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Book Condition: Used Very Good
Seller: ZH BOOKS

United States
About Item: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. Early edition; 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"; pp. [9], 2-88, [4]; original pebbled brown boards; gilt title; red tint to page edges; minor wear to head and tail of spine; illustrated with numerous in-line engravings; very good to near fine. Attached to front cover verso is an ornate bookplate of Ellwood Cooper and Sarah Paxon Moore (Cooper). He was a horticulturist and a shrewd businessman who went down in history known as the first manufacturer of olive oil in the United States and the inventor of the equipment necessary for the production of said oil. He was also responsible for bringing the eucalyptus tree to Santa Barbara. Ellwood Bluffs County Park and Ellwood Union School in the region have been named after him. Written by Francis March, "considered the principal founder of modern comparative linguistics in Anglo-Saxon," the book was said to be aimed at "training the pupil to see, hear, and think, as well as to… Read More
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