A Short History of Our Own Times from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the Accession of King Edward VII.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1907. Hardcover. 12mo. Full calf with raised bands and ornate spine gilt decorations and lettering and large front board rules and gilt emblem. xii, 574pp. Marbled endpapers and edges. Very good. Slight edgewear. Item #18794
Tight, handsome "New Edition Revised and Enlarged" -- condensed, in other words -- of the best-known work (first published in five volumes between 1879 and 1897) of the versatile Irish historian, journalist, novelist, politician and Member of Parliament (1830-1912) in lovely decorative binding. Tipped to blank leaf facing title page is a unique frontispiece, a fine 4" X 3" slip which he boldly inscribes and signs "Faithfully Yours / Justin McCarthy" in brown ink. Spine title: "Our Own Times."
Price: $150.00