London: George C. Leighton, 1887. Hardcover.
Ex-library. An oversize hardcover book with a black cloth
spine, leather corners, and green cloth boards. POOR CONDITION. Spine is
cracking off, front cover is detached, and the binding is cracked in
half, so many pages are loose. Library stamps inside, but text otherwise
unmarked. LACKS the Hong Kong panorama at pages 224-225, as well as page 693-694, but otherwise complete. OFFERED AS-IS.
Item #187870
Volume 90 of THE
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, with issues spanning January 1 through June 25,
1887. Contains reporting on the ongoing Land War in Ireland over the
demands of tenant farmers; the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition; a
multi-part article on the life of Kaiser Wilhelm I; a fire at the Salle
Favart (Opera Comique); and the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. Also
contains installments of THE CRUSADE OF THE EXCELSIOR by Bret Harte.
Among the many fine engravings are a two-page spread showing a chariot
race; a two-page spread of Sandringham estate; a folding plate of
Napoleon on horseback looking at the Sphinx; a folding plate of
Cleopatra lounging on a boat; engravings of the crown jewels of France; a
color plate of Queen Victoria receiving royal visitors for her Golden
Jubilee; color plates of four-in-hand coaching teams; and a foldout
portrait of Queen Victoria. Measures approx. 16" x 12"