The Comprehensive Speaker: Designed for the Use of Schools, Academies, Lyceums, &c.; Carefully Selected from the Best Authors, with Notes by Henry T. Coates
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1871. Hardcover. 672 p.; 20 cm. Calf spine with gilt spine title and embossed decoration. Dark brown cloth over boards. Dark brown endpapers. Oval stamp on title page: "Property of the Board of Public Education 1st School district Penna." Contents: Selections in Prose: Patriotic and Popular -- Senatorial -- Eulogistic and Personal -- Forensic -- Moral and didactic -- Humorous and Satirical --Descriptive and Dramatic -- Selections in Poetry: Narrative -- Patriotic and Martial -- Personal -- Reflective and didactic -- Humorous -- Miscellaneous -- Dramatic Selections. In Good Condition: loss at ends of spine; front joint starting to separate at head; old damp stain at upper edge of blank leaf following front endpapers; pp. 387-400 partially detached; minor soiling on a few pages. Good. Item #007628
Price: $22.00