THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES or The Bow of Ulysses
Rare and modern books
Froude
Longmans, Green and Co,
1888
THE ENGLISH IN THE WEST INDIES or The Bow of Ulysses
Rare and modern books
Froude
Longmans, Green and Co,
1888
181.50 €
(Newburyport,
United States of America)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1888
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Froude
- Publishers
- Longmans, Green and Co
Description
Early edition. Illustrated with a map and with full-page engravings throughout, 8vo, very handsomely bound in full tan calf, the spine with raised bands gilt tooled, the compartments gilt tooled with panels, corner tools and central gilt ornaments, blue morocco lettering label gilt, covers with gilt rolled borders, edges gilt tooled, turnovers gilt rolled, marbled endleaves, all edges marbled, upper cover with gilt heraldic device. viii, 328 pp. A very handsome copy, very well preserved.
Edizione: an excellent account of british interests in the west indies, its various islands and through a long historical perspective.
