Description
[GOLDSMID, MAJ. GEN. F. J.]. James Outram: A Biography. London: Published by Smith, Elder & Co., 1880. FIRST EDITION; complete in two volumes; leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (22 x 14 cm); pp. xix, 434; vii, [1], 499; English text; handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf gilt by R. Ingalton Drake ; spines with contrasting morocco lettering-pieces; marbled page edges and endpapers; vol. I with a portrait frontispiece and 5 maps, vol. II with 4 illustrations and 3 maps (one of these a folding map at the rear); printed footnotes; appendices and index. Printed by Spottiswoode. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure having been neatly rebacked with the original spines retained. Contents complete, remaining fresh and clean throughout, with a contemporary gift inscription to the front endpaper of volume I. International tracked shipping, dispatched promptly and securely. Please view my other rare books.
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