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The choice literature of the English language : with lives and portraits of the authors, the great poets, famous novelists, distinguished essayists and historians, our humorists, noted journalists and magazine contributors, statesmen in literature, noted women in literature, popular writers for young people, great orators and public lecturers, etc. of England and America / Compiled and edited by William Wilfred Birdsall ... Rufus M. Jones ... and others.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 141
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birdsall, William W. (William Wilfred), 1854-1909.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature.
- English literature.
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription etc.
- Bookbinding--Specimens.
- Bookbinding.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Prospectuses.
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [Canvassing book].
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : International Publishing House, [1898]
- Notes:
- Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; slips of printed materials (on pink paper) directed at canvassers tipped-in before the title page and within the main body; handbill prospectus (on pink paper); lined subscription order leaves.
- Binding: dual binding, with cloth sample on front, quarter leather sample on back. Cloth spine sample hinged to front pastedown at left edge; leather spine sample hinged to rear pastedown at right edge.
- Copyright 1898 by W.E. Scull.
- Local Notes:
- Zinman 141 has some pages partially excised. First free endpaper inscribed "Mrs. Gile."
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 141
- OCLC:
- 914123274
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