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- The Illustrated London News, Volume LXXXVII (July-December 1885)
London, George C. Leighton, 1885. Hardcover. 678p. Ex-library. An oversize hardcover book with a black cloth spine, leather corners, and green cloth boards. FAIR condition. Corners heavily worn and front hinge starting to crack. Occasional small library stamps in the margins; text otherwise unmarked. Folding plate at page 72 is torn. Closed tears in the folds of the plates at pages 204 and 388. LACKS pages 285-286 and 463-464. Color plate at page 654 is in pieces. A heavily worn but readable copy. Volume 87 of THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, containing all weekly issues from July 4 through December 26, 1885. Contains reporting on the wedding of Princess Beatrice (daughter of Queen Victoria) to Prince Henry of Battenberg; the International Inventions Exhibition in South Kensington; a special feature about Hatfield House, where Queen Elizabeth I grew up; the unification of Bulgaria with Eastern Rumelia under Alexander of Battenberg; the United Kingdom general election for 1885, which saw an increase in power for the Liberals led by William Gladstone; and the Serbo-Bulgarian War. Also contains the original serialized version of THE MASTER OF THE MINE by Robert Williams Buchanan. Among the many fine engravings are a full-page portrait of Henry Morton Stanley, who had just become governor of the Congo Free State; a full-page portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, who had just died; a folding plate depicting Balmoral Castle; and numerous views of the aforementioned conflicts in the Balkans. Measures approx. 15.9" x 11.75. Fair .
USD 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 153.5 | £UK 131.75 | JP¥ 25241] Booknumber: 186783
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USD 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 153.5 | £UK 131.75 | JP¥ 25241] Booknumber: 186783
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Total: USD 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 153.5 | £UK 131.75 | JP¥ 25241]
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