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G.P. Putnam, 1900. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . 509 pages; 2nd edition; 1900. Moderate wear and soiling to the covers; name inside marked out. Cracked front hinge; pages toned; last few pages wrinkled; a reading copy of an old book. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 201417. .

Paperback. Very Good.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 509 Pp. + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Quarter Parchment Over Brown Boards, Gilt, Top Edge Gilt. First Printing With 1900 Date On Title Page. Lightly Used, Gilt Bright, Hinges Tight. Small Frays At Tips. Ownership Signature Of Mary L. Boynton, Dated Sept. 1904 ( She May Have Been The 1894 Vassar Student And/Or The Employee Of The Dean Hobbs Blanchard Memorial Library Of Santa Paula, California, Of That Name. )

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo, 509 pages + publisher's ads, quarter white parchment, boards " What life is long enough - what intellect strong enough, to master even a tithe of the learning which all these books contain? ... If you can get hold of the few really best books, you can well afford to be ignorant of all the rest." - Chapter 1. Spofford was appointed by Abraham Lincoln as the 6th Director of the Library of Congress. "The modern history of the Library of Congress began when Ainsworth Rand Spofford became Librarian of Congress, for it was Spofford who transformed the small reference library that served the U.S. Congress into a national institution that also served the American public." - LOC.

NY AND LONDON: PUTNAM, 1900. Un volume di 509 pagine. Legatura in mezza pergamena con titolo dorato ai piatti (spaccata e brunita la pergamena alla cerniera) - PRIMA EDIZIONE

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.