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The literature of America and our favorite authors: containing the lives of our noted American and favorite English authors ... / compiled and edited by William Wilfred Birdsall ... Rufus M. Jones ... and others.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 143
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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 : J.H. Moore & Co., [1897]
- 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; pink handbill conditions; lined subscription order leaves.
- Binding: dual binding, with cloth sample on front, 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 1897 by W.E. Scull.
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 143
- OCLC:
- 914124068
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