HISTORICAL ROMANCES OF WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH (20 volume set, complete)

Ainsworth, William Harrison

Verlag: George Barrie & Son, Philadelphia

Beschreibung

First State, Library Edition, stated. Limited to 1000 numbered sets, this being #461. 20 volume set, complete. A Very Good set. 8vos., each volume approximately 450 pages and each with 7 engravings, with 2 versions of each engraving, the first state, and the final version, each with captioned tissue guards. Uniformy bound in red cloth with paper title labels on the spine. Printed on Japanese Vellum paper, of high quality. Light shelf wear to the volumes, mostly affecting the spines and spine ends. The paper title labels are tanned, with some chipping and rubbing and the initial red letter of each word in the volume's title fading. The same previous owner's bookplate in each volume on the paste down. A very Good set, with Near Fine contents. Book plates of Horace Holley. Horace Holley (1887-1960) was a prominent follower of the Baháʼí Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies, appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 as a Hand of the Cause, and later elected as one of the nine Custodians who stewarded the religion from 1957-1963. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 30991

Bibliografische Details

Titel: HISTORICAL ROMANCES OF WILLIAM HARRISON ...

Verlag: George Barrie & Son, Philadelphia

Einband: Cloth

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First State, Library Edition.