GREEN, John Richard.
The Making of England.
The Making of England.
Stock Code 119929
London, Macmillan and Co., 1885.
With an Eton College gift inscription for Theodore Roden Fothergill, the son of the Liberal MP Richard Fothergill (1822-1903) who was elected to the House of Commons in 1868 for the constituency of Merthyr Tydfil following the expansion of the suffrage with the passing of the Second Reform Act the previous year.
8vo (22.5 x 15 cm); illustrated with maps, including folding, gift inscription in pen to front free endpaper, minor spotting to endpapers; contemporary tree calf by Samuel Tout, covers with double gilt fillet borders, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting brown and green morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, small area of abrasion with loss to foot of upper cover, otherwise very good plus; xxviii, 447, [1]pp.
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