• A inely bound example of Maxwell's Life of Wellington, bound in green morocco for The Judd School by Bickers
  • A inely bound example of Maxwell's Life of Wellington, bound in green morocco for The Judd School by Bickers
  • A inely bound example of Maxwell's Life of Wellington, bound in green morocco for The Judd School by Bickers
  • A inely bound example of Maxwell's Life of Wellington, bound in green morocco for The Judd School by Bickers
  • A inely bound example of Maxwell's Life of Wellington, bound in green morocco for The Judd School by Bickers
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MAXWELL, W.H.

The Life of Wellington.

The Life of Wellington.

New edition revised, condensed and completed. With twelve illustrations in permanent photography, numerous engravings on wood, and plan of the Battle of Waterloo.

Stock Code 120118

London, Bickers & Son, 1886.

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green morocco gilt by Bickers

A finely bound example in a contemporary green morocco prize-binding by Bickers for The Judd School of Maxwell's classic biography of the Duke of Wellington, illustrated with twelve photographic plates.

8vo (22 x 15 cm); 12 photographic plates, wood-engraved initials and headpieces; contemporary green morocco prize-binding by Bickers, gilt arms of The Judd School to upper cover, gilt arms of the Worshipful Company of Skinners to lower cover, each within gilt panelled framed, gilt spine in 6 compartments, all edges gilt, minor wear to extremities, internally minor spotting, otherwise near fine; viii, [2], 387, [1]pp.

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