London: Longman, Green and Company, 1886. Leather bound. Very good. 8vo; xi [i] 396pp; half bound in pebbled navy leather with 5 raised bands on the spine, marbled boards and gilt stamping; marbled endpapers with a booklet of Claud Lambton on the front pastedown; all edges marbled; 9 engraved illustrations including the frontispiece and title page; shelf scuffing to edges of cover, sunning and shelf dirt to top edge, binding tight and pages bright; very good. Bookplate belonging to Claud Lambton (1888-1976) on front pastedown. Lambton became the Director of the William and Morris, now the Morris & Co., design firm in 1905. A wonderful fanciful bookplate with his signature ram's head. A personal account of a round the world inspection of some of England's holdings including Australia, New Zealand, the Cape Colony as well as their climates, geography, resources and government, and ''management of the races.'' Also included is a discourse of America and the effects of the American civil war.

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Bookseller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 446
Title: Oceana or England and Her Colonies
Author: FROUDE, James Anthony
Format/Binding: Leather bound
Book Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Longman, Green and Company
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1886
Keywords: Political Science, Colonialism

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Marbled boards: ...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....