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The Expansion of England; Two Courses of Lectures, J. Seeley, 1886

LAN9061
Original price $108.00 - Original price $108.00
Original price
$108.00
$108.00 - $108.00
Current price $108.00

The Expansion of England; Two Courses of Lectures, by J. Seeley.

Published by Macmillan and Co., London and New York, 1886. Printed in Great Britain. Eleventh Thousand. 

A full leather prize binding for Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Darlington.

A very good (approaching near fine) tan calf leather hardback with gilt motif of Queen Elizabeth I to front, and raised bands, gilt tooled decoration and morocco label to spine. Covers with wear and mild scuffing. Marbled endpapers with matching marbled edges to text block. Soundly bound.

Prize inscription to first blank endpaper with small binder's ink stamp. Text pages are clean and bright throughout. Title page with faint stain. Some spotting to blank endpapers. A handsome volume.

Text in English.

viii + 309pp.

Dimensions: approx 183mm high x 130mm wide x 28mm deep.

Weight: approximately 541g (unpacked).