Great Men and Famous Women: volume 2
by Charles F Horne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 - A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History New York: Selmar Hess, 1894. First edition [1894]. (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 rotogravures, wood engravings and rotogravures. deep rich brown morocco leather over textured brown cloth, spine and cover lettering and decoration in gilt,about 12 inches tall, 9 inches wide, LEATHER IS MISSING ON 1/3 OF SPINE, abrasions in front GOLD PRINT AND DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE 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. very clean pages with no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover.
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- Bookseller
- The FW Collections (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H36 b
- 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
- Jacket Condition
- 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
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- History;
- Size
- 9.25x11.75
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