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Title: The Imperial Highway; or, the Road to Fortune and Happiness with Biographies of Self-Made Men. Their Business Traits Qualities and Habits
Description: Chicago, The Imperial Publishing Co, 1884. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green/yellow cloth over bevel-edged boards with black and gilt lettering and pictorial stamping. xiv, 811pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, decorative endpapers, marbled page edges. Very good. Mild edgewear and slight rubbing. Tight and nice later printing of this thick (2 3/4") cross between biographical dictionary and self-help/inspirational/get-rich-quick manual. Subtitle continues: "Among the Hundreds of Distinguished Minds Whose Thoughts Enrich These Pages, Are Washington, Franklin, Longfellow, Shakespeare, Milton, Bacon, Smiles, Madame Montague, Scott, Chesterfield, Holland, Irving, Mrs. Hemans, Carlyle, Goethe, Schiller, Madame De Stael, Wellington, Wordsworth, Dr. Johnson, Lamb, Beaconsfield, Mrs. Stowe, Emerson, Dickens, Lincoln, Garfield, and Many Others." Talk about hodgepodge!.

Keywords: Literary Biography Biography

Price: US$ 55.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 35211

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