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NEW YORK: JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY, 1887 NICE LOOKING DARK RED TEXTURED COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. EBERS WAS A TERRIFIC EGYPTOLOGIST SO THE BOOK IS QUITE INTERESTING AND EDUCATIONAL ON EGYPT. Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, 1 March 1837 Tutzing, Bavaria, 7 August 1898) was a German Egyptologist and novelist. He is best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. Georg Ebers was born in Berlin and was the youngest of the five children of an affluent family of bankers and porcelain manufacturers.[1] The Ebers children were raised by their mother on her own, after their father committed suicide shortly after Ebers was born. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

LONDON: Dk Pub, A DORLING KINDERSLEY BOOK, 2000 BEAUTIFUL DARK BROWN COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. GOLD PAGE EDGES, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE PICTURES AND ARTWORK ARE TREMENDOUS. PART ONE THE HISTORY OF TRAINS, TWO IS ULTIMATE TRAINS, OTHER SECTIONS COVER 7 PERIODS OF TIME FROM 1800 TO 2000, PART THREE IS RAILROAD INVENTORS. GLOSSARY, INDEX AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INCLUDED. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE TRAIN LOVER. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

CHICAGO: STANTON AND VANVILET CO., 1905 NICE LOOKING LIGHT BROWN COVER, BLACK PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. FOR THE LOVER OF COMEDY AND HISTORY. STEWART WAS A FAMOUS COMEDIAN OF HIS TIME. Cal Stewart (b. 1856 Charlotte County, Virginia, d. December 7, 1919) was an American comedian and humorist who pioneered in vaudeville and early sound recordings. He is best remembered for his comic monologues in which he played "Uncle Josh Weathersby", a resident of a mythical New England farming town called "Pumpkin Center" or "Punkin Center". ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: R. F. FENNO AND COMPANY, 1905 BEAUTIFUL LIGHT GREEN COVER, WHITE PRINT FRONT AND SPINE, GOLD AND PINK DESIGN FRONT. FORMER OWNER INSCRIPTION 1906 IN FRONT TO HIS MOTHER. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. NICE ARTWORK. 45 CHAPTERS. A WONDERFUL NOVEL AND PEICE OF HISTORY. IT HELPED HIGHLIGHT SLAVERY IN A TIME BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. STOWE WAS A HUGE PART OF HISTORY. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War". Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: HENRY T. COATES & CO., 1900 TAN COVER, GOLD AND RED DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. NO DATE, CIRCA 1900, ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE 1869. FIRST AND SECOND PAGE LOOSE, GOOD SHAPE. FORMER OWNER NAME AND SUBSCRIPTION 1903, FRONTISPIECE NICE ARTWORK SMALL HOLE ABOVE ARTWORK. VERY NICE BOOK FOR OLDER GIRLS AND ADULTS. Margaret Kerr Hosmer (December 1, 1830 February 3, 1897) was an American writer and novelist who primarily wrote for young readers. Hosmer was born and attended school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and later moved to San Francisco where she served a principal of a public school, and also at one point edited The Golden Era with Bret Harte. She married Granville Hosmer in 1853. She returned to Philadelphia in 1860, and was back to San Francisco in 1864. She died from pneumonia in Philadelphia in February 1897. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA: HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, 1937 VERY NICE LOOKING BOOK. BLUE WITH RED DESIGN AND PRINT FRONT AND SPINE. VOLUME PREMIER PRINTED ON SPINE. SLIGHT BUMP LOWER RIGHT CORNER IN FRONT. ONLY INTERNAL MARKING IS WHERE PREVIOUS OWNER SIGNED NAME IN VERY FRONT INSIDE. TERRIFIC LOOKING MAP INSIDE FRONT, NICE PICTURES THROUGHOUT. BOVEE WAS OFFICIER ACADEMIE FRENCH DEPT. FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND LINDQUIST SUPERVISOR OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WAYNE UNIVERSITY DETROIT. GREAT BOOK FOR FIRST YEAR FRENCH CLASSES, PRESENTING A VARIETY OF MATERIAL TO ATTAIN FIVE OBJECTIVES. SO THE TEACHER CAN SELECT THE MATERIAL NEEDED AND ADAPT IT TO THEIR TECHNIQUE. IT DOES NOT FAVOR ANY PARTICULAR METHOD. 1776 BOOKSTORE, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

USA: INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., 1898 DARK BROWN COVER, RED WHITE AND BLUE DESIGN FRONT, BLACK PRINT. OUTSIDE EDGES WORN. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT WITH PICTURES OF THE FAMOUS MILITARY PEOPLE. ILLUSTRATIONS ADD GREATLY TO HISTORY. WHITE IS A WELL KNOWN AND POPULAR AUTHOR, HISTORIAN AND WAR CORRESPONDENT. GREAT DETAIL FOR THE HISTORY LOVER. ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS OF BATTLES ON SEA, LAND AND WARSHIPS. A THRILLING ACCOUNT ON=F THE LAND AND NAVAL OPERATIONS OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN OUR WAR WITH SPAIN, AND HEROIC STRUGGLES OF CUBAN PATRIOTS. INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY OF CUBA, SPAIN, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OUR ARMY AND NAVY, FIGHTING STRENGTH, COAST DEFENSES AND RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER NATIONS. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates, 1869 Beautiful old book with brown cover, black design front and spine, gold on spine. No markings, tight, frontispiece art nice. Light page browning with age. Also called "A Week At The Hopetown House". Author listed as "A Pair of Hands". 12 pages of Porter & Coates publications in the back.
Margaret Kerr Hosmer (December 1, 1830 – February 3, 1897) was an American writer and novelist who primarily wrote for young readers. Hosmer was born and attended school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and later moved to San Francisco where she served a principal of a public school, and also at one point edited The Golden Era with Bret Harte. She married Granville Hosmer in 1853. She returned to Philadelphia in 1860, and was back to San Francisco in 1864. She died from pneumonia in Philadelphia in February 1897.
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