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Rare and modern books

[Garfield, Saleman'S Dummy] Conwell

THE LIFE, SPEECHES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JAMES A. GARFIELD, Twentieth President of the United States. Including an Account of His Assassination, Lingering Pain, Death, and Burial.

B.B. Russell, 1881

495.00 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1881
Place of printing
Boston
Author
[Garfield, Saleman'S Dummy] Conwell
Publishers
B.B. Russell
Edition
FIRST EDITION AND A SCARCE SALES DUMMY AND A BEAUTIFULLY
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

A rare original publisher's 'Salesman's Dummy' for the first edition of this early biography of Garfield published almost immediately after his assassination. With a frontispiece portrait, map of Chickamauga Battle-Field and 12 engraved plates of illustrations. Small 8vo, in the original brown cloth decorated in black on the upper cover, attached to the front endpaper are sample spines for both the cloth and deluxe morocco available bindings, each of which with gilt lettering and decoration. [11], 12-16, [1], 26-34, 67-74, 111-118, 187-194 pp. A very fresh copy, especially so. The binding is bright and clean and rich in colour. Virtually free of foxing but to a few leaves.
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