ACHIEVEMENTS of CELEBRATED MEN. James Parton (author), John B. Alden, Publisher, New York, 1883.
 
Biography
On cover: Cyclopedia of biography.
 
James Parton was an English-born American biographer who wrote books on the lives of Horace Greeley, Aaron Burr, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, and contributed three biographies to Eminent Women of the Age.
 
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY at the spine, with author last name below in gilt. Brown buckram cover with a gilt spine title. Sunned spine with heavy clear tape at the inside front gutter and a cracked joint at the rear gutter. Secure text block with unmarked pages. About 9-1/2 x 6-1/2 with 841 pages. Great history book reading by the fireside or wherever. Scarce!