Maxwell General E H (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1883, First Edition. Family copy - heraldic bookplate to end paper for Sir Herbert Maxwell, the author's nephew. Octavo. 6" x 9" approx. x, 325pp plus publisher's adverts. With frontispiece. Original green cloth, gilt titles to spine and gilt vignette to upper cover, decorative blind-stamped border to covers. A little light surface wear and soiling to covers. Some rubbing and edge wear at extremities. Inner-hinges weak/tender, binding somewhat shaken. Some foxing to prelims. Overall a 'Good' copy.…

Hard Cover. First Edition, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo, pp., xi, [1], 326, 16 catalogue. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, vignette to title-page. Publishers' royal blue cloth with bevelled boards, gilt titles and anchor motif to spine and gilt ship vignette to upper board; decorative border in blind to boards. Minor rubbing to extremities. Minor scattered foxing, mainly to title-page & frontispiece, text-block edge and later leaves. Presentation copy from the Author inscribed boldly to verso ffep: "To Ada Fordyce from her affectionate Cousin & the Author Edward Herbert Maxwell, General, Nice 1st May 1884". A clean, solid copy. A rare account of the Author's voyages aboard the Yacht "Griffin", around the Mediterranean region with his impressions of the people, places and culture he encountered en route.…