Alexander's Empire

John Pentland Mahaffy

Published by T Fisher Unwin, London, 1890

About this Item

HB. The Story of the Nations series. Printed at The Gresham Press, this is a marvellous piece of original bookbinding the like of which we will not see again? Brown leather boards with gilt lettering in black panel to spine; spine has gilt decoration and raised bands; fnt. has bright gilt cross over skull motif with date 1553 and latin motto. The fnt has four tiny red stains (possibly wax?) and a couple of tiny abrasions probably where someone has tried to remove the red stains; if all of these defects were put together as one arean they would measure much less than 0.5 inches square. There is some little wear to the edges, corners and joints; there is the beginning of a 0.75 inch split at top and bottom of fnt joint (i.e. outside) but partial, closed and still tight; this is a well-made, robust tome. Has marbled page-edges on all three edges. Marbled eps with King Edward VIth School, Nuneaton prize sticker dated 1892. 323 pages, incl. index and 43 in-text b&w illus. and maps, also has two fold-out maps which have a waterstain at their top edge as have some adjacent pages. Book tight and clean.

Seller Inventory # 004103

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alexander's Empire
• Publisher: T Fisher Unwin, London
• Publication Date: 1890
• Language: English
• Binding: Full-Leather
• Edition: Fifth
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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