- Beeton's England's Orators - a Collection of Specimens of British Eloquence

London New York: Ward, Lock and Co. Limited 0. Hardcover. 13x18.5cm. Undated. Greyish-blue covers, black decoration and titling on front including image of an oil lamp (think genie), above "FAMOUS BOOKS FOR ALL TIME." Small gilt title on spine. Minor wear to corners only, top fore edge corners lightly bumped, shaky boards, weave shows at inside front cover, which bears "The Pansy Series" being a list of 72 titles from the publisher, "The Lily Series" printed at rear; three corroded staples visible throughout, causing several pages to be detached but content remains clean and straight, with tanning to the final page and the endpapers and inside covers.. Good .