Title: Footprints of famous men: designed as incitements to intellectual industry.Author: John G EdgarPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other ...
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Title: Footprints of famous men: designed as incitements to intellectual industry.Author: John G EdgarPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01034800CollectionID: CTRG93-B641PublicationDate: 18630101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: vi, 369 p.: ill.; 18 cm
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Add this copy of Footprints of Famous Men Designed as Incitements to to cart. $10.82, good condition, Sold by UHR Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hollis Center, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1858 by Harper & Brothers Publishers.
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Good Only. No Jacket. Book Illustrated short biographies of famous men-men of action (Washington, Burke, Necker, Pitt, Lord Erskine, Lord Collingwood, Lord Teignmouth); men of letters (Dean Milner, David Hume, Southey, Moore); artists (Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Francis Chantrey, Sir Christopher Wren); and men of science (Dr. William Hunter, Black, Brindley, Watt, and Adam Smith). Interior is VG; cover has moderate to significant edgewear and light rub marks.
Add this copy of Footprints of Famous Men: Designed as Incitements to to cart. $23.18, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2012 by Gale Ecco, Sabin Americana.
Add this copy of Footprints of Famous Men Designed as Incitements to to cart. $38.25, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Gale Ecco, Sabin Americana.
Add this copy of Footprints of Famous Men Designed as Incitements to to cart. $68.83, good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1858 by W Kent.
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None. Good. A collection of short biographies of influential men, including Burke, Southey, and Lord Collingwood. Part of the Biographies for Boys collection. Fourth edition WIth illustrations throughout, including vignette title page. In a half-calf binding. Externally sound, though rubbed. Internally, firmly bound. Front endpapers missing. Pages are quite bright, with just the odd instance of scattered spotting. Good.
