MEN OF OUR TIMES: or, Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators ...
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
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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.
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- Bookseller
- Russ States
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17-0476
- Title
- MEN OF OUR TIMES: or, Leading Patriots of the Day. Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of Statesmen, Generals, and Orators ...
- Author
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Hartford Pub. Co.
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, CT
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Biography, Generals, Statesmen, Leaders, 19th Century, History
Terms of Sale
Russ States
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Shelfwear
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- PUB
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- Cloth
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