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Famous Authors and the Best Literature of England and America: Containing the lives of English and American Authors in story form-together with choice selections from their writings.
by William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus M Jones, et. al
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Wabash Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1897. Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. No dust jacket. 606 pp, profusely illustrated with b.w drawings and photographs. First ten pages unpaginated, but complete. Text clean, unmarked with no prior owner attribution. Green floral pastedown and free endpapers. Two volumes in one. Volume one contains Literature of England and Volume two contains Literature of America. Subjects: Fiction, Prose, Poetry, Biography, Literature, and History. Good reading copy in cracked binding.
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- Bookseller
- Select Tomes
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100259
- Title
- Famous Authors and the Best Literature of England and America
- Author
- William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus M Jones, et. al
- Illustrator
- Charles Dana Gibson, Corwin K. Linson, et. al.
- Format/Binding
- Green stamped pictictoral boards with red title block. Spine detatched and re-glued. Hinges cracked, but intact.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Wabash Publishing House
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, American Literature
- Size
- 7 1/2 x 10
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2020
GAHANNA, Ohio
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I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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