Great Events in The History of North and South America, signed by author, very scarce

Great Events in The History of North and South America; From The Alleged Discovery of The Continent, By The Northmen, In the Tenth Century, to the Inauguration of Zachary Taylor, As President of The United States, March 5, 1849. Illustrated with Upwards of Two Hundred Engravings, Chiefly from Original Designs, by Eminent Artists. [Presentation copy, Inscribed by Author] 1849. Hartford: House & Brown.

8vo.(5.5" x 9") Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Author's brother, the author Samual Goodrich (pseud.. Peter Parley) to Rev. Rogers, dated January 21st, 1850. First Edition. 896 pp. Full brown leather with all over floral floral-patterned embossed covers, lacking spine. Original spine replaced with matching vertical brown cloth tape. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Inscription in pencil to the second free flyleaf. Foxing throughout, some soiling. Hundreds of illustrations throughout the text. Other than lacking spine, there is edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, small chips of leather from the bottom of the upper board lacking, and otherwise complete. Very scarce edition of this title, none found for sale, with several institutional holdings of later editions.