Giveaway: Great Men and Famous Women: CONTEST CLOSED

We had a fantastic week over on bookperdiem, so let's celebrate with a giveaway.

This antiquarian set was featured last week on bpd; It didn't sell, but now you can win them:



"Great Men And Famous Women: A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches Of The Lives Of More Than 200 Of The Most Prominent Personages In History" edited by Charles F. Horne. Published by Selmar Hess, New York, 1894. Complete in eight volumes.

68 photogravures with tissue guards (including the frontispieces), 126 wood engravings and typogravures and many text illustrations. Many of these illustrations are full page.

Three-quarter leather bindings with raised bands on spine. Gilt lettering and design on covers and spine. Pebbled cloth inset. Marbled endpapers.

Interior pages of these volumes are in terrific shape, paper is white and bright. Illustrations look as good as the day they were printed. There is wear to the leather, especially at the tops and bottoms of spines.


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50 comments:

  1. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    Wow - neat books!

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  2. Andrea RFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    Oh, my grown daughter would love to have a set like this.

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  3. KristineFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    Those look amazing! I'd love to win them. I have a thing about old books like that.

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  4. Jedediah BakerFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    Wow, those are gorgeous.

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  5. baileythebookwormFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    Wow, these are GORGEOUS. I would love to add these to my (ever-growing) collection of books.
    baileythebookworm(at)gmail.com

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  6. NatashaFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    Would love to have this set!

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  7. KarenFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    These look like some interesting books and I love history and old books!

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  8. Rachel EvansFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Yes, please!

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    heeey!!! this is me leaving a comment for entry into this amazing weekly contest!!! i haven't won yet!!! but i'm gonna eventually and add some of these amazing books to my... already rather large... collection :D<3 this blog always makes my day!!!

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  10. The (Mis)Adventures of a College Book AddictFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    be still my heart! love old books like this. looks like such a great collection

    insanityisnormal@gmail.com

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  11. JulieFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Oooh, beautiful!

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  12. Beau A.C. HarbinFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    Awesome giveaway! They would look great in my library. Many thanks.

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  13. scribeFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    these would fit on my bookshelf right next to the "library of work and play" and the set of dickens my mother got from her father and passed down to me...

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  14. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    Would love to put them in my little student room to balance out all the ugly paperbacks...

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  15. RaeFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    These books are so lovely. I would love to own and treasure them.

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  16. MikeFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    Sign me up!

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  17. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    Please include me in the giveaway!

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  18. JWiedenfeldFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    Marvelous~!

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  19. CaraFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    I would love to win these books!

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  20. JFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    Great giveaway - sign me up!

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  21. The GoobFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    I want the books.

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  22. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    I'd love this set! Enter please

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  23. dirkFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    Please Please Please

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  24. KanawhaFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    I bet these smell amazing. I love them. :3

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  25. KatieFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    These are beautiful!

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  26. elegantly wastedFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    i'm not famous but (one day) i might be great (well, ok, could be... with much luck).
    this means that, by sending me those books, you could very well be the spark that marks the beginning of something grand... so do it! (please?) ehehe

    cheers! xoxo
    *t

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  27. Emily Hannah!February 4, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Yes, please! These are awesome!

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  28. HereBeDragonsFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    Eeeeeeexxxxcelent!

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  29. ollie1976February 4, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    cool books.
    -Jen

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  30. HeatherFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    Very nice!

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  31. dulcigalFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    Your giveaways are always excellent - I would love to read this beautiful set. Please add me to your drawing!

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  32. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Great set. I would love to win those.

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  33. A BjarkanFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    getgetgetgetgetgetgetget

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  34. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    Ooooh, awesome! I love all the stuff you show on this site.

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  35. MeganFebruary 4, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Cool books! They'd look nice on my shelf....

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  36. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    The smell of leather bindings and aging paper! I cherish old books. Such a fine subject, as well. I'm curious to see if these men and women have stood up to the test of time.

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  37. MissyFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Yes, please!

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  38. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    Please provide a complete, annotated list of all the two-hundred Prominent Personages. THANKS!

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  39. ScottFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    So kewl -- Would be a welcome addition to my book family. My books come to life at night and have fantastic adventures.

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  40. Pelikan ManFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    What a treasure! Would love to own them.

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  41. ScottFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:39 PM

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  42. SalFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    I was rummaging through boxes of biographies yesterday, looking for Lillian Hellman's three-fer (An Unfinished Woman, Pentimento, Scoundrel Time). This would make a great addition to my stassh.

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  43. Eva Marie SutterFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    I'd give those great men and famous women a warm home for life gratefully.

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  44. dawtFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:51 PM

    What a wonderful give-away, thank you! Lovely site!

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  45. Lady DragonessFebruary 4, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    I'm interested...

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  46. MrCachetFebruary 4, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    Just for the covers, you understand...

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  47. WendyFebruary 4, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    Oh gorgeous! What a beautiful set of books!

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  48. NoraFebruary 4, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    finally on the internet at the right time to enter one of these contests!

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  49. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    Would LOVE to have these!!!!

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  50. UnknownFebruary 4, 2011 at 1:49 PM

    sign me up! fortune's wheel

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