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11:00 AM PT - Feb 16th, 2012
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Title: A Biographical History, with Portraits, of Prominent Men of the Great West
Author: ** Description: 720, [3] pp. Illustrated with numerous steel-engraved portrait plates with tissue guards, (folio) 35x26 cm. (13¾x10"), original full morocco, gilt spine, boards stamped in blind. First Edition.Biographies with fine steel-engraved portraits of more than 300 mostly Chicago and surrounding-area notables. Scarce. Heading: (Chicago)Place Published: Chicago Publisher: Manhattan Publishing Co. Date Published: 1894 Condition reportSpine detached and laid in (bottom quarter of spine lost), boards nearly detached, boards scuffed at edges and corners, white stains to boards; bookplate to front pastedown; very good internally and fair overall. Sold as-is.
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