Author: MONCRIEFF, A. R .HOPE
Title: Scenes from Our Century - Selected from the Works of Standard Historians and Other Writers
Description: London, Charles and Co. 1887. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark brown tree and cloud motif, gilt sun and lettering on lighter brown cloth boards which have light wear to spine head and tail, corner tips and a little to front. Internally there is light foxing to the reverse of the frontispiece, decorative floral endpapers else a clean, tight copy. vii + 442 pages. Photogravure portrait of Queen Victoria aged 18 to frontispiece and 6 other illustrations. Good+. Selected from the works of standard historians and other writers. This volume is a compilation on the same lines as the editor's 'Scenes from Three Centuries' first published in 1874. Covers the major events of the 19th century with their sources. An attractive and SCARCE title C3B. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Sebastopol, Lucknow, Solferino, Alma, Great Exhibition, Napoleon, Talavera, Egypt, Balaklava


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