Green, John Richard. A Short History of the English People (Volume II.). New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899. Edition de Grand Luxe. [12512]
Three-quarter morocco with vibrant marbled paper boards, matching marbled end papers, top page edges gilt, 6 gilt-decorated spine panels 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some light rubbing to the high points; thin fraying to the bottom of the backstrip. Photogravure frontispiece is a portrait of Queen Victoria, letter press tissue guard, v. [1], clean text, page numbers for this volume are 531-1094, seven additional plates with letter press tissue guards. Very good. Hardcover.
The World's Great Books series.
With a Critical and Biographical Introduction by George Burton Adams.
We have just this second volume of the set at the moment.
