Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, J. H - 1882

Burlington, Iowa: I.F. Segner, 1886. Boards detached but present. Spine strip missing.. Hard Cover. Fair.

Burlington, Iowa: Segner & Comdit, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gilt lettering on black spine text block, full leather. 8vo, 512pp. Hinges separating at the top [2-1/2" & 3"] & leather above the text block deteriorated. The leather on the covers is mottled, there is a long jagged surface crack in the front cover leather surface and a 3/8: x 1/4" hole thru the leather covering on the back cover. First free end paper torn & second free end paper missing. Edges & corners worn.

Burlington, IA: I. F. Segner & Co.. Fair. 1889. Hardcover. inner hinges cracked; Thick 8vo; 644p. , index. .

Burlington, Iowa : Segner & Condit , 1881. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, leather bound spine is missing (included), hinges are cracked with the front hinge detached as well as the ffep and next few pages up to the frontis, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, rfep is missing, former owner's name is stamped on the second page, overall a readable used copy! Leather bound with gilt lettering on the detached spine. Very very rare and hard-to-find title! 512 unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "Books almost without number have been written upon the subject treated in this work. Unfortunately, most of these works are utterly unreliable, being filled with gross misrepresentations and exaggerations, and being designed as advertising mediums for ignorant and unscrupulous charlatans, or worse than worthless patent nostrums...." ---- from the Introduction.. Reprint (1879). Leather Bound. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read More

Burlington, IA: I. F. Segner. 1884. Full-Leather. Fairly early printing (the book has a copyright date of 1879). Very good in original leather. The lower portion of the backstrip has been reattached. The leather spine label has mostly chipped away. The pages are stiff, although I can find no evidence of dampstaining or water damage.Except for the page stiffness, the interior is tight and clean. Includes a frontispiece portrait of the author and an index; 512 pages.

Paperback / softback. New.

Burlington, Iowa: Segner & Condit. Very Good with no dustjacket. 1881. Hardcover. Very good and clean, bound in full leather. Raised bands on the spine. Just light wear to the edges. ; 8vo; 512 pages .

Hardback. New.

Burlington, IA: I. F. Segner & Co.. Very Good-. 1888. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Light rubbing, attractive & very clean copy. ; Thick 8vo; Speckled leather, 5 panel spine with black leather label, all edges marbled, 644p. , index. .