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James Sangster and Co, London, 1860. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Black covers with black quarter-leather and gilt lettering on the spine (library rebind), sound binding, Skipton Public Library plate at front,end-papers are darkened. Pages are clean with occasional light foxing. Includes all 12 chromolithographs but one is torn across. Very many black and white illustrations. Size: Folio. One volume of the 2-volume set. Undated by publisher. Dated by reference to COPAC. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 42018051290. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. These books are much heavier than 1kg and may incur significant additional delivery charges for some delivery services to some locations.

London: James Sangster and Co., 1855 OVERSIZED. Circa 1855. iv, [2], 392pp; v, [1], 404pp, bound in ex-library black buckram, with binding and hinges tight. Decorative title page to Vol. I in tatters and laid-in. Colour lithographs throught, with protective tissue guards intact. Some page have edge tears, not affecting the text, nor plates images. The lithograph colours are still bright.

34 chromolithograph plates including 2 chromolithograph title pages, with numerous woodblock engravings. Volume I covers English life through the reign of Richard III and volume 2 from the accession of Henry VII through the nineteenth century.Pages are discoloured with age and worn in the margins with some water staining at the edges, content is mostly undamaged.
Occasional marking, bumps and small tears to covers and spine. Rubbing to edges. Contents otherwise clean and bindings tight.
Volume 1 contains 4 books, as follows:
Book 1: Before the Conquest
Book 2: From the Norman Conquest to the death of King John 1066 - 1216
Book 3: Henry III to Richard II 1216 - 1399
Book 4: Henry IV to Richard III 1399 - 1484
Volume 2 contains 4 books, as follows:
Book 5: Henry VII to Elizabeth I 1485 - 1603
Book 6: James I to End of the Stuarts 1603 - 1688
Book 7: Revolution & Civil War to George II 1688 - 1760
Book 8: The Last 100 years
Note:This set is heavy, 6kg, Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost… Read More