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MEN OF MARK IN AMERICA Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies of Eminent Living Americans in Two Volumes
by Gates, Merrill Edwards
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Staunton, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: Men of Mark Publishing Company. Very Good. 1905-1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper labels on spine, top edges gilt, deckle edges. Tissue guards for the illustrations. Binding is tight. Some scuffing and edgewear to the covers. Small round stain to the endpapers of Volume I, with a one inch crack to the front hinge. Bottom corners of pages 1-16 stained in the margins. One inch diagonal edge tear to page 443/444 at end of Volume II from separating the pages. Overall a very nice copy! ; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; xvi, 422, xvi, 444 pages .
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- Bookseller
- The Avocado Pit
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76726
- Title
- MEN OF MARK IN AMERICA Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies of Eminent Living Americans in Two Volumes
- Author
- Gates, Merrill Edwards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Men of Mark Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Date Published
- 1905-1906
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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