The Building of Britain and the Empire: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws, Learning, Arts, Industry, Commerce, Science, Literature and Manners, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Illustrated Edition

Published by The Waverley Book Company 1909

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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.

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LOVELY 6-VOLUME SET WITH OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF SIR JOSEPH G. WARD, 17TH PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND; imperial octavo, black leather boards, gilt lettering + gilt stamped decoration + gilt bands w/ raised leather bands to spine, gilt + blind stamped rule to both boards + gilt decoration to internal board edges, aeg, coloured eps, frontispiece, vol. 1: xcvi + 702pp, vol. 2: liii + 800pp, vol. 3 liv + 800pp, vol. 4: lv + 804pp, vol. 5: lii + 864pp, vol. 6: lix + 1059pp, illus + plates, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine + extrems w/ some surface loss/, fading to spines, mild rubbing to boards, prev owner's stamps to fep and/or prelims, prev owner's name in ink to prelims, cracking to front gutter of vol. 1, 1 plate from vol. 1 detached but present, 1 illus. from vol. 5 cut out, mild foxing to tissue guards throughout.

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Title
The Building of Britain and the Empire: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws, Learning, Arts, Industry, Commerce, Science, Literature and Manners, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day Illustrated Edition
Author
TRAILL, H.D. & MANN, J.S. (eds.)
Publisher
The Waverley Book Company 1909
Binding
Hardcover

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