The Story of a Great Nation or, Our Country's Achievements, Military, Naval, Political, and Civil - To Which is Added a Biographical Portrait Gallery of Her Great Leaders Including Statesmen, Orators, Diplomats, Jurists, Soldiers, Sailors, Explorers. Financiers, Inventors, Philanthropists, Rerformers, Engineers, Scientists, Artists, Actors, Etc., Etc. Also Our Presidents, Their Portraits and Autographs
by John Gilmary Shea
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York : Gay Brothers & Company, 1886. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Gilt & black decoration on brown textured leather covered boards with a central gilt portrait of George Washington on the front cover. Portrait Gallery with 46pp. full page photos & biographies of presidents, and 40pp. of photos (4 per page) of other prominent personages. Heavy 8vo, 982pp of about 990pp. (last pages missing). Pages age tanned.
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- Bookseller
- NWJBOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014307
- Title
- The Story of a Great Nation or, Our Country's Achievements, Military, Naval, Political, and Civil - To Which is Added a Biographical Portrait Gallery of Her Great Leaders Including Statesmen, Orators, Diplomats, Jurists, Soldiers, Sailors, Explorers. Financiers, Inventors, Philanthropists, Rerformers, Engineers, Scientists, Artists, Actors, Etc., Etc. Also Our Presidents, Their Portraits and Autographs
- Author
- John Gilmary Shea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gay Brothers & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- nonfiction; America; history; photos
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Age Tanned
- Age tanning, or browning, occurs over time on the pages of books. This process can show up on just the edges of pages, when...