Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesman, Generals, and Orators
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868. Hardcover. First Edition, First Issue: with Douglas spelled "Douglass" incorrectly on the title page. 5.75 x 8.75in. xiv. 575pp. + 18 steel engravings. Publisher's pebbled cloth boards with gilt titling and decoration. Text-block edges are gilt. NEAR FINE. Shows the extremities very lightly shelf rubbed, the spine lightly toned, else Fine having been exceptionally well maintained. As pictured.
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- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29575
- Title
- Men of Our Times; or Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesman, Generals, and Orators
- Author
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hartford Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1868
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...