GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD; Illustrated by John Sloan
by CRANE, Stephen
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1901. First Edition. John Sloan. 8vo, pp. 278, TEG, 8 full page plates. Bound in red cloth, stamped in gilt, silver (some rubbed, faded on the spine, with library label removed from the spine, white call letters, library stamp on the end paper, pocket removed from the rear, a very good clean copy. BAL 4094. Kate Frederic, the partner of the writer Harold Frederic, actually did most of the research and much of the writing as Stallman notes: she "felt indebted to the Cranes for providing a home for her children; she expected [and received] no acknowledgement for writing GREAT BATTLES.
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- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51993
- Title
- GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD; Illustrated by John Sloan
- Author
- CRANE, Stephen
- Illustrator
- John Sloan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1901
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts
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