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Montreal: Cambridge Corporation Limited This is another of the Royal Canadian Editions of the Beautiful Britain series. This one is in full blue moroccon leather with TEG, gilt emblems on the font along with the title, 5 raised bands with title in gilt on the spine. Thie book has 60 illustrations and 265 pages, This edition matches three others that are also listed, Beautiful Britain, Vanished and vanishing London and Beautiful Britain - Scenery of London. Some of the table of contents are: On entering oxford, the stones of oxford, undergrauates of the present and past, college servants of the present and the past, the oxford day, in a college garden, old oxford days, in praise of oxford. The author states that many of the pages came from a search into his own recollections of Oxford. along with his use of other research materials. There were only 1000 of these books issued. A good looking book with some shelf wear to the leather and a faded spine - blue silk endpages complement the covers -… Read More

Paris: Various, 1846. This is a unique beautiful leather and marble covered book that has three authors and three of their works bound together. The Publisher of The Trollope book (travels and Travelers) is A&W Galignani (Paris - 1846), Haliburton's - The Attache -or Sam Slick in England is Baudry's European Library - Paris 1843) and Washington Irving's Capt Bonneville is also Baudry's - 1837. There is a Bookplate of Sir H. Hervey Bruce Bart on the front cover. Research indicates that he was one of the Patrons/Benefactors of the first Belfast Musical Festival that occured on 10/19/1813. The book is covered in 3/4 brown leather - somewhat worn on the seam and marbled cloth which is worn and rubbed. There is some rubbing on corners and bottom. Interior of book is very good with some foxing... 1846,1843,1837 Editions of Titles. 3/4 Leather and Marbled Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.