True Stories From History

McLoughlin Brothers, New York. 1910 (?) First appearance in a McLaughlin catalog is 1910. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Book is tight, square, and mostly unmarked but for childish pencil scribbling on page 106 and the rear pastedown. Book Condition: Fair; wear through fabric at head, tail, and tips; light soiling to boards; missing piece of fabric at head; wear to colors on the front board illustration; small closed tears on many pages. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with brown lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. Color Frontispiece of Lincoln Assassination. 26 full page engravings precede each story.153 pp tall 8vo. This book takes 26 well-known stories from history and assigns a characteristic to that story that fits with the acts of the person the story is about- such as Industry assigned to Benjamin Franklin, Singleness of Purpose assigned to John Bunyan. A presentable copy.