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The Romance of History: England by Henry Neele with illustrations by T. Landseer [The Chandos Classics]Hardback, circa 1890, illustrated, published by Frederick Warne & Co., London, 598 pages + viii + 2-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 3/8" by 5 1/8" by 1 1/8". Green cloth binding, black detail and lettering to front board, gilt detail and black lettering and detail to spine, embossed rear board. A little marking and scuffing to binding, though quite clean and has largely retained its colouring. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. A little tearing to head and tail of spine. Bumped cornets, slightly torn. Slackness to binding, wear to hinges, though intact and textblock a bit strained but reasonably firm. Page edges browned, foxed, scuffed and a bit marked. Some marking and foxing to endpapers, the odd mark to page surfaces elsewhere but reasonably clean and apparently no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further… Read More