A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880 in Four Volumes AND From 1880 to the diamond jubilee (5 volumes)

McCarthy, Justin

Chatto & Windus, 1880

[Fine binding: Contemporary Victorian history] 5 volume set. Includes supplemental volume: v. 5, From 1880 to the diamond jubilee (1897).  Volumes 1-4 uniformly bound in 3/4 polished, straight-grained goat over electric blue marbled boards.  Gilt ruled.  All edges marbled. Minor shelf wear.  Hardcover.  Clean, unmarked pages. Vol. 5 is bound in publisher's red cloth. The pages are uncut in v.5.  A handsome set. [viii, 437pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue] + [viii, 406pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue] + [vi, 437pp + 40pp publisher's catalogue] + [viii, 599pp] + [viii, 567pp + 32pp publisher's catalogue],