Specimen Issue (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to.pp.140. Pages not numbered. Specimen issue presented to every subscriber; "partly to indicate the general scope and character of the undertaking, and partly to afford an opportunity for the final revision of biographies before they are included in the Cyclopedia in permanent form." Splendid original publishers binding in quarter Burgundy leather with Burgundy sides, lettered gilt, and decorated border in art nouveau style. Burgundy endpapers. Frontispiece black and white portrait photograph of His Excellency The Right Hon. Sir Gilbert John ElliottÐMurrayÐKynynmound, Earl of Minto, Viceroy and Governor ÐGeneral of India. With the British Royal Coat of Arms on the title page, the tone is set. Well illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Near very good. Slight wear at spine but sound. Slight fading of covers.