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Twenty years of Congress, from Lincoln to Garfield. 1861-1881 : a succinct and impartial history of national legislation upon the great questions arising from secession and the Civil War ... / by James. G. Blaine.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 146
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893.
- Blaine, James Gillespie.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription trade, etc.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Bookbinding--Specimens.
- Bookbinding.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Prospectuses.
- Publishers' advertisements.
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [Dos-à-dos canvassing book].
- Place of Publication:
- Norwich, Conn. : The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1893.
- Notes:
- Dos-à-dos canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; folding broadside recommendations for two imprints; half broadside prospectuses for Twenty Years of Congress, Political Discussions, and Biography of James G. Blaine; preprinted subscription order leaves; additional full broadside advertisement, headed "Great Bargain" for the following: (1) Industrial History of the United States, by Albert S. Bolles, (2) Revised New Testament, (3) steel portrait of President Garfield, (4) steel portrait of Hon. James G. Blaine, (5) steel portrait of Washington, (6) steel engraving of "Star of Bethlehem."
- Binding: Dos-à-dos cloth binding. Leather spine samples for Twenty Years of Congress and Political Discussions mounted to one pastedown. One cloth and three leather half spine samples mounted to the other pastedown.
- "Sold only by subscription" on verso of title page to Biography of James G. Blaine.
- Copyright 1884 by James G. Blaine.
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 146
- OCLC:
- 914123691
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