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Harper's School Geography, New York, American Book Company, 1894, first edition, folio (12.25" x 10.25"), HB, beige cloth bds w/ pictorial black & red titles, G / none.
Edgeworn, extremities bumped & fraying, darkened, rather soiled, cover images fading, foxing & soiled to first & last few ll., staining from binding paste. Owner's name, date & location to ffep; addressed, postmarked envelope laid in. 3 small worm nibbles on front cover. Interior clean and tight.
30 pp. Profusely illus in b/w, some color maps. First published in 1874 by Harper & Brothers. Edition for New England; extensive table of contents, with such listings as Races of Men, Motions of the Earth, Descriptions of Mexico, Central America, West Indies & South America, various questions and review exercises. Physical and political maps. A marvelous historical artifact. [Book ID # 1190]
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