Great Men and Famous Women: Volume I: Soldiers and Sailors
by Horne, Charles F
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Selmar Hess. VOLUME I: SOLDIERS AND SAILORS: ALARIC THE BOLD; ALEXANDER THE GREAT; MARC ANTHONY; ATTILA; BELISARIUS, GODFREY DE BOULILLON; JULIUS CAESAR; CHARLEMAGNE; CLOVIS THE FIRST; GASPARD DE COLIGNI, HERNANDO CORTES, CYRUS THE GREAT; DIOCLETIAN, SIR FRANCIS DRAKE; EDWARD I OF ENGLAND, EDWARD III, OF ENGLAND, EDWARD, THE BLACK PRINCE, BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, HANNIBAL, HENRY IV, OF FRANCE, HENRY V, OF ENGLAND, HERMANN, JOHN HUNIADES, CAIUS MARIUS, CHARLES MARTEL, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, PEPIN THE SHORT, FRANCISCO PIZARRO, SIR WALTER RALEIGH, SALADIN, SCIPIO AFRICANUS MAJOR, MILES STANDISH, TRAJAN, OLAF TRYGGVESON, ALBRECHT VON WALLENSTEIN, WARWICK, THE KING MAKER, WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. The biographies of 38 prominent personages in history. CLEAN & BRIGHT, Brown leather, finely pebbled boards w/darker brown, leather quater binding & at corner tips, gilt engraved lettering & thistle design to cover & banded spinestrip, with only mild show of rubbing & shelf wear (if any). Red closed edging match marbled endpapers on coated stock. interiors near fine. NO names, markings, soil, smudge, off-setting, age discolor or foxing. Frontispiece w/ labeled tissue guard, decorated title page, high grade quality paper of sturdy stock, profusely & WONDERFULLY illustrated throughout, w/wood engravings, photogravures, typogravures & pen & pencil sketches, by numerus artists' with captioned tissue guards. VERY PRETTY & binding makes a fine attractive display to any library shelf! . Fine. Hardcover. F. 1894.
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- Bookseller
- Julie's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011364
- Title
- Great Men and Famous Women: Volume I: Soldiers and Sailors
- Author
- Horne, Charles F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- Selmar Hess
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- HISTORY-BIOGRAPHIES-FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN. HORNE, CHARLES F.-"GREAT AND FAMOUS WOMEN" SOLDIERS SAILORS-HISTORY-BIOGRAPHIES-ALARIC THE BOLD, ALEXANDER GREAT, MARC ANTHONY, ATTILA, BELISARIUS, GODFREY DE BOUILLON, JULIUS CAESAR, CHARLEMAGNE, CLOV
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Gilt
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