Description: THE HEROES OF ENGLAND FIRST EDITION Presentation Copy in Fine Binding From the Collection of George Sidney Herbert, M.P. With His Bookplate London, 1884 1)}" ng-repeat="value in detail.values" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> EDGAR, John G.The Heroes of England: Stories of the Lives of England's Warriors by Land and Sea. Bickers & Son, London, 1884. vii, [5], 408pp. First Edition. With a frontispiece and a further twelve illustrated plates in 'permanent photography'. Dumpton Schoo, Guants prize binding, bound by Bickers & Son in richly gilt-tooled red calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece, five-raised bands, gilt edges. Light shelf-wear. Marbled endpapers. A handsomely bound copy of a series of biographical sketches 'intended to narrate the exploits and achievements of those heroes who have fought the battles of England at sea and on the land'. Those figures featured include Edward the Black Prince, Sir Francis Drake, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Raglan.
Price: 675 USD
Location: Munford, Alabama
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: London
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Bickers & Son
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1884
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: Rare Provenance, 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Inscribed, Limited Edition
Region: Europe
Author: John G. Edgar
Personalized: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: Historical
