Recommended Books
The American Revolution. [Vol 1: 1899, Vols 2 & 3: 1903].
£125.00TREVELYAN, Sir George Otto (1838-1928). The American Revolution. 3 volumes: The American Revolution Part 1 1766-1776, The American Revolution Part 2 (in 2 volumes). V1:XI, 468, V2: X, 384, V3: Vii, 374 pp. 3 folding maps. Interior: Occasional light spotting. Some tearing to maps. Exterior: Red/plum crushed, half morocco. Binding by Riviere & Son. (boards detached, others loosening, spine coverings/backstrips on volumes detached -on one side, rubbing/wear to covers/spines and joints). 8vo. London: Longmans, Green and Company, [Vol 1: 1899, Vols 2 & 3: 1903].
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Susy’s Sacrifice. [Quirky mis-binding]. 1899.
£30.00Quirky Binding: Scarce Victorian Novel. [MATTHEWS, JULIA A]. Susy’s Sacrifice. 299pp. 3 plates (including frontispiece which is bound elsewhere in the book, i.e. not at the title page). Interior: Occasional light foxing/spotting, age toning to pages. Binding: This book has been re-bound using different binding (red calf, decorated in gilt) of another book entitled: ‘My Lady Nicotine’. (Presumably the J.M. Barrie novel), light rubbing and wear to boards, corners, and extremities, gold leaf to corners of text block. 8vo. London, J. Nisbet & Co., 1899.
