ROMANCE OF EMPIRE- CANADA by Willson, Beckles - 1917.

London, UK: T C & E C Jack, 1907. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sandham, Henry. 306pp, twelve full colour plates (including frontispiece). Cream cloth-covered boards, four colour design and black titles on front and spine. Bumped spine ends and corners; cloth torn at spine ends where it meets rear board. Gilt text block top edge; remaining edges uncut. Significant wear and rubbing to boards; rear board heavily stained. Missing front free endpaper. Pages just starting to tan. Internally neat and clean. Binding relatively tight. No dust jacket; as issued. 8vo.

The Caxton Publishing Co. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. The Caxton Publishing Co. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with tight binding. Clean and bright text.

London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sandham, Henry. 8vo. [N.d., ca. 1899 or early 1900s]. Orig. green publisher's cloth, colour pictorial inlay. xi, 305 pp. [12] colour plate reproductions of original colour drawings by Henry Sandham. Sunning to spine. Bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners. Toning to endpapers. Stamp of Collegiate Institute Delta to front pastedown.

T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1907. First Edition. hardcover. Willson, Beckles : Romance of Empire: Canada. London : T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1907. First edition/First impression. Color illustrations by Henry Sandham. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.375"/21.2cm h. Bound in publisher's cream cloth over boards, black lettering and ornamental frame to front board and spine, color illustration printed to cloth of both. Topstained in gilt; deckle fore- and tail-edges. Plain white endpapers. [I-vi], vii, [viii], ix-xi, [xii] pp prelim material, 1-304 numbered pp, [305/'x'] final page of index, [306-308] blank; 12 publisher's illus not paginated throughout. Condition notes: a battered but still-solid copy: spine slightly cocked, heavy wear and soiling to boards, spine ends rolled/corners bumped, modest loss of color to dramatic binding illus. Former owner's discreet bookplate to ffep; slight publisher's imperfection to tail hinge between front pastedown and ffep, cosmetic. Pages tanned but clean/unmarked, numerous (perhaps 30) pages… Read More

London, UK: T C & E C Jack. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sandham, Henry. 306pp, 2pp publisher's ads, eight colour illustrative plates (including frontispiece). Green cloth-covered boards; black design and titles on front and spine, inlaid colour illustration. Bumped spine ends. Endpapers tanned. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, some closed or open tears, chipping to edges. 8vo. Children's history book.