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The Life of General Winfield Scott / by Edward D. Mansfield.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 1003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mansfield, Edward Deering, 1801-1880.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.
- Scott, Winfield.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- United States.
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Bookbinding--Specimens.
- Bookbinding.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Specimens.
- Prospectuses.
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Allen, Daniel L. (autography) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- [Canvassing book].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A.S. Barnes & Co., [1846]
- Notes:
- Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; fullbroadside prospectus; 6 leaves of "Notices of Mansfield's Life of General Scott"; lined subscription order leaves.
- Binding: leather binding; front cover stamped in blind and gilt "Subscriptions/ For/ Mansfield's/ Life of/ General Scott."
- This edition of Mansfield's Life of General Scott published in 1846.
- Local Notes:
- Zinman 1003 has title page excised and bottom half of full broadside prospectus excised. Front fly-leaf inscribed "Daniel L. Allens/ Book Feb 28th 1855," followed by 8-line poem and the first of Allen's several home addresses: "277 Hudson St./ N.Y." Allen worked as a clerk for a series of businesses while in New York. Subscription order leaves show evidence of use as Allen's account book to document boarding and a variety of other personal expenses from his arrival in New York City in March, 1854 to 1857; another three pages contain signed testimonials by Allen's employers. Allen frequently returns to his home town of Sommerville, N.J.
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 1003
- OCLC:
- 913141508
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