Eccentricities of Genius/Memories of Famous Men and Women of the Platform and Stage

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Red w/gilt lettering and decoration. Shelfwear head and heel of sunned and soiled spine. Lettering to spine rubbed almost to embossed impressions. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Hinges both cracked, front hinge most severely, just holding by mesh. Frontis photograph of Pond w/tissue guard is loose but still attached, small tear to tissue. Gift inscription from Pond on front endpaper reads: To my beloved friend Newell Dwight Hillis, whose makeup contains a little of all that is best in these friends that I write about. J.B. Pond, November 16, 1900. Sadly pages 83 and 84 are missing. This is the text that Pond wrote on Rev. Hillis. Text is otherwise clean and bright, the occasional smudge. 90 illustrations including frontis. Includes Susan B. Anthony, Henry Ward Beecher, Samuel Clemens, John Fox, Jr., John Stoddard, Henry Irving, Emma Abbott and many others. Amusing preface taken from prefaces of other books. More details on request. N° de ref. del artículo F1029HBB

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