Our First Century by R. M. Devens
$95.00
Our First Century by R. M. Devens. Full title: Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One Hundred Great and Memorable Events of Perpetual Interest in the History of Our Country, Political, Military, Mechanical, Social, Scientific and Commercial.
Published by J. W. Lyon & Co., Guelph, Ontario, and Sydney, New South Wales, 1878. A substantial illustrated nineteenth-century history volume, described on the title page as being splendidly illustrated with several hundred plates, portraits and other embellishments.
Format: Large antique hardcover, half-leather style binding
Publisher: J. W. Lyon & Co.
Publication places: Guelph, Ontario and Sydney, New South Wales
Year: 1878
Condition: Fair to Good antique condition. Heavy rubbing and surface wear to the leather spine and boards, worn corners and edges, marks to the page edges, and age-toning/spotting internally. Binding remains substantial. Please see photographs for the exact copy and condition.
A striking 1878 illustrated history volume with strong decorative shelf presence and particular interest for collectors of nineteenth-century Americana and Australian-distributed editions.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, HISTORY, NON-FICTION BOOKS, REFERENCE BOOKS, VINTAGE BOOKS, VINTAGE HISTORY BOOKS, VINTAGE REFERENCE BOOKS
Type: NON FICTION
Category: 1878, AMERICAN HISTORY, ANTIQUARIAN, ANTIQUE BOOKS, BOOKS, HISTORY, NON FICTION, UNITED STATES HISTORY, VINTAGE HISTORY BOOKS, VINTAGE REFERENCE BOOKS
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