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1894 Great Men & Famous Women, 8 Vol Set, Hess: Beautiful books in an 8 volume set titled Great Men & Women from Selmar Hess and copyright 1894. These leather bound books feature very prominent figures in the world. Vols 1 and 2, Soldiers and Sailo

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GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN – 2 VOLUMES – 1894: 1894. New York. Selmar Hess Publisher. Complete in 2 volumes. All volumes are in Very Good condition. All volumes have light red cloth hard covers, with embossed gold lettering for the title on the sp

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E. Singleton: Great Pictures, by Famous Writers. 1912: Singleton, Esther: Great Pictures as Seen and Described by Famous Writers Published by Dodd, Mead and Company, 1912 Leather spine and corners. Multiple B&W illustrations. SHIPPING: Domestic Insured P

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1894 EXQUISITE Great Men & Famous Women History Dore

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1894 EXQUISITE Great Men & Famous Women History Gustave Dore Art Illustrated

A beautiful and complete 4 volume set of “Great Men and Famous Women”. This series is a pictorial view of more than 200 prominent people in history. Utterly filled with full-page illustrations, many from Gustave Dore, this is a must have set for any art lover!

Item number: #2900

Price: $499

HORNE, Charles F.

Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history.

New York : S. Hess 1894.

Details:

Collation complete with all pages: 4 volume set

v1: vi + 408 pages + List of Biographies. "Soldiers and Sailors;"

v2: vi + 408 pages. "Statesmen and Sages;"

v3: vi + 408 pages. "Workmen and Heros;"

v4: vi + 384 pages. "Artists and Authors."

126 wood-engravings & typogravures & many text illustrations

Language: English

Binding: decorative cloth hardcover; tight and secure

Size: ~12in X 10in (30.5cm x 25cm)

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