco binding, this features blind embossed American Eagles, with gilt lettering and ruled bands, and with endpapers featuring a motif of spring flowers and autumn leaves printed in blue. vi, iii-xvii, 11-17, xxvi- xlii, 16pp. examples of plate illustrations, 16pp. examples of text pages, 16pp. examples of plates, 14pp. examples of text pages, 16pp. illustrations, 16pp. text, 16pp. illustrations, 14pp. text, 4 maps, prospectus and ordering leaf, lithograph, 8 pages for orders, none of which are used. A very fresh copy, especially so. The binding is bright and clean and rich in colour. Virtually free of foxing but to a few leaves.