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Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman
by Willard, Frances E
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- good
- Hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket, As Issued
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About This Item
Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co., 1889. First edition. Leather and cloth Salesman's Sample. Published Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co., 1889. 8vo., approximately 100pp., contains sample chapters, b/w and full color illustrations, 3 backstrip and 3 binding style samples - 2 leather, 1 cloth, subscription ledger, 8 page brochure "How To Sell Our Glimpses of Fifty Years" laid in. Leather backstrip chipped, missing center portion, edges rubbed, else very good, with text block and samples near fine. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo. Salesman's Dummy.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller Inventory #
- 006878
- Title
- Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman
- Author
- Willard, Frances E
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date published
- 1889
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History & Americana;
- Size
- 8vo
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