FINE COPY IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. RECOLLECTIONS OF SIX YEARS IN THE ROYAL PALACE AT BANGKOK. INTRODUCED BY ROBIN DUKE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE FIRST EDITION ENGRAVED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS PRESENTED TO THE AUTHOR BY THE KING OF SIAM.
IN THREE PARTS. GIVING A SHORT VIEW AND CHARACTER OF MOST OF OUR HISTORIANS EITHER IN PRINT OR MANUSCRIPT: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF OUR RECORDS LAW-BOOKS COINS AND OTHER MATTERS SERVICEABLE TO THE UNDERTAKERS OF A GENERAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. SECOND EDITION QUARTO FULL LEATHER RE-CASED USING ORIGINAL BOARDS AND LATER SPINE. BOARDS WORN AND CORNERS BUMPED BUT A FIRM AND CLEAN COPY. VERY GOOD.
THIRD EDITION MUCH AUGMENTED SMALL OCTAVO FULL LEATHER RED AND GILT LABEL REBOUND AT SOME TIME WITH NEW ENDPAPERS 1.5 INCH SPLIT TO TOP OF SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD CLEAN AND TIGHT. INCLUDES SIX PIECES OF IMPROVEMENT WITH A SECOND PART CONTAINING SIX NEWER PIECES OF IMPROVEMENT. ENGRAVED TITLE PAGE PLUS TWO PLATES. [25} 274 TABLE [12]. BLITH WAS A CAPTAIN IN CROMWELL’S ARMY AND ONE OF THE DEDICATIONS IS TO HIM. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF VICE ADMIRAL RICHARD MORDEN HARBORD-HAMOND 10TH BARON OF SUFFIELD.
VERY GOOD HARDBACK. GILT LETTERING TO THE SPINE. ORIGINAL CARD BOARDS CLOTH SPINE. 12 ILLUSTRATIONS. CHAPTERS ON RIVERS LAKES AND TARNS. THE REISSUE OF 1925. WEAKENING TO THE FRONT HINGE. INK NEAT SIGNATURE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN.
