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THE CENTURY CYCLOPEDIA OF NAMES, A PRONOUNCING AND ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF NAMES
by BENJAMIN E. SMITH
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK: THE CENTURY CO., 1895 LARGE HEAVY BOOK. GREAT DETAIL AND INFORMATION, ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER IN 1896. IN PENCIL INDICATES REBOUND CORNERS AND BACK IN MAY 1931. VERY GOOD CONDITION, SLIGHT WEAR ON A COUPLE SPOTS ON FRONT WHERE NOT REBOUND. 1ST BLANK PAGE INSIDE IS TORN 2/3 WAY DOWN FROM SPINE BINDING. ALL INTERNAL PAGES EXCELLENT, NO MARKINGS, TIGHT. NICE LOOKING ANTIQUE BOOK. A PRONOUNCING AND ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF NAMES IN GEOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, MYTHOLOGY, HISTORY, ETHNOLOGY, ART, ARCHAEOLOGY, FICTION, ETC., ETC., ETC. SMITH WAS MANAGING EDITOR OF THE CENTURY DICTIONARY AND WAS ASSISTED BY A NUMBER OF EMINENT SPECIALISTS. GREAT COLLECTOR ITEM. TERRIFIC HISTORICAL ITEM THAT GIVES DETAIL ABOUT EACH NAME. VERY INTERESTING TO READ. AMERICAN HISTORY AND WORLD HISTORY. GREAT DETAIL. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
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- Bookseller
- Antique Books Den
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000461
- Title
- THE CENTURY CYCLOPEDIA OF NAMES, A PRONOUNCING AND ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF NAMES
- Author
- BENJAMIN E. SMITH
- Illustrator
- ILLUSTRATED
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- THE CENTURY CO.
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1895
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Keywords
- ETYMOLOGICAL, NAMES, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Miscellaneous; EDUCATION;
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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