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, [2], 624 pages, including articles and illustrations: View of Valparaiso, Showing Portion of the City on Fire, Sketches from Central America, Oak Barking, New Uniforms of Our West India Regiments, Attack by British Forces on the Strong Hold of the Loosoos, The War - Encampment of French Troops on the Piazza Savona, The War - General Vinoy's Division Passing the Defile of Mont Cenis, The War - Bridge over the Doveria at Crevola; folding plate Meeting of Parliament for 1859

London: George Leighton, 1859. Hardcover. VG-(clean and bright; covers have general shelf wear with some edge fading, bumps/scuffs especially to edges. Library label inside front cover.Light foxing. Pagination is sometimes inconsistent throughout. Missing illustrations "Meeting of Parliament", "Boulevard de Sebastian" and "Children Nut Gathering".. Oversized/ folio red marble boards with red leather spine. Five raised bands on spine with gilt lettering and tooling. Decorative end pages. 624 pp, Lovely bw frontispiece and illustrations throughout with two large fold out color illustrations titled, "Duke of Rothsay, and Lord of the Isles" and "Past and Present" Includes a front index to all engravings. Each issue includes a series of chess moves, wills and bequests, births, marriages, deaths, times of high water at London Bridge, theatre programs, foreign and colonial news, advertisements, music, loads of gorgeous illustrations, court news, and more. A wealth of information on social, political,… Read More

London: Printed & Published by George C. Leighton, 1859. first edition, vol. 34, complete volume with index to engravings, 624 pp., thick & heavy folio, profusely illustrated with contemporary engravings, many full page, minor library markings, later 1/4 leather , leather corners & marbled boards, spine covering mostly lost and hinges severed, light damp stain to inner margin of first few pages, text and graphics still clean. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.

University of Toronto Press [no date]. (Leatherbound) Very good, no dust jacket. Bound issues from January to June 1859. Postmark to Upper Canada on issue. Many beautiful plates, some full page. Maps. Quarter leather bound with marbled boards. Tape on spine. Cover separated. Occasional light browning, else clean and fresh throughout..