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Paul, N.M. Compiler : True Stories from French History

Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited, London, 1903

[1903, revised edition] Fine binding, illustrated throughout, 288 pages. Book rebound in ¾ calf leather binding, five hubs on spine with decorative gilt ruled lines/decorations and lettering in gilt. Gilt logo of St. Georges House Doncaster institute on top cover. [Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.] Book plate of St. Georges on first endpaper pastedown [book "Awarded to Gladys M. Blight for English subjects, Class III, XMAS, 1903"]. Beautiful marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Condition: Binding has minor shelf wear, light bumps. Former owner's name penned in ink on first blank, book seller's notations in pencil. Faint foxing to preliminaries. Else, overall, Very Good Plus. No writing or underlines in text, no page tears. Not a former library book. Stored in temperature controlled room, no smelly smoker's smell. This book was compiled for young people. It includes sections on The Invasion of Attila, King of the Huns, the Franks, Charlemagne, the Normans, Life in the Middle Ages, the Crusades, Joan of Arc, the Knights of Templars, Louis IV, the Taking of the Bastille, and more. This new edition has the chapters on the Hundred Days, the Restoration, and Louis Napoleon rewritten, and a chapter on the Second Empire added. Else, no alteration in the original text [circa 1890] has been made. A wonderful, historical, antiquarian work. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: 3/4 Leather Binding

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