Quick William Michael Roberts (1 results)

First Edition. Good copy in contemporary half black leather over brown cloth boards, now dust-toned and faintly stained. Corners bumped, with panel edges showing expected mild wear. Spine gilt-tooled with raised bands, somewhat rubbed along with joints and endbands. Contemporary owner's signature (1867) to front free endpaper. Preliminary and final leaves lightly foxed, with the main text showing only the expected faint foxing and offsetting of age. A well-preserved example overall. Physical description; xii, 432 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 13 plates, 1 map (wood engravings, 8 colour) ; 21 cm. Notes; This title was later published by Ward, Lock & Tyler and by F. Warne as part of the series "Beeton's boy's own library". Publisher's device printed on t.p. Includes small decorative wood-engraved initials. Most wood-engraved plates are unsigned. One is signed "J. J. Hardwick and W.M.R. Quick". Other signatures include "W. Thomas" and "R. Huttula". A few col. wood-engraved plates are signed "E. Evans Sc.". Some of the colour wood-engraved plates include areas printed in colour with metal. Numerous wood-engraved illustrations within the text are signed "W. Thomas" or "W. L. Thomas" and many others are signed "J. J. Hardwick". Other signatures include J.C. Danby, C.P. Nicholls, R. Huttula, Ferrier, E. Evans, J.J. Portch and W.M.R. Quick. Subjects; Netherlands, history, Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648. England, history, Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Cromwell, Oliver, biography. Europe, history, 1517-1648. Gold blocked bindings, specimens. Wood engravings, specimens. 1 Kg.…