1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL GREEN SILK BOARDS DECORATED IN GILT. SOME BUMPING TO THE CORNERS AND TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE AND A CREASE ON THE FRONT BOARD WHICH IS ALSO SLIGHTLY LOOSE. THE FRONT BOARD ALSO HAS A CRACK DOWN THE LENGTH ON THE INSIDE – THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE REAR BOARD. FOLD OUT MAP AT THE FRONT. AN INSCRIPTION ON THE INSIDE OF THE F.E.P.. A LITTLE FOXING.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO THE LARGE PAPER VERSION WHICH WAS LIMITED TO 100 SUBSCRIBERS. TWO VOLUMES HALF LEATHER T.E.G. ILLUSTRATED BY THORBURN AND LODGE MAP TO THE REAR OF VOLUME 2. A HANSOME SET BUT WITH SEVERE SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER WITH SOME LOSS AT THE CORNERS. TIGHTLY BOUND AND CLEAN. FROM THE LIBRARY OF GERALD LONGLEY PARKER WITH HIS BOOKPLATE. HE WAS A SOLDIER AND SERVED AS THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND WAS THE SON OF THE SIXTH EARL OF MACCLESFIELD. THE BOOKS WEIGH 5.6 Kg. VERY SCARCE.
