Splendid leather book 1854 London Cedric Oldacre Last of Old Squires 1st ed. Gulf of Valencia Over a half page illustration:

Over a half page illustration: "Paul Morphy Playing Eight Games of Chess without Seeing the Boards" accompanies the article "Paul Morphy in Paris"

Some light minor spotting and foxing

Publisher's lettered and pictorial paper covered boards with all indexes and extensive scientific text

by Hans Ries

The Wagoner of the Alleghanies- A poem of the days of seventy-six

Splendid leather book 1854 London Cedric Oldacre Last of Old Squires 1st ed. Gulf of Valencia Over a half page illustration:The Last of the Squires; A Sketch by Cedric Oldacre, Esq. of Sax Normanbury. Issued London, 1854 by Longman, Brown et. al., First Edition. (230) pp. & advertisement leaf. t. e. g, deckled edges. Splendid period publishers deluxe gift binding in full leather, ornate gilt geometric decorations and floral filigree remains bright. Spine compartments stamped with flowers surrounded by ferns, original owners initials at base. All edges and then ins gilt