A New American History, W.E. Woodward, Faber and Faber, c. 1945

A New American History by William E. Woodward is a revisionist and accessible survey of United States history by one of the most influential popular historians of the interwar period. First published in the late 1930s, the work challenged traditional patriotic narratives by emphasising social conflict and economic power, helping to shape a more critical approach to national history. This London edition, issued by Faber and Faber, reflects the book’s continued readership in Britain during the wartime and immediate post-war years and remains an important example of early twentieth-century historical revisionism.

A New American History, by W.E. Woodward.

Published by Faber and Faber, London. Third impression, probably circa 1945 (the imprint reads MCMXLVIX, a known typographical error). The Faber and Faber imprint is uncommon in itself, and the book is seldom found with its dustjacket.

A very good red cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, in a very good original dustjacket, with some wear to extremities and tanning to colour. The jacket is intact, and now housed in a clear, protective, removable plastic sleeve.

Text is very good throughout - bright and clean with mild age toning and some light spotting to edge of text block. With mild offsetting to endpapers and a crease to a blank endpaper at the rear. Previous owner's name in pencil to first free endpaper - Professor S. G. E. Lythe.

Text in English.

750pp.

Dimensions approximately 224 mm high x 142 mm wide x 30 mm deep.

Weight approximately 686g, unpacked.