Alvin Fay Harlow wrote on many historical subjects, including mailing services, waybills, the telegraph, stamp collecting and education. Born in Sedalia, Missouri, he attended Franklin College in Indiana and then worked in the coal and timber business, and as a commercial artist, before being able to earn a living as a writer. He wrote for Weird Tales, Complete Detective Novel Magazine, All Story Weekly, and other now little remembered periodicals. In addition, he also wrote for Collier's, Esquire, The Saturday Evening Post ...
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Alvin Fay Harlow wrote on many historical subjects, including mailing services, waybills, the telegraph, stamp collecting and education. Born in Sedalia, Missouri, he attended Franklin College in Indiana and then worked in the coal and timber business, and as a commercial artist, before being able to earn a living as a writer. He wrote for Weird Tales, Complete Detective Novel Magazine, All Story Weekly, and other now little remembered periodicals. In addition, he also wrote for Collier's, Esquire, The Saturday Evening Post, and the New York Times. Harlow was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters by Franklin College. This new edition is dedicated to Frank McCluskey, scholar and historian who combines philosophy with wit.
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Very Good. 1926. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth. Octavo. xiv & 403 pp. Mild shelf wear to boards. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Slight foxing to some pages. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).
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Good. 1926. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth. Octavo. xiv & 403 pp. Moderate shelf wear to boards otherwise protected by acetate jacket. Foxing to top edge of text block. Front hinge slightly starting. Endpapers very toned, other pages mildly toned. Altogether a copy in Good condition. Good. (Subject: Americana & Regional History).
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Very Good + Book Scarce copy of this early 20th century, illustrated history of the American Canal era-front its "ancestry", to the beginnings of these canals, stories of several specific canals, their engineering and operations, traveling by canal, through "the last of their race". Spine lettering dulled. Front cover lettering gilt. Includes bibliography.
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Fair. Size: 0x0x0; [na17 al.5] 401 pages. Published by D Appleton in 1926. Lacks title page. Contains b&w illustrations throughout. No highlighting or underlining within. Clean pages. Edge wear.
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