Bryce's Pearl; English Dictionary - Bryce's Pearl Atlas of the World, containing Seventy-Two Maps - Bryce's Pearl Gazetteer of the World and Book of General Information ( KNOWLEDGE IN A NUTSHELL, Miniature volume of 4 books )

Published by James Finch and Company Limited, 33 Paternoster Row London / David Bryce and Son, Glasgow, 1896

About this Item

Delightful miniature reference works all bound in a single period full-leather volume. Maps printed in colour. Undated edition, the list of Governments ends at 1895 so it will be very late Victorian or early Edwardian. Only 3 1/2" Tall and 1 5/8" thick. Maroon full-leather binding with bright Gilt Titles on front & spine and Gilt linear margin. Rounded "corners". All page edges Gilt. Decorative Endpapers. Each book has its own title page with Bryce publishers. The whole volume has a title page with James Finch as publisher opposite a frontis illustrated with portrait of Dr. Johnson. Atlas has many Double Page Maps as well as Single Page. Dictionary, 384 pages, Gazetteer,438 pages, Desk Prompter, 120 Pages followed by A-Z Address Book (no entries). No inscriptions. Paper of text pages tanned, Maps clean and bright. Fine split to leather down side of spine (1" long), binding a bit strained around middle of Atlas section. A nice copy, Good+.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bryce's Pearl; English Dictionary - Bryce's Pearl Atlas of the World, containing Seventy-Two Maps - Bryce's Pearl Gazetteer of the World and Book of General Information ( KNOWLEDGE IN A NUTSHELL, Miniature volume of 4 books )
• Publisher: James Finch and Company Limited, 33 Paternoster Row London / David Bryce and Son, Glasgow
• Publication Date: 1896
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Geography
  • Antiquarian Books