My Windows On the Street of the World. Two Volumes by Mavor, James - 1923

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1923. VOLUME ONE - BOOK: Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age; Heavy Fading of Spine Due to Sun Exposure. DUST JACKET: None, As Issued. VOLUME TWO - BOOK: Loose Hinges; Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age; Heavy Fading of Spine, Front Board Due to Sun Exposure. DUST JACKET: None, As Issued. James Mavor, Author of "An Economic History of Russia"; Emeritus Professor of Political Economy in the University of Toronto. CONTENTS: VOLUME ONE Prefatory Note by Sir James W. Woods; Preface; I. A Scots Village Community in the Fifties and Sixties II. A Scots Seaport in the Thirties III. A Galloway Town About 1860 IV. Glasgow in the Sixties V. Scotland in the Seventies VI. A Presbyterian Job VII. Holidaying in Scotland in the Seventies VIII. Disraeli: with Notes on his Early Life IX. The Franco-Prussian War and the Commune of Paris X. Belgium, Holland,… Read More

hard covers, faded spine book plate inside front cover.VOLUME ONE ONLY.signed on flyleaf. "To my friend Alexander Scott Carter, with affectionate response, James Mavor , 1923"(ss112)

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1898. Vol 2 . Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 452 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. No dj. Sticker on inside of front cover board. Pencil marks on first front end page. Light foxing on page edges.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1923. First edition, in two volumes. Octavo, maroon cloth, pp. xi, 400; viii, 452; illustrations, including a plate reproducing a relief of William Morris by J. Pittendreigh MacGillivray. Includes a chapter on William Morris [10]pp., and a chapter entitled, "Ruskin and the Political Economy of Art" [8]pp. James Mavor exchanged a considerable amount of correspondence with William Morris. Endpapers darkened, gilt lettering on spine dull but ledgible, else a very good set. No dust jackets. May require additional postage..