[Prospectus/Sample of] The Lives and Graves of Our Presidents
by Weaver, G.S
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
[Chicago]: [Elder Publishing] , 1903. First edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches. A selection of pages and illustrations numbered through 563 with numerous full page illustrations and three pages of advertisements. Six page fold-out ledger for recording the names of subsribers bound at end. Ledger is hand-numbered in contemporary hand, but otherwise blank. Small flier regarding premium tipped in at end. Sample of red leather spine pasted inside rear cover and sample of cloth spine stamped on outside of rear cover. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt decoration to front cover. Covers lightly soiled and worn. A first edition of the prospectus/sample of the revised edition of this work. A scarce salesman's sample for subsription book sales in Victorian America.
Details
- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1091
- Title
- [Prospectus/Sample of] The Lives and Graves of Our Presidents
- Author
- Weaver, G.S
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- [Elder Publishing]
- Place of Publication
- [Chicago]
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- American History Presidents 20th ephemera
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
St. Wulfstans Books
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Fayetteville, Arkansas
About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
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- Gilt
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- Tipped In
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- First Edition
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