Capt Knollys (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Events of the Second Opium War in 1860. Grant a veteran of the Indian and Sikh Wars was sent as leader of the Anglo-French fleet to force the signing of the Treaty of Tientsin which in turn led to the opening of the Chinese ports to the trade in Opium. Includes 3*maps. xiv, 263, 61pp. Blue cloth boards with gilt emblem to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Corners turned. Spotting to boards. Rubbing ot edges of the spine. Gathering between p209 and p224 is , barely attached to the hnge, but fully present.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce pair of first edition biographies in matching half morocco binding. A very scarce pair of first editions. Rebound in half morocco. With the bookplate of John H. O Thornhill to both front paste downs. Featuring monochrome frontispieces and illustrated title pages. Decorated with red tinted text block edges. Penned by Irish author Mary Woolley Gibbings Cotton, whobegan writing late in life, with a collection of essays in 1863 - Our Peculiarities. Bound in half morocco library binding. Externally, very smart. Moderate rubbing to extremities. Moderate fading to spines. The odd marks to boards. Bookplate to front paste downs. Reinforced hinges. Small loss to rear paste down. Moderate age toning to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Vol1 lacking frontispiece tissue guard. Frontispiece tissue guard to vol2 weak. Pages generally bright and clean. Ink inscriptions to title pages. Library stamps to reverse of title pages. Very Good. book.