About this title: In 1886 James Grant Wilson and John Fiske lamented the fact that the United States of America lacked what several countries of the Old World already had - a truly comprehensive dictionary of national biography. To remedy the deficiency they began to co-edit the massive work which was published serially as "Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, New York
Date Published: 1888
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Ex Library General wear. Usual library marks. Back hinge cracked, slanted. Cover worn along edges, corners bent. Scuffed and some soiling. Vol. I only. read more
Description: Acceptable. COVER/ PAGES WATER DAMAGE, FOXING TEXT REABALE; SPINE ENDS/ CORNERS BUMPED; BLACK/WHITE FRONTISPIECE/ VOLUME ONE ONLY NO DUST JACKET. read more
Edition: FIRST
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company, NY.
Description: VG to nFINE. Brown quarter leather spine & points, 5 ribs binding, gold titling. Marbled boards, edges, endpapers. Steel plate engravings throughout. The set is historically notorious for approximately 200 fictitious biographies of scientists, but is a respected source book for more unreproachable and notable personalities. Sets reside in major university collections. Published between 1887 and 1892. mm only. [B190] read more
Description: NEAR FINE. Seven volumes, cloth, ca. 5170pp., new, reprint of 1894 & 1900 eds. Continuum NO Change on the list imported on 10/11/2009. read more
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