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FADS AND FANCIES OF REPRESENTATIVE AMERICANS at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century; being, A Portrayal of their Tastes, Diversions, and

FADS AND FANCIES OF REPRESENTATIVE AMERICANS at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century; being, A Portrayal of their Tastes, Diversions, and Achievements. Frontispiece and numerous text illustrations. Folio, original green levant handsomely gilt, green silk doublures and endleaves; custom-made hinged wooden case. New York: Town Topics Publishing Company, 1905

  • Notes: Lavishly produced vanity publication containing fawning profiles of 86 decidedly unrepresentative Americans, including John Jacob Astor, William Vanderbilt, Henry Huntington, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and J. Pierpont Morgan; the table of contents provides a facsimile signature next to the name of each. Printed in an edition of 5 archival copies and one each for an unspecified number of subscribers.

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