The American Heritage History of The Making of the Nation 1783 - 1860 and American Antiques - Two volume boxed set

Updated on May 28, 2026: These has been sold.

Note that we have two sets, both in slipcases. When I saw these I bought both. They are the companion pieces to the Thirteen Colonies and Colonial Antiques boxed sets and they are in excellent condition.

— Lee Wright | Founder

Full title: The American Heritage History of American Antiques from the Revolution to the Civil War and The American Heritage History of the Making of the Nation, 1783–1860 by Marshall B. Davidson; Ralph K. Andrist; Francis Russell; Rex Lardner. Two-volume set published by American Heritage Publishing Co., 1968.

Exploring both the material culture and political development of the United States from the Revolutionary period through the eve of the Civil War.

Volumes:

• The American Heritage History of American Antiques from the Revolution to the Civil War — Focuses on American antiques, decorative arts, furniture, folk art, and domestic life from the Federal era through Victorian America.
  
  
• The American Heritage History of the Making of the Nation, 1783–1860 — Traces the political, military, economic, and cultural history of the young republic between 1783 and 1860, covering everything from the Constitution and westward expansion to the Mexican War and the growing sectional divide before the Civil War.

In its original slipcase.

Also available: The American Heritage History of the Thirteen Colonies and Colonial Antiques — Two volume boxed set

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