Parton, James. People's Book of Biography; or, Short Lives of the most Interesting Persons of all Ages and Countries. Containing more than Eighty Sketches of the Lives and Deeds of eminent Philanthropists, Inventors, Authors, Poets, Discoverers, Soldiers, Adventurers, Travelers, Politicians, and Rulers, Women as well as Men. Hartford, Conn.: A. S. Hale & Company, 1868. [12385]
Dark green cloth, gilt spine titles a bit dark, 9 x 6 inches, tight. Lacks one front free end paper (blank). XII, 624 pages; some foxing to the engravings, some toning in the text margins. Good. Hardcover.
"Richly Illustrated with Twelve Steel Engravings." All are present and feature Shakspeare [sic], George Washington, Professor Mitchell, Benjamin Franklin, Stephen A. Douglas, Gen. Winfield Scott, Byron, John Paul Jones, Catherine II., Andrew Jackson, Julius Caesar, and Joan of Arc.
"In the work now presented, the reader will find some account, more or less extensive, of a considerable number of the most remarkable men and women who have ever lived." - Preface.
