first edition Hardcover
1882 · London
by Froude, James Anthony
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. vg- to near fine. Large octavo. Vol.1: (xviii) 432pp. + 25pp. of publisher's catalog at rear. Vol.2: (vi) 495pp. (including index). Burgundy buckram boards, with gilt lettering on spine. Top and side edges uncut. Portrait etchings of Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle, at frontispieces. The work is a detailed biography of the first forty years in the life and work of the famed Scottish writer and philosopher. Bindings with some light bumping and rubbing to heads & tails of spines, as well as corners. Minor rippling to front cover of vol.1, and minor smudging and scratches to the covers and spines of both vols. Interior with light smudging, staining and age toning to the front free endpapers, half-titles and frontispieces of both volumes. Light offsetting to title pages from browned tissue guards at frontispieces. Bindings in very good, interiors in very good- to near fine condition.
(Inventory #: 41325)