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Published by Longman, Green, 1889
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1889. Second Edition. 534 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pencil inscription to second free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with noticeable splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.
Published by Cassell, London, 1890
Seller: Snookerybooks, Philippolis, South Africa
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. New and revised edition. Boards shelfrubbed with corners bumped and rubbed and rubbing to all edges and spine ends. Publisher's orig. boards with gilt to upper board and to spine. Crack at front joint but binding strong. Prev owner's details to ffep. 1077pp. Heavy at 1.65kg.
Published by Cassell & Company Limited, London, Paris, New York
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. No date (1887). Series sold by subscription. Volume I, 272 pages. Volume 2 to page 548. Volume III to page 804. Volume IV to page 1077. ALL volumes: Dictionary format alphabetized through the four volumes. Frontispiece of each illustrated with b/w plates. Additional potraits in photogravure. Light smudges at edges of a few pages, otherwise pages good condition. All gilt edges. Black endpapers. Volume IV has part of a book plate attached to front paste down endpaper. Brown cloty with elaborate turquoise, black and gilt design and gilt title on upper covers and spines. Attractive covers. Beveled edges. Head/tail of spines, edges and corners lightly worn. Volume I and II have small chips at spine edges. VG.