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
Sold
See all items by John Richard GREEN