Beneficent and Useful Lives - 1890
| Author: | Robert Cochrane |
| Full Title: | Beneficent and Useful Lives |
| Published | London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1890 |
A gorgeous, well preserved late 19th century red full leather prize binding. Ornately gilt spine in six gilt-ruled compartments w/ central gilt devices, gilt title on contrasting black leather label. Boards are ruled in patterned gilt and blind-tooled designs; top board w/ central gilt logo featuring a deer and a dog (?) - "The Henry Smith School
Hartlepool". Leather, overall, smooth and supple; gilt is bright; binding is clean, tight and sound. Marbled endpapers.
Mostly very clean internally w/ scattered portraits. Frontis depicts Lord
Shaftesbury. Bookplate "The Henry Smith School, Hartlepool / 1892 / Procter / English Prize ? Form I /
J. R. Alderson Headmaster".
In near fine clean condition. A superior example of a 19th century full leather prize binding. Book measures c. 5 1/4" x 7". 288 pp.
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| Item #: | B2830 |
| Item Title: | Beneficent and Useful Lives |
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