DRAPER, John William (1811-82). History of the American Civil War. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868-70. 3 volumes, 8° (234 x 146mm). Wood-engraved maps, some full-page. Contemporary polished calf gilt by Henry Young and Sons of Liverpool, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco lettering-pieces (lower cover of vol. one detached, some light rubbing). Sabin 20896. Provenance ; Sir Charles Nall-Cain (bookplate) - Brocket Hall (bookplate). BRYCE, James (1838-1922). The American Commonwealth. London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. 3 volumes, 8° (226 x 142mm). Half titles, folding map printed in colours. Original blue cloth gilt (some light dust-soiling). Provenance : Charles A. Nall-Cain (bookplate) - Sir Charles Borcket (bookplate). With various other works of historical interest in 43 volumes including Leopold Ranke's The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome ... second edition (London, 1841, 3 vols.) and Patrick Fraser Tytler's History of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1841-43, 9 vols.), all attractively-bound in calf or morocco gilt. (47)
DRAPER, John William (1811-82). History of the American Civil War. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868-70. 3 volumes, 8° (234 x 146mm). Wood-engraved maps, some full-page. Contemporary polished calf gilt by Henry Young and Sons of Liverpool, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco lettering-pieces (lower cover of vol. one detached, some light rubbing). Sabin 20896. Provenance ; Sir Charles Nall-Cain (bookplate) - Brocket Hall (bookplate). BRYCE, James (1838-1922). The American Commonwealth. London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. 3 volumes, 8° (226 x 142mm). Half titles, folding map printed in colours. Original blue cloth gilt (some light dust-soiling). Provenance : Charles A. Nall-Cain (bookplate) - Sir Charles Borcket (bookplate). With various other works of historical interest in 43 volumes including Leopold Ranke's The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome ... second edition (London, 1841, 3 vols.) and Patrick Fraser Tytler's History of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1841-43, 9 vols.), all attractively-bound in calf or morocco gilt. (47)
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