Hill's Album of Biography and Art:
by Hill, Thos. E
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Danks & Co., Chicago, 1892. 1892. World's Fair Edition. Subtitled:" containing Portraits and Pen-Sketches of Many Persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, soverigns, humorists, orators and statesmen: together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time." 8 1/8" wide, 2 1/4" thick. Engravings galore. All pages have a pictorially framed layout. Brown cloth. Page edges stained red on practically every page. Text in wonderful shape - binding should be thrown away and rebound. Section of the 1892 Columbian exposition at back. Page 17/18 missing . Flyleaf missing. A REAL TREASURE. No jacket as issued..
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- Cultural Connection (US)
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- 12124
- Title
- Hill's Album of Biography and Art:
- Author
- Hill, Thos. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Danks & Co., Chicago, 1892.
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Cape Coral, Florida
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