Description: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History Of Society and Government From the Earliest Period to Our Own Times By Charles Knight [First Edition Thus – Half Leather Binding – Eight Volumes Complete] __________ Author Charles Knight ______________________ Year of Publication 1870s __________________________ Publisher London: Frederick Warne and Co. _______________________ For full description see below - after all photographs ___________________________________________ Description: London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1870s, First Edition Thus, Eight Volumes complete. Eight volume set bound in half leather with gilt titles and decoration to the spine, imperial octavo, illustrated with pictorial and letterpress title pages, illustrated throughout in the text. Pagination: Vol I – xix, 492pp, BC 55 to AD 1377, From the Invasion of Caesar to the End of the Reign of Edward III; Vol II – xii, 500pp, AD1377 to 1547, From the Reign of Richard II to the Reign of Edward VI; Vol III – xii, 499pp, AD1547 to 1642, From the Reign of Edward VI to the Reign of Charles I; Vol IV – x, 451pp, 1642 to 1689, From the Civil War of the Reign of Charles I to the Commencement of the Reign of William and Mary, 1689; Vol V – x, 483pp, 1689 to 1742, from the Revolution in 1688 to the Accession of George I; Vol VI – x, 472pp, 1714 to 1782, from the Accession of George I, 174, to the Close of the American War 1783; Vol VII – xii, 582pp, 1783 to 1814, from the Close of the American War 1783 to the Restoration of the Bourbons and the Peace of Paris, 1814; Vol VIII – x, [ii], 743pp, 1815 to 1867, From Peace with the United States, 1815, to the Final Extinction of the Corn-Laws, Feb. 1849, An Appendix of Annals 1849-1867 and Index. HEAVY SET. Provenance: bookplate for Alfred de Rothschild to the front of each volume. Approximately 9 ½ inches tall (24.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – gilt titles to black labels, gilt decoration to the compartments, five raised bands, leather is marked and rubbed, structurally sound and solid, rubbed and worn with minor loss to the caps (top of spine).Joints – good condition – rubbed and worn.Corners – good condition – bumped and worn.Boards – good condition – half leather boards, with marbled paper boards, rubbed marked and worn.Page edges – good condition – top edge darkened; all marbled.See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – sound.Paste downs – good condition – marbled.End papers – good condition – marbled, others tanned and foxed.Title page – good condition – tanned with some foxing.Pages – good condition – tanned with some foxing.Binding – good condition – attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1870s Binding: Hardback _________________________________________ Louis88Books are members of the PBFA. We take great pride in photographing all our books, maps and prints and in describing every detail. If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with your purchase, we offer a 100% money back guarantee provided the item is returned in the same condition as sent. Please e-mail me for extra photographs and with any questions you may have Ruler in picture is 6 inches long. ---------------------------- Please Browse all other books and prints in my Shop Thank you. LOUIS88Books Preserving books for the next generation
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Binding: Fine Binding
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Signed: No
Publisher: Frederick Warner & Co
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: Europe
Author: Charles Knight
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
