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Great Men and Famous Women: volume 1
by Charles F Horne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history. Volume 1. Soldiers and sailors 1894 author: charles f. Horne publisher - /copyright: selmar hess, ny 1894 edition: first edition assumed with none stated: : hardback without dust jacket brown leather gilt titles on front and binding pieces of the spine cover missing crumbling (see photo); the corner edges of the boards are bumped. The insides are good with no major defects or detractions. Book is without marks or writings, pages are clean, size: 9 ½ x 11 ½ (approximately) pages: 408 pages. Frontispiece w/ labeled tissue guard, decorated title page, high grade quality paper of sturdy stock, profusely & wonderfully illustrated throughout, w/wood engravings, photogravures, typogravures & pen & pencil sketches, by numerus artists' with captioned tissue guards. Charles francis horne (born january 12, 1870 in jersey city, new jersey - died september 13, 1942 in annapolis, maryland) was an american author of books. He wrote or edited more than one hundred books, mostly multi-volume history works. He was a professor of english at city college of new york
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- Bookseller
- The FW Collections
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H36
- Title
- Great Men and Famous Women
- Author
- Charles F Horne
- Format/Binding
- Brown Lever and gilt on cover and spines Spines leather crumbling, rubbing around spine edges bumped corners
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Selmar Hess Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 9.25x11.75
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About The FW Collections
The FW Collections include a wide range of Vintage and Newer Books, Maps, Posters, Poetry, Magazines, Prints, Fine Art, Ephemera, Photographs, Paper from 50 years of collecting. Favorite topics: vintage midwest, visual arts, farming, politics, governance, cultural variations, WWII, and history, family life and vintage children's Books
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