Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay]; George Otto Trevelyan
The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1876. First edition. Leather. A first edition set containing the biography and correspondence of Lord Macaulay, bound in half crushed morocco. The first edition.Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco, with attractive gilt detailing to the spines. With a monochrome portrait frontispiece to Volume I.These volumes contain the life and letters of British historian, poet and Whig politician, Thomas Babington Macaulay, written by his nephew and notable British statesman, George Otto Trevelyan.Includes the history of the Macaulay family and Lord Macaulay's education, his appointing to the Member of the Supreme Council of India and becoming a Cabinet Minister, as well as many letters to Lady Trevelyan, Mr. Napier and Mr. Gladstone, among others. Uniformly bound in a half crushed morocco, with marbled boards and endpapers. Externally, smart, with rubbing to the extremities. With a crack to both volumes' joints, resulting in Vol. I rear hinge to partly come away. Marks and damp stains to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots and tidemarks to the endpapers. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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