Great Men and Famous Women: Volume VII of 8 Vol. Ed. : ARTISTS AND AUTHORS
by Horne, Charles F
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New York: Selmar Hess. VOLUME VII of 8 Volumes: ARTISTS AND AUTHORS: ROBERT BROWNING; WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT; JOHN BUNYAN; ROBERT BURNS; THOMAS CARYLE; CERVANTES; THOMAS CHATTERTON; GEOFFREY CHAUCER; JAMES FENIMORE COOPER; DANTE; DANIEL DE FOE; CHARLES DICKENS; RALPH WALDO EMERSON; GOETHE; OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES; HOMER; HORACE; VICTOR HUGO; WASHINGTON IRVING; SAMUEL JOHNSON; HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; JOHN MILTON; MOLIERE; PETRARCH; PLATO; ALEXANDER POPE; SCHILLER; SIR WALTER SCOTT; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; DEAN SWIFT; TORQUATO TASSO; ALFRED TENNYSON; VIRGIL; VOLTAIRE; WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. The biographies of 38 prominent personages in history. CLEAN Brown leather, finely pebbled boards w/darker brown, leather quater binding & at corner tips, gilt engraved lettering & thistle design to cover & banded spinestrip, with mild show of rubbing & shelf wear chiefly at edges & along right of spinestrip & corner tips. Red closed edging, matched 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. Internally clean, crisp & solid. VERY PRETTY & binding makes a fine attractive display to any library shelf! . Fine. Hardcover. F. 1894.
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- Title
- Great Men and Famous Women: Volume VII of 8 Vol. Ed. : ARTISTS AND AUTHORS
- 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. VOL. VII: ARTISTS AND AUTHORS: HORNE, CHARLES F.-"GREAT FAMOUS WOMEN": ROBERT BROWNING; WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT; JOHN BUNYAN; BURNS; THOMAS CARLYLE; CERVANTES; CHATTERTON; GEOFFREY CHAUCER; JAMES FENIMOR
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- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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