Author: John Richard Green
Title: A Short History of the English People
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. 1898. Leather. Green's influential history of the English people, in a handsome full calf prize binding, with colour maps. In a full calf prize binding, with the gilt crest of Sydenham High School to the front board, signed by Bickers & Son to the front free end paper. Decorative gilt to the spine and all edges marbled. Prize bookplate to the front paste down, dated 1900. Six maps, five of which are in colour. Collated complete. John Richard Green (1837-1883) was an English historian. His A Short History of the English People began a new era in the writing of history, making the social, industrial, and moral progress of the people its main theme. It sold 235,000 copies in England alone, and at once gave him an assured place in the first rank of historical writers. With chronological annals and genealogical tables. In a full calf prize binding. Externally, with a little rubbing, mainly to the extremities and the spine. The front joint is split and the hinge is tender but still reasonably firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: British History John Richard Green English History John Richard Green Not Stated
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Title: A Short History of the English People
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. 1898. Leather. Green's influential history of the English people, in a handsome full calf prize binding, with colour maps. In a full calf prize binding, with the gilt crest of Sydenham High School to the front board, signed by Bickers & Son to the front free end paper. Decorative gilt to the spine and all edges marbled. Prize bookplate to the front paste down, dated 1900. Six maps, five of which are in colour. Collated complete. John Richard Green (1837-1883) was an English historian. His A Short History of the English People began a new era in the writing of history, making the social, industrial, and moral progress of the people its main theme. It sold 235,000 copies in England alone, and at once gave him an assured place in the first rank of historical writers. With chronological annals and genealogical tables. In a full calf prize binding. Externally, with a little rubbing, mainly to the extremities and the spine. The front joint is split and the hinge is tender but still reasonably firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: British History John Richard Green English History John Richard Green Not Stated
Price: GBP 40.00 = appr. US$ 57.12 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 836M1
- Book number: 836M1
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