OCEANA OR ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES by Froude, James Anthony - 1886

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Hardcover. Good. Rebound ex-library with the usual treatments, however it is an excellent biding, the text is unmarked with only light age toning. An excellent reading/reference/study copy.

Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. Hardcover. Good. .

Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1898. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1898. New Impression. 342 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Quarter bound brown leather with brown cloth covered boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Creasing to spine.

Longmans, 1898. Hardcover. Good. 1898. New Impression. 342 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains.

Charles Scribner New York, 1886. Hardcover. Bound in red/brown cloth, no DW, 396pp, 8 illustrations Good

(London: Longmans, 1898, Silver Library Edition). Crown 8vo; original burgundy buckram lettered in gilt on spine; gilt-ruled upper cover; pp. viii + 342 + 32; frontis. with tissue guard; title page vignette; plates. Cloth a bit stippled; earlier owner's bookplate to front pastedown; some spotting to page edges and outer leaves. Very good condition. (Mendelssohn I, p. 578: 1st edition) "An earlier statesman, impressed by the ironies of his task, once wittily remarked that if you wish to be misled about a country you should consult the man who lives there and speaks the language. In 1874 Lord Carnarvon, anxious to know South Africa, took this aphorism to heart. He chose a man who had never seen South Africa, and who spoke only one of its many languages, to be first his eyes and ears in South Africa and eventually his mouth as well. For a long period of years James Anthony Froude had devoted his energy and his eloquence to the history which others had made. For a brief time in South… Read More

Taylor Press, 2009-03-04. Paperback. Used:Good.

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London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1886.. viii+342+ 18pp. small 8vo. Original pictorial buckram,frontis. and plates A very good copy.. New edition.

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