Item #96386 History of the English People [four volumes]. John Richard GREEN.
History of the English People [four volumes]
History of the English People [four volumes]
History of the English People [four volumes]

History of the English People [four volumes]

London, Macmillan and Co., 1880 to 1883 (early printings).

Octavo, four volumes, the first volume with 8 colour maps (some double-page).

Early tan calf; spine gilt in compartments with green title-labels; sides bordered in gilt and blind; edges and endpapers marbled; covers lightly scuffed and marked; small mark on one top edge; in excellent condition.

An attractive set of this popular social history of England from the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons to Waterloo.

Provenance: James Richard Fowler (1865-1939), of the Adelaide-based wholesale grocery dynasty, with this ownership signature and 'St John's College, Cambridge' in each volume.

Item #96386

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