Founder Of Spanish And Latino Studies: William Hickling Prescott: A Memorial Prescott, William Hickling Biography,First Editions, Signed Or Rare Books,Latinx, Chicano, Mexico

William Hickling Prescott: A Memorial. Durham: Duke University Press, 1959. First edition. Original red cloth boards with gilt title on spine. 8vo; 179pp. Prescott is universally recognized as the pioneer United States scholar in the fields of Spanish and Spanish American history. His extensive research covers the span of Ferdinand and Isabella to the Spanish colonization of Mexico and Peru. Beyond his scholarly research he was a profound writer and wrote non-fiction in the style of prose. The History of the Conquest of Mexico, as well as The History of the Conquest of Peru have been critically acclaimed as seminal works of literature. This memorial, with the contribution of multiple scholarly editors, evaluate the span of the historian's work through a critical lens. Some contributors include London's Quarterly Review, United States Magazine, Democratic Review, J.F. Ramirez' notes to the Mexican edition, North American Review, and Edinburgh Review. Prescott's histories received critical and popular success during his lifetime, and today they are still widely known and read in the historical community. No dust jacket, some minor damp staining to inside covers. Stamp on frontispiece "Property of the American Embassy Lima - Peru." Text and pages are crisp and clean. Overall very good condition.