Kings of the Platform and Pulpit by Landon, Melville D - 1906

F.C. Smedley & Co., 1891. Hardcover. Good. . Minor fading to spine. General shelf wear. Pages/boards clean.

In the years before radio or television, large crowds attended lectures and appearances of celebrities. Artemus Ward, Mark Twain, Bret Harte were among the scores of speakers who traveled the country. This volume captures that world with biographical sketches and samples of their wit and wisdom. Hardcover. 570 pages, illustrations; 24.5 cm. Corners worn; good+. stock#Lopes006/h.

Saalfield Pub Co, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1906. Fair condition. Moderate shelf wear to covers/corners. Hinges cracked. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.

New York: The Werner Company, 1896 "Biographies, Reminiscences and Lectures of.....Personal Reminiscences and Anecdotes of Noted Americans." CLean interior, pages tanned, hinges loosening somewhat. The Cover has wear, ends of the spine, covers. A lovely copy of this antique book.

Chicago: The Werner Company, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with gilt and green stamped green cloth boards, 1896, large octavo, 570pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with rubbing and soil to boards and spine, edgewear that gently tears cloth at spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.

Chicago: F. C. Smedley & Co. , Publishers. Good; Some edge wear and tear on the spinal strip. 1891. Hardcover. 570 pages .

Chicago: The Werner Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Later Printing. Hardcover. This is the third printing by this publisher, originally published by Belford-Clark in 1890. Green decorative cloth cover with gilt lettering and gilt with black decoration is clean with light wear at head, tail of spine. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Lacking DJ. ; Drawings, photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 570 pages .

HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Saalfield Pub Co, 1901. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG- in cloth (sl sunning/rubbing to spine/edges; prev owner's mks). Tall 8vo 570 Excerpts from Josh Billings, Mark Twain, Artemus Ward, et al; plus lectures by Chauncey Depew, Eugene Field, Horace Greeley, Dwight L. Moody, Charles H. Spurgeon, et al.; also contains 'A Hundred Anecdotes of a Hundred Men'.About 100 b/w Illustrations.