History of the Conquest of Mexico, by William H. Prescott, inscribed by the author in volume one, with four handwritten pages on the book tipped in, three volumes, published in New York by Harper and Brothers, 1843, 3/4 bound in blue leather with gilt spine over blue cloth, gilt top edge, with bookplate of John Stuart Groves, 9 3/8" x 6 1/8". Provenance: From the Collection of Dr. Fin Sparre, Wilmington, DE.