History; Lot with 2 books on the military history of England
Volume 1.H.R. Cl<strong>instrong>t<strong>onstrong>, From Crécy to Assye: be<strong>instrong>g Five Centuries of <strong>thestrong> Military <strong>Historystrong> of Engl<strong>andstrong>.with orig<strong>instrong>al plans <strong>andstrong> maps.Frederick Warne [publisher] ca.s.xix, 699 pages. Hardcover 19.5 x 14.5 cm. Very good c<strong>onstrong>diti<strong>onstrong>.Full calf prize b<strong>instrong>d<strong>instrong>g. Raised b<strong>andstrong>s, decorative panels.Morocco title label, gilt border <strong>onstrong> cover + school gilt emblem.Presentati<strong>onstrong> <str<strong>onstrong>g>bookstr<strong>onstrong>g>plate <strong>onstrong> <strong>instrong>side fr<strong>onstrong>t endpaper.Marbled endpapers <strong>andstrong> page edges.Fr<strong>onstrong>tispiece with tissue-guard + Illustrati<strong>onstrong>s + maps.Slight fox<strong>instrong>g to title pages o<strong>thestrong>rwise a very lovely volume..Volume 2.W. Clark Russell, Horatio Nels<strong>onstrong><strong>andstrong> <strong>thestrong> Naval Supremacy of Engl<strong>andstrong>.G. P. Putman's S<strong>onstrong>s [publisher] st editi<strong>onstrong>.<strong><strong>Herostrong>esstrong> of <strong>thestrong> Nati<strong>onstrong> series.xiv, 359 pages. Hardcover 19.5 x 14 cm. Very good c<strong>onstrong>diti<strong>onstrong>.Full calf prize b<strong>instrong>d<strong>instrong>g, raised b<strong>andstrong>s, decorative panels.Morocco title label, gilt dentelle <strong>onstrong> covers + school emblem.Presentati<strong>onstrong> <str<strong>onstrong>g>bookstr<strong>onstrong>g>plate <strong>onstrong> <strong>instrong>side endpaper.Marbled endpapers <strong>andstrong> page edges.Fr<strong>onstrong>tispiece with tisses-guard + illustrati<strong>onstrong>s + portrait plates.Mild fox<strong>instrong>g <strong>andstrong> paper blemish <strong>onstrong> page 204 [text very readable] A lovely <strong>andstrong> complementary collectible set.Shipped <strong>andstrong> <strong>instrong>sured by recorded delivery. Read More