Men of Mark in Connecticut, Vol. IV: Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of Eminent Living Americans by Osborn, Norris Galpin - 1908

Hartford: William R. Goodspeed, 1908. Hardcover. First edition. Very Good buckram-bound hardcover with marbled endpapers; the pages were originally uncut and some have been roughly cut; one 4-page + plate form was never properly bound-in and is therefore detached. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A collection of 107 biographies of prominent men living in Connecticut at the turn of the 20th century; the second volume of either four or five volumes total. Edited by Norris Galpin Osborn. 407 pages + 80 b&w plates, some engravings with tissue overlays and some offset printed, each with a facsimile signature of the sitter below the image; 6.5 x 9.25 x 2.25 inches. Index of names, index of plates. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.