Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Later edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xxx, [2], 3-379, [1]; [5], vi-xi, [4], 2-405, [5] pp. White cloth over beveled-edge boards with gold, pink and green decorations on the front boards and spines; top edges gilt. Floral white and green endpapers and pastedowns. A beige ribbon bookmark in volume two only. Blue linen jackets with gold lettering on the spines. Title pages printed in black and red, each leaf with a red decorative border. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece (each frontis with a tissue guard printed in red), volume one with 14 plates, each with a tissue guard printed in red, volume two with 14 plates. Illustrated with photographs taken by Richard H. Lawrence and others, one plate in volume two taken from a painting. The Agapida edition, author's revised edition. A publication intended as a gift set, with sumptuous decorative details. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000013433
Volume one lacks its bookmark, volume two with a few small chips to its leaves' margins.
Price: $250.00