Description
TREVELYAN, Sir George Otto (1838-1928). The American Revolution.
3 volumes: The American Revolution Part 1 1766-1776, The American Revolution Part 2 (in 2 volumes).
V1:XI, 468, V2: X, 384, V3: Vii, 374 pp.
3 folding maps.
Interior: Occasional light spotting. Some tearing to maps.
Exterior: Red/plum crushed, half morocco. Binding by Riviere & Son. (boards detached, others loosening, spine coverings/backstrips on volumes detached -on one side, rubbing/wear to covers/spines and joints).
8vo. London: Longmans, Green and Company, [Vol 1: 1899, Vols 2 & 3: 1903].
PROVENANCE: Sir A. E. Richardson, K.C.V.O., P.P.R.A. (Bookplate to front pastedowns).
Sir Albert Edward Richardson (1880 – 1964) was a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century, Professor of Architecture at University College London, President of the Royal Academy. As an architect he designed the Manchester Opera House (1912) and worked on the 1930s repairs to Ripon Cathedral.
A handsome set, with an interesting provenance, bound by a notable binder.
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