Great Men and Famous Women

New York: Selmar Hess. VOLUME I: SOLDIERS AND SAILORS: ALARIC THE BOLD; ALEXANDER THE GREAT; MARC ANTHONY; ATTILA; BELISARIUS, GODFREY DE BOULILLON; JULIUS CAESAR; CHARLEMAGNE; CLOVIS THE FIRST; GASPARD DE COLIGNI, HERNANDO CORTES, CYRUS THE GREAT; DIOCLETIAN, SIR FRANCIS DRAKE; EDWARD I OF ENGLAND, EDWARD III, OF ENGLAND, EDWARD, THE BLACK PRINCE, BERTRAND DU GUESCLIN, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, HANNIBAL, HENRY IV,… Read more about this item

A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history. Volume 1. Soldiers and sailors 1894 author: charles f. Horne publisher - /copyright: selmar hess, ny 1894 edition: first edition assumed with none stated: : hardback without dust jacket brown leather gilt titles on front and binding pieces… Read more about this item

Selmar Hess, 1894. Hardcover. Complete set. Each volume about 200 pages. 9-1/2 by 12 inches. Short, illustrated essays about famous people of history. Black-and-white plates with printed tissue guard protectors. Brown cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine and covers, with gilt page edges. Volumes I - II with creases to tissue gurads at title pages and tide… Read more about this item

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 - A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History New York: Selmar Hess, 1894. First edition [1894]. (Vol. II) of the eight volume edition of this well-produced series, containing illustrated biographies of prominent men and women. Generously illustrated throughout… Read more about this item

Selmar Hess. Good+. 1894. Hardcover. ; 6 of 8 volumes, lacking volumes V & VIII. Brown cloth covers gare frayed at corners and spine caps with some loss to spine gilding but clean, bright, and in good+ condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Plates protected by… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess Publisher, 1894. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 12" by 9.5". Various. An beautifully illustrated set of these sketches of notable figures. Collated: Complete in 8 Volumes. With 204 photogravure, wood-engraving and typogravure full page plates including a frontispiece to each volume. A set of short biographies of notable figures… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess, 1894. Hardcover. Quarto; Good condition hardcovers; Spine, black with gold print; Boards half bound with black leather to spine/corners and brown leather to boards, wear/chipping to leather on spine and corners, mild rubbing to boards, exposed corners, light bumps to some bottom edges, else clean and strong; Text blocks have red tinted edges, marbled endpapers,… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess. VOLUME VII of 8 Volumes: ARTISTS AND AUTHORS: ROBERT BROWNING; WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT; JOHN BUNYAN; ROBERT BURNS; THOMAS CARYLE; CERVANTES; THOMAS CHATTERTON; GEOFFREY CHAUCER; JAMES FENIMORE COOPER; DANTE; DANIEL DE FOE; CHARLES DICKENS; RALPH WALDO EMERSON; GOETHE; OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES; HOMER; HORACE; VICTOR HUGO; WASHINGTON IRVING; SAMUEL JOHNSON; HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; JOHN MILTON; MOLIERE; PETRARCH; PLATO;… Read more about this item

Selmar Hess, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 8 volumes. A nice set in the publisher's original dark brown cloth, spines and covers decorated in gilt and black, all edges gilt. a crisp, nice set (minor rubbing). The photogravures (many by Goupil) and other plates are clean and crisp.Profusely Illustrated… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess. VOLUME VIII of 8 Volumes: ARTISTS AND AUTHORS: MICHAEL ANGELO; BEETHOVEN; SARAH BERNHARDT; ROSA BONHEUR; EDWIN BOOTH; CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN; LEONARDO DA VINCI; GUSTAVE DORE; ALBERT DURER; EDWIN FORREST; DAVID GARRICK; GEROME; HANDEL; HAYDN; WILLIAM HOGARTH; JOSEPH JERRERSON; FRANZ LISZT; MEISSONIER; MENDELSSOHN; JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET; MOZART; PAGANINI; ADELINA PATTI; PHIDIAS; RACHEL; RAPHAEL; REMBRANDT; SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS; DANTE… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess, 1894. First edition. Softcover. fair to very good. Small Folio. 68 Vols. Original illustrated wraps with elaborate decorative border and four portraits on cover, as issued, some issues with text and publisher's device. Sold by subscription only. Extraordinary set with original photogravure per issue, printed to heavy paper with captioned tissue guards.… Read more about this item

Selmar Hess Pub, 1900. Hard Cover. No Jacket. 8 Vol. Set- Fair to Good-The spine has wear to top & bottom & edge wear - 2 of the Vol's the cover is faded & has leather on the corners & spine - (A Series of Pen & Pencil Sketches of the Lives of more than 200 of the Most Prominent… Read more about this item

Selmar Hess-publishers, 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volume set. Bound in contemporary leather. Gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Hardcover. Good bindings and covers. Shelf wear. Leather is chipped/rubbed. Contents: v.1. Soldiers and Sailors; v.2. Statesmen and Sages; v.3. Workmen and Heroes; v.4. Artists and Authors. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international… Read more about this item

New York: Selmar Hess-publishers, 1894. Hardcover. Good/Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Book This order consist of four volumes of an 8-volume set published in 1894. The first volume is Soldiers and Sailors, the second volume is Statesmen and Sages, the third volume is Workmen and Heroes, and the fouth volume is Artist and Authors.

Sagwan Press, 2015-08-24. Hardcover. Good. 0.7500 9.2100 6.1400. Mild to Moderate creasing / bending to covers and pages. Book is otherwise very clean, unmarked and 100% functional.

Selmar Hess. Pages are tight. Board edges and corners are worn. Gilt lettering on the front cover is bold! The lettering on the spine is very legible, but no longer bold. Illustrated in Photogravures, wood-engravings and typogravures. All Photogravures are on a heavy stock paper. Being offered here is Volume II only of the… Read more about this item

Selmar Hess, 1894T. hardcover. Good. . 4 volumes.

Selmar Hess, January 1894. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Selmar Press, c.1894. VG/--. Corners softly bumped. Minor cloth fray to spine foot. Interior near fine, with dozens of full-page photogravures and wood-engravings. All page edges gilt. Volume One of eight. 204pp

Selmar Hess. Pages are tight. The top 1.5" of the spine is missing the leather and 1.0" of the bottom edge of the spine's leather is missing. Board edges and corners are worn. Gilt lettering on the front cover is bold! The lettering on the spine is very legible, but no longer bold. Illustrated in… Read more about this item