A History of Our Own Times: From the Ascension of Queen Victoria to the Berlin Congress
by Justin McCarthy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$1,163.58A$1,047.22
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1879-80. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A very smart complete four volume set of McCarthy's history of our own time. Four volumes. A history spanning from the accession of Queen Victoria to the general election of 1880, with details of: science and speed, Chartism and young Ireland, the Exhibition in Hyde Park, the invasion of the Crimea, transportation, troubles in the East, the Reform agitation, Trades-Unions, and the anti-climax of Imperialism. Written by Justin McCarthy, an Irish nationalist, journalist, historian, novelist and politician. Bound in half calf with marbled boards, edges, and endpapers. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Joint starting to the head of Volume I but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light spotting to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 853T29
- Title
- A History of Our Own Times: From the Ascension of Queen Victoria to the Berlin Congress
- Author
- Justin McCarthy
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879-80
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- History Times McCarthy Times
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Calf
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