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London: George Bell & Sons; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., 1899-1900, Reprint Edition, Ten Volumes Complete. Ten volumes in half leather bindings, with gilt titles, gilt decoration to the compartments, marbled paper covered boards, marbled paste downs and end papers. Spine leather marked and worn, structurally sound and attractive with gilt anchor motif to the compartments. Vol I 1899, lxvii, [i], 367pp, frontispiece and 3 illustrations; Vol II 1899, [iv], 434pp, frontispiece and 2 illustrations; Vol III 1899, [iv], 397pp, frontispiece and 1 illustration; Vol IV 1900, [iv], 424pp, frontispiece and 3 illustrations; Vol V 1900, [iv], 451pp, frontispiece and 2 illustrations; Vol VI 1900, [iv], 408pp, frontispiece and 2 illustrations (one being a folding Scheme of the Posture of the Dutch Fleete ); Vol VII 1900, [iv], 415pp, frontispiece and 4 illustrations; Vol VIII 1900, vi, [ii], 333pp, frontispiece and 1 illustration; Vol IX 1899, (Index Volume), vi, 360pp, frontispiece; Vol X 1899 (Supplementary Volume Pepsyana), viii, [iv], 330pp, frontispiece 11 illustrations, 3 Pedigrees and a folding map of London. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 7 inches tall (18cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles and decoration, relatively minor marks, wear and scratches, minor loss to the top of Vol VIII. Joints good condition sound, gently worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition half morocco with marbled paper covered boards, marked, scratched and worn. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, others tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition secure. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled and subsequently tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned, with minor foxing. Pages good condition tanned, with some foxing largely confined to the page edges and first and last pages. Binding good condition structurally sound, attractive binding, marked and scratched. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1899-1900 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1701198609434
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