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First Edition, First Printing, First Issue.Condition:Good. Original publisher’s cloth rubbed and edge-worn, with bumped corners and fraying with small losses at the spine ends. Gilt and blind-stamped decoration remain presentable. Hinges sound; text block firm. Contents generally clean with light age-toning and occasional foxing. Plates and illustrations present and well preserved. Complete.Description:Clare, Israel Smith. The Centennial Universal History: A Clear and Concise History of All Nations, with a Full History of the United States to the Close of the First 100 Years of Our National Independence. Philadelphia & Chicago: P. W. Ziegler & Co., 1876.Complete in the original publisher’s decorated brown cloth, elaborately stamped in blind with gilt central device and P. W. Ziegler & Co. stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine. Illustrated throughout with portraits and full-page engravings, including period views of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, among them the Art Gallery and the large view of the Main Building and Machinery Hall.Item Details
○ Book Title: The Centennial Universal History
○ Author: Israel Smith Clare
○ Publisher: P. W. Ziegler & Co.
○ Place of Publication: Philadelphia, PA & Chicago, IL
○ Date Published: 1876
○ Edition: First Edition, First Printing, First Issue
○ Binding: Original Publisher’s Decorated Cloth
○ Language: English
○ Pagination: xvii, [1], 21–626 pp.
○ Illustrated: Yes
○ Illustrations: Portraits, Full-Page Engravings & Centennial Exhibition Views
○ Printer/Stereotyper: The Inquirer P. & P. Co., Lancaster, PA
