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New York: Selmar Hess Publisher, 1894 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Sketches of "the most prominent personages in history". Volume VI only. Gilt decorated binding has gilt edges, very minor wear - being a very nice copy!.

Selmar Hess, 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume II. Original Brown pebbled boards (12" x 9.25") with leather quarterstripe and tips with gilt lettering and designs on cover and along spine with four raised bands; moderate rubbing along edges. Binding and hinges secure. Contents clean and unmarked except for owner bookplate on front inside cover. Marbled endpapers. 203pp. featuring photogravures, Wood engravings and typogravures throughout. Other volumes in series listed and available. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

New York: Selmar Hess, 1894. First edition [1894]. Very clean single volume (Vol. II) of the eight volume edition of this well-produced series, containing illustrated biographies of prominent men and women. Generously illustrated throughout with tissue-protected photogravures, wood engravings and typogravures. Three quarter deep rich brown morocco leather over textured brown cloth, spine and cover lettering and decoration in gilt, four slightly raised spine bands, all edges tinted red, marbled endpapers, about 12 inches tall, 9 inches wide, and about an inch thick. Very good condition with some very light shelf rubbing, firm binding, very clean pages with no names or other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Selmar Hess, January 1894. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Selmar Hess,, 1894. Book. Illus. by Many. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is a set of 8 books. The books are in very good condition with some corner bumps & scuffing to leather edges. A few of the end papers have small tears near the spine and one has a larger but mended tear to a rear end paper. The contents are quite clean and crisp and illustrated with tissue protected photogravures as well as wood engravings and typogravures. There are many illustrations..