[Item #57284] History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. PRIZE BINDING, William H. PRESCOTT.

History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas

London: Bickers & Son, 1893. Octavo (23cm). Contemporary red calf, stamped in gilt on boards and spine, titled on black leather spine label, board edges and turn-ins tooled, all edges marbled; marbled endpapers; xxiv,510; 2 plates. Bookplate of James Glen Mead, covering prize bookplate from the King Edward VI School, Norwich. Binding stamp to f.f.e.p. verso of Bickers & Son. Straight and clean, fading to spine and upper edge of front board, minor light shelfwear: Very Good.

Prize binding from the King Edward VI Grammar School, now known as Norwich School, one of the oldest schools in the U.K. Prescott's history of Peru was first published in 1847; this edition not in GARDINER.

Price: $75.00

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