three-19th-century-book-sets-of-british-interest
Lot 255
Three 19th Century Book Sets of British Interest
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: Our Own Country (London: Cassell & Company, Limited, n.d.), three volumes, 4to (10-1/2 in.), three-quarter leather over cloth, gilt decoration with marbled endpapers and edges; a travelogue and history with numerous engravings; Froude, James Anthony. The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century (London: Lomgmans; Green, and Co.,1872), three volumes, 8vo (9 in.), full calf with gilt rules and decoration to spine; marbled endpapers, gilt to top edge of text; Martin, Theodore. The Life of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort (London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1875), two volumes, 8vo (8-3/4 in.), three-quarter leather over marbled boards with matching endpapers and page edges.

Nice shelf appearance, the book on Albert in fine condition with some shelf wear; the other books with more extensive handling wear.