Men Of Our Times

Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Publishing Co., 1868. 1868. FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER, GREEN BINDING WITH GILT DESIGNS AND IN-BLIND FRAME-LIKE DESIGNS. Deep brown endpapers. Illustrated with 18 steel portraits, including frontispiece with tissue overlays, 575 pages and three pages of publisher's advertising at end. THIS IS NOT A RECENT REPRINT, FACSIMILE, OR A BOOK ON DEMAND. THIS IS THE 1868 FIRST EDITION.… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: Hartford Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, front hinge cracked, top . corner of rear boards creased.. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Second state of first edition with Douglass spelled correctly on title page. Green cloth titled in gilt. Sprinkled edges. Title continued: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals,… Read more about this item

Hardcover Condition: VG+. First Edition. Illustrated by eighteen steel portraits. Original green cloth with gilt design and lettering at front board, gilt lettering and design at spine. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Contents are clean, except for some light foxing to a few of the early pages. Square, tightly bound book.

1869 Frederick Douglass Men of our Times Lincoln Sheridan Grant Beecher Stowe Known mostly for her cultural defining work 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' Harriet Beecher Stowe presents biographical sketches of important men of America with a religious overtone. Stowe herself said that she intended all of her writings to have religious tones, but especially the non-fiction titles. This fine first edition includes… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn. , Hartford Publishing Co. ; New York, J. D. Denison; [Etc. , Etc.], 1868. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked and tooled green buckram over bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled. Remains particularly and uncommonly well-preserved overall. ; 0 pages; Xiv, [13]-575 p. Incl. 13 port. 5… Read more about this item

Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868. 8vo, pagination varies; original green cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover; green cloth spine sample mounted to front pastedown; two leather spine samples mounted to the rear pastedown; illustrations are complete with 18 steel engravings of American historical figures; includes an advertorial broadside and blank subscription leaves; first state of the title page with… Read more about this item

Hartford: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868. First Edition. Second state with the corrected "Douglass" on line 10. Octavo (22.5cm.); original green gilt-embossed cloth, all edges sprinkled, brown glazed endpapers; xiv,[11]-575pp.; steel engraved author portrait frontispiece, 17 plates. Some shelf wear, especially at corners, spine gilt a bit dulled; some plates foxed and dampstained, plate of Lincoln's portrait torn along top… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn. New York : Hartford Publishing Co. ; J.D. Denison, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. New end-papers. Physical description; xiv, [13]-575 p. incl. 13 port. : 5 port. ; 23 cm.… Read more 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… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn. , Hartford Publishing Co. ; New York, J. D. Denison; [Etc. , Etc.], 1868. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 575 pages; Description: xiv, [13]-575… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868. First edition of this work by the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Octavo, recased in the original publisher's dark green cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated with eighteen steel portraits, frontispiece portrait of Stowe. Second State with Frederick Douglass's name spelled correctly on the title page. BAL 19449. In very good condition.    … Read more about this item

New York and Chicago: Hartford Publishing Co, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Hartford, 1868. First printing , corrected state 2 of the title page. BAL 19449. Good minus, rubbed full calf, black leather labels in good condition. Hinges starting but sound, narrow one inch chip at heel. Single signature loosening but secure. An authoritative description from the Abraham… Read more about this item

Hartford, Conn: Hartford Pub. Co. Very Good. 1869, c1868. First Printing. Hardcover. -; Very Good. No dust jacket. Ex American Museum of Natural History, the only indication being a small rubber stamp "Cancelled A M N H" on the titlepage. .

Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Publishing Company. Very Good. 1868. Hardcover. 575pp., green cloth with gilt printing. Covers are slightly scuffed and soiled with rubbed and chipped spine ends and corners. Hinges starting. Contents are bright and complete. A Good+ copy. .

Hartford Publ, Hartford, CT, 1868. 1st edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ohio; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 592. .

Hartford, New York & Chicago: Published by Subscription only by Hartford Publishing Co., 1868.. xiv,[11]-575,[5]pp. plus portraits. Thick octavo. Publisher's three quarter brown morocco, raised bands, a.e.g. Binding extremities quite rubbed, with slight weakness to upper joint, else a very good copy. First edition, second corrected state of the title-leaf, in one of the publisher's deluxe bindings available to… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: Hartford Publishing Co., 1868. Book. Good. Hardcover. Solid. With occasional foxing..

Hartford: Hartford Publishing Company, 1868. First Edition, Second State . 3/4 Brown Leather. Very Good. Frontispiece, 18 Steel Engraved Portraits. Xiv, 575 Pp + 3 Pp Ads At Rear. Publisher's 3/4 Brown Leather Over Brown Cloth, Original Intricately Patterned Endpapers. Binding Refreshed And Hinges Strengthened By Professional Conservator, Now Quite Solid, Gilt Bright. Small Ownership Signature Of E… Read more about this item

Hartford, CT: Hartford Pub. Co. , 1868. 1868, 575pp + ads, illus. w/ steel engravings, blindstamped edging to covers, beveled edges to boards, gilt lettering, slight soiling & shelfwear to cover, some wear to spine ends, spine is a little faded, slight rubbing to eps, a few margin smudges, otherwise contents very clean.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2006-11-30. Paperback. Good.