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Published by George Bell & Sons, 1879
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, Tywyn, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 299, 491, 487, 497 pages 4 volumes. Original Publishers thick card covers with gilt crest on the front. ( designed to look like leather ). 2 volumes have a neat cleat tape repair on the head of the spine. Clean copies with occasional few foxing spots.
Published by George Bell & Sons 1878, 1879, London, 1878
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Engraved Plates (illustrator). Four Volumes, First Three Dated 1878 On Title Page, Fourth Dated 1879, 7 1/8" Tall. Xxxviii, 434; Iv, 398 With Folding Table At End; Xii, 399; Viii, 469 Pp. Many Plates, Well Made And Well Reproduced, Frontispieces With Tissue Guards. Four Volumes, Half Polished Tan Calf, Spines Gilt, 5 Bands, With Red Title Labels, Dark Green Volume Number Labels, Calf Tips, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards, Matching Endpapers All Edges Marbled In Matching Colors. Leather Intact Without Chipping Or Fraying But Some Surface Wear/Abrasion; Boards Worn With Loss Of Color And With Some Loss Of Paper Right Along Edges. Hinges Tight And Solid. No Names Or Marks. Anomalous Browning In Center 2/3 Of Two Lower Compartments Of Spines Of Each Volume; Perhaps Due To Paper Labels, But No Trace Of Such Nor Any Damage Other Than The Browning.