Author: James Anthony Frouse
Title: Short Studies on Great Subjects Vol. IV
Description: London, Green and Co, 1897. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this fascinating collection of socio-historical essays, including Life and Times of Thomas Beckett, The Oxford Counter-Reformation and A Cagliostro of the Second Century. It features a prize bookplate on the front pastedown from 1900. With ink binder stamp of Relfe Brothers Limited, London. This is volume IV of a four-volume set only. In full armorial signed calf binding with decorative gilt detailing to the boards and spine. Externally smart with some rubbing to the extremities. Front joint starting but firm. Small piece of loss to surface to the left of the front board, next to the joint. The binding has a very good colour. Internally, tight and firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Refle Historical History Essays Historical None


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