Bound in full greenish-black morocco with intricate and ornate gilt decorations to sides and spine in the Moorish tradition
'Cranford' is an episodic novel first issued in instalments in the magazine 'Household Words'
Paul-Émile Botta and Austen Henry Layard
Black hard cloth with the unclipped dust-jacket
in one case well rubbed
Travels in the Free States of Central America: Nicaragua, Honduras, and San Salvador Works on Paper Bound in full greenish-black moroccoLondon: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. First English edition. Two volumes bound as one. 8vo. pp xvi, 320; xii, 253 pp. Folding coloured map, folding cross section showing proposed canal, bound as an Eton College leaving gift. Bound in green polished calf with ornate gilt spine. double fillets around outside of boards, red morocco label; tips of corners rubbed. Ink gift inscription to first free endpaper. Marbled pastedowns and page