LIFE OF GENERAL GORDON. By the Author of "Our Queen," "New World Heroes," ETC

Walter Scott, 1884

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Year of publication

1884

Place of printing

London

Author

[Gordon, General Charles George], Hope

Publishers

Walter Scott

Edition

RARE FIRST EDITION AND THE EARLIEST DATE WE CAN FIND ON THIS

First edition

Yes

Description

First edition. With the rarely encountered tipped-in frontispiece photographic portrait by the London Stereographic and Photographic Co. With engraved head-and-tail-pieces and initials throughout. 8vo, publisher's navy blue cloth, the spine gilt decorated in the style of a leather binding with black bands gilt tooled and stippled making compartments with central gilt tools, one compartment gilt lettered, both covers decorated in black, a.e.g. viii, 319pp. A very attractive copy, the text is very fine and fresh with no spotting or foxing whatsoever, the binding bright and unfaded but with minor mellowing from age.