Worlds Progress Dictionary Dates Tabular by G P Putnam (4 results)

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good Condition. Tenth Edition. George Palmer Putnam (February 7, 1814 ? December 20, 1872) was an American publisher and author. He founded the firm G. P. Putnam's Sons and Putnam's Magazine. He was an advocate of international copyright reform, secretary for many years of the Publishers' Association, and founding superintendent of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Putnam published Washington Irving, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allen Poe, and James Fenimore Cooper. Wikipedia contains a lengthy write-up on Putnam and his prominent grandson George P. Putnam.The comprehensive book has many tables and brief articles in alphabetical order.Cloth covers, rubbed, little edge wear, corners bumped. Name in ink inside front cover. Foxed throughout, mostly light to moderate. Size: 8vo. 716 pages. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 692 p. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. One hand colored fold out chart. Purple cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine and cover. Condition of the book is GOOD: heavy wear to covers and spine, spine heavily faded- missing pieces, dry and flaky, edges of text block darkened, pages clean, front hinge and spine detached, binding loose but fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Publisher's cloth, faded to brown, binding otherwise very good, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, tight. iv, [4], 691 pages, foxing. Has a folding hand-colored chart, "A Chart of History." "What is here aimed at is simply to indicate, in brief and suggestive terms, the succession of the prominent occurrences and of the governments in the chief nations of the world - enough merely to recall to the reader of history the full pictures of these events, and to enable him to classify them correctly in his memory." - Preface.The contents are Ancient History and Modern History (pp. 2-145); Dictionary of Dates (pp. 146-608); Literary Chronology (pp. 609-647); Heathen Deities, &c. (pp. 648-656); Biographical Index (pp. 657-691). George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872), b. Brunswick, Maine; d. New York City. Putnam entered the publishing trade in New York City in the 1830's. He was a partner in several firms before establishing his own in 1848. In 1852 he founded Putnam's Magazine, later merging it with Scribner's Monthly. His publishing firm was extremely successful and remains today as part of the Penguin publishing group. He strong interest in art led him to become one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; he was the author of several books on history, biography, and reference.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The world's progress; a dictionary of dates, with tabular views of general history and a historical chart. Author:Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872 New York, G.P. Putnam and Co., 1850 One hand colored fold out chart. Chronology of world events 691 pp. Faded mauve cloth binding with Blind stamped Putnam Logo GPP.