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George Virtue. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket. Good- Hardcovers with No DJs. 3 volume set. No pub date listed. Moderate shelfwear to covers, including rubbing and tearing. Covers are part leather and part marbled boards. Spines are leather. Rubbing and tearing on spine ends. Textblock mildly soiled. Some pages soiled/foxed. Some pages rippled. Pages yellowed, but tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

London : Printed for J. Wallis, by T. Davison , 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine set bound in full aniline calf, decorated in gilt and blind tooling, spines uniformly tooled in gilt and ribbed. Some wear and tear as with age (with some volumes professionally re-cased). Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp cornered. Provenance; from the library of A. J. A. Symons, Brick House, Finchingfield, Essex with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; 16 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; Volume I: from the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II ; V. I: from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 ; V. II: from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 ; V. II: from the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II ; V. III: from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the revolution of 1688 ; V. III: from the Revolution in 1688, to the Death of George II ; V. IV: from the invasion of Julius Caesar to Revolution in 1688 ; V. IV: from the… Read More

London: Printed for R. Scholey ... Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ... B. Crosby & Co. ... London ; and J. Ballantyne & Co. Edinburgh, 1810. 1810-1811. Printer named in colophon ; v. 1-2, 5-6 printed by Ballantyne, v. 3-4 by Thomas Davison, London. V. 3-4 have different titlepage including the information "from Thurston's designs."(Worldcat). Scholey's large-type edition, large paper Russia extra, with engravings on copper and wood. A RARE edition, finely bound in contemporary diced calf, the backs with two ornate gilt cross decorations and two polished calf labels gilt, the covers with double gilt rules bordering blindtooled arabesques, that bordering intricate gilt stamped floral decorations, and four blindtooled floral decorations in corners marbled end papers and edges. Overall Near Fine, small rubs at corners and spine tips, some toning associated mainly with plates and at end pages, the interiors lovely and clean. A quite readable set, delightfully bound. A heavy set, please… Read More