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Bryant, Popular History of US, Serial Parts, 1878 - A collection of original serial parts for Bryant's Popular History of the United States, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, with covers dated 1878 and 1879. These softcover pamphlets are bound in their original illustrated paper wrappers and were marketed with the statement Sold Only By Subscription. The decorative front covers feature a composite engraving of a sailing ship, a landscape, the US Capitol building, and a prominent bald eagle. Individual issues present in this group include Part One, Part Thirteen, Part Twenty-Six, Part Twenty-Nine, and Part Thirty-Five. The work is described as Fully Illustrated and contains numerous engravings, maps, and portraits integrated within the text, including a portrait of Patrick Gordon in the section concerning Pennsylvania.