The Building of Britain and the Empire: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws, Learning, Arts, Industry, Commerce, Science, Literature and Manners, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Author:
TRAILL, H.D. & MANN, J.S. (eds.)
Title:
The Building of Britain and the Empire: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws, Learning, Arts, Industry, Commerce, Science, Literature and Manners, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Subtitle:
Illustrated Edition
Publisher:
The Waverley Book Company 1909
Description:
LOVELY 6-VOLUME SET WITH OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF SIR JOSEPH G. WARD, 17TH PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND; imperial octavo, black leather boards, gilt lettering + gilt stamped decoration + gilt bands w/ raised leather bands to spine, gilt + blind stamped rule to both boards + gilt decoration to internal board edges, aeg, coloured eps, frontispiece, vol. 1: xcvi + 702pp, vol. 2: liii + 800pp, vol. 3 liv + 800pp, vol. 4: lv + 804pp, vol. 5: lii + 864pp, vol. 6: lix + 1059pp, illus + plates, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine + extrems w/ some surface loss/, fading to spines, mild rubbing to boards, prev owner's stamps to fep and/or prelims, prev owner's name in ink to prelims, cracking to front gutter of vol. 1, 1 plate from vol. 1 detached but present, 1 illus. from vol. 5 cut out, mild foxing to tissue guards throughout
Keywords:
history england english britain british empire joseph g ward
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