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Great Men and Famous Women: a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history
by HORNE, Charles [edit.]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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About This Item
1894 1ed Great Men Famous Women Lincoln Washington Darwin Edison Newton Homer
'Great Men and Famous Women' is an enormous collection of biographical sketches of notable figures from all fields of study. This eight-volume set includes accounts on people from Benedict Arnold to Thomas Edison; David Livingstone to Marie Antoinette. Hundreds of figures are discussed in this work, figures at the top of the field – inventors, politicians, scientists, philosophers, explorers, and more! Other notable names include:
· Benjamin Franklin
· Peter the Great
· Simon Bolivar
· Charles Darwin
· George Washington
· Isaac Newton
· Thomas Jefferson
· Abraham Lincoln
· Charles Dickens
· Homer
Item number: #17247
Price: $599
HORNE, Charles [edit.]
Great Men and Famous Women: a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history
New York: Selmar Hess, ©1894. First edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 8 volumes
o Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative cloth
· Size: ~12in X 9.5in (30cm x 24cm)
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- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17247
- Title
- Great Men and Famous Women: a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history
- Author
- HORNE, Charles [edit.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Selmar Hess
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1894 1ed Great Men Famous Women Lincoln Washington Darwin Edison Newton Homer rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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