London, Faber & Faber, 1968, 1973 & 1978.
The Pax Britannica trilogy. James (later Jan) Morris was a British historian, author and travel writer. Educated at Lancing College, West Sussex, and Christ Church, Oxford. Morris is known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy, a history of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne in 1837 to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965.
First editions; 3 vols; 8vo (112 x 148 mm); photographic illustrations, ownership stamp to upper margin of half-title in the last vol., internally fine; publisher's red cloth gilt with black spine labels, world map endpapers, fore-edge of text block to second vol. dust-soiled, original pictorial dust-jackets, toned, slightly rubbed with minor creases to extremities, fading to spine of last vol., otherwise a very good set.
First editions; 3 vols; 8vo (112 x 148 mm); photographic illustrations, ownership stamp to upper margin of half-title in the last vol., internally fine; publisher's red cloth gilt with black spine labels, world map endpapers, fore-edge of text block to second vol. dust-soiled, original pictorial dust-jackets, toned, slightly rubbed with minor creases to extremities, fading to spine of last vol., otherwise a very good set.
About us
Shapero Rare Books is an internationally renowned dealer in antiquarian & rare books and works on paper.
Our Bookshop and Gallery can be found in the heart of Mayfair at 106 New Bond Street, where most of our stock is available to view and on public display.
We exhibit at major international art fairs, including TEFAF (Maastricht and New York), Frieze Masters, Art Miami and Masterpiece London, as well as antiquarian & rare book fairs including New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Hong Kong.
