GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS: A Eulogy
by Winter, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good; "Delivered before the people of Staten Island, at the Castleton, St George February 24, 1893." Covers rubbed, e
- Seller
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Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan. Good; "Delivered before the people of Staten Island, at the Castleton, St . George February 24, 1893." Covers rubbed, edge wear, fraying top of . backstrip.. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. George William Curtis (1824 - 1892) was an American author, orator, and civil service reformer. In 1862, he delivered his "Doctrine of Liberty" address at Harvard on behalf of President Lincoln. In 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him as Chair to the commission of civil service reform. A prolific speaker, one of his last public appearances was in April 1992 when he delivered his 11th Annual Address as president of the National Civil Service Reform League.; 24mo .
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- Bookseller
- Blackbird Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4024
- Title
- GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS: A Eulogy
- Author
- Winter, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good; "Delivered before the people of Staten Island, at the Castleton, St George February 24, 1893." Covers rubbed, e
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHIES; Non-Mystery / Collectible Non-Fiction;
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Blackbird Bookshop
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Trumbull, Connecticut
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