Hardcover
1933 · Edinburgh
by MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. AND JAMES HALL
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1933. Three volumes uniformly bound. Blind-stamp vignette front covers, top edges gilt.Spines lettered in gilt. This New edition was edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Volume 1 published in 1933 and the following two volumes in 1934. A total of 123 full-page color plates, two photogravure portraits, and two folding color maps. The color plates are protected by captioned tissue-guards. Collated complete. A clean set throughout. Originally published 1836-1844. The original oil paintings from which the color portraits were copied were destroyed in the 1865 Smithsonian fire! See Howes M129 for a general hgistory of the printings.. New Edition. Blue Cloth. Minor Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Large Thick Octavos.
(Inventory #: 014553)