1890 buying Curiosities Natural History First Series Buckland St Oswald's Ellesmere College Illustrated

Rebound in a lovely full polished calf binding with gilt crest of Ellesmere College to the front board, and attractive marbled endpaper and textblock.

Featuring a prize bookplate tipped to buying front pastedown awarded to a 'F Austin Lidbury' from a 'Joseph Harrison' from Saint Oswald's College, dated '1891'.

This copy is a 'first series', 'Popular Edition' copy. Condition Report: In a full polished calf binding with gilt embellishment to front board and spine. Externally, lovely. Slight fading to spine and minor marking to boards. Prize bookplate tipped to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Light scattered spots only to first and last few pages. Overall: Very Good Indeed