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Image for The World's Great and Eccentric Characters, Their Lives and Their Deeds, Representing All Ages and All Countries. Comprising Heroes, Conquerors, Statesmen, Authors, Artists, Humorists, Misers, Mountebanks, Kings, Queens, Jugglers, Etc., Etc., and Other Curiosities of Human Nature. The Whole Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources. Illustrated with Nearly 300 Engravings.

The World's Great and Eccentric Characters, Their Lives and Their Deeds, Representing All Ages and All Countries. Comprising Heroes, Conquerors, Statesmen, Authors, Artists, Humorists, Misers, Mountebanks, Kings, Queens, Jugglers, Etc., Etc., and Other Curiosities of Human Nature. The Whole Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources. Illustrated with Nearly 300 Engravings.

By: Allen, Henry S.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: San Francisco, A.L. Bancroft & Co., Publishers: 1877

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 1925699

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

First edition. Boards rubbed with some loss along edges, joints weak, cup ring stain on rear board, top corner of front flyleaf removed. 1877 Full-Leather. 767 pp. 8vo. Original full calf, black leather spine label, gilt titles & rules, marbled endpapers, pink endpapers. A collection of short biographical pieces on important figures from various walks of life - from heads of state to famous authors, poets, and philosophers. Particularly interesting as a fairly early example of printed material from San Francisco (the earliest newspapers and pamphlets date to the 1840s, produced by those who fo...
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Image for Poe's Brother: The Poems of William Henry Leonard Poe, Elder Brother of Edgar Allan Poe Together with a Short Account of His Tragic Life an Early Romance of Edgar Allan Poe and Some Hitherto Unknown Incidents in the Lives of the Two Poe Brothers

Poe's Brother: The Poems of William Henry Leonard Poe, Elder Brother of Edgar Allan Poe Together with a Short Account of His Tragic Life an Early Romance of Edgar Allan Poe and Some Hitherto Unknown Incidents in the Lives of the Two Poe Brothers

By: Poe, William Henry Leonard; Allen, Hervey; Mabbott, Thomas Ollive

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, George H. Doran Company: 1926

Edition: Limited Edition

Seller ID: 2307507

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair

Limited edition. Numbered 764 of 1000. Lacks slipcase. Spine covering loose but included, ink name on front free endpaper. 1926 Hard Cover. 93 pp. Illustrated. Includes fold-out facsimiles of The North American. William Henry Leonard Poe, often referred to as Henry Poe, (January 30, 1807 August 1, 1831) was an American sailor, amateur poet and the older brother of Edgar Allan Poe and Rosalie Poe. After the death of their parents, the three Poe children were split up: Henry lived with family in Baltimore, Maryland, while Edgar and Rosalie were cared for by two different families in Richmond, V...
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Author:Allen, Henry S

Poe's Brother: The Poems of William Henry Leonard Poe, Elder Brother of Edgar Allan Poe Together with a Short Account of His Tragic Life an Early Romance of Edgar Allan Poe and Some Hitherto Unknown Incidents in the Lives of the Two Poe Brothers

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