TRUE STORIES OF FAMOUS AMERICANS FOR YOUNG AMERICANS: Telling in Simple Language for Boys and Girls the Inspiring Stories of the Lives of George Washington, John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, George Peabody, Abraham Lincoln,...
by Brooks, Elbridge S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: W. E. Scull (1898) 260 pp. Original blue pictorial cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed w/ light fraying to spine ends. Price numbers written in red ink at top corner of front endpaper. Inner hinges tender. Approx. 1/2" closed tear at top margin of page 173, neatly repaired. Light smudging/soiling to outer margins of several leaves. Illust. w/ 3 color plates, 1 full-page b/w plate (drawing), and numerous b/w text illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 582BIO
- Title
- TRUE STORIES OF FAMOUS AMERICANS FOR YOUNG AMERICANS: Telling in Simple Language for Boys and Girls the Inspiring Stories of the Lives of George Washington, John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, George Peabody, Abraham Lincoln,...
- Author
- Brooks, Elbridge S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- W. E. Scull
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY PRESIDENTS WASHINGTON GEORGE 1732 1799 HEADS OF STATE 1789 1797 POLITICS GOVERNMENT POLITICIANS JONES JOHN PAUL 1747 1792 MILITARY HISTORY REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775 1783 AMERICAN REVOLUTION WAR INDEPENDENCE FRANKLIN BENJAMIN 1706 1790 HENRY PATRICK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Politics; Military - Revolutionary War; Presidents;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Plate
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