By G. Lathom Browne
London   Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
7.5" by 4.5" xi, 165pp
A very scarce early edition of this biography of the Duke of Wellington with colour illustrations.
By G. Lathom Browne

1853 The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington

London   Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
7.5" by 4.5" xi, 165pp
A very scarce early edition of this biography of the Duke of Wellington with colour illustrations.
£295.00
: 0.5kgs / : 844W58

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Description

Colour Plates, Early Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

Early edition of The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington by G. Lathom Browne in the original publisher's cloth binding. 

A very scarce edition with no editions this early in libraries, with the earliest edition being from 1856. 

Illustrated with a colour plate as the frontispiece, one in-text colour illustration, monochrome in text illustrations and two folding maps. Collated. 

Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the first pastedown from 1854 and 1856. 

Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the tissue guard of the frontispiece tracing the title page.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some slight loss to the head and tail of the spine. The cloth is faded. Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the first pastedown from 1854 and 1856. Prior owner's ink inscriptions to the tissue guard of the frontispiece tracing the title page. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot.

Good

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