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London: Smith Elder and Co., 1907, Twenty-Second Edition. Prize binding. Full calf, gilt decorations to compartments, raised bands, brown label. Upper board bordered in gilt with Mill Hill School crest to upper board. Blind tooled inner dentelles. Marbled end papers and edges. Prize plate to front paste down. Portrait frontispiece Wellington . With 16 portraits and 11 plans. x, 328pp including the index. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles on tan label, five raised gilt bands, six compartments with gilt decoration, rubbed and worn in places. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition red calf leather prize binding with crest to upper board with gilt borders, slight fading to the colour down the spine edge, the outer edges of the boards are also decorated in gilt. Page edges good condition all marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact, paper cracking. Paste downs good condition marbled, the front past down has a prize label dated 1909, blind tooled dentelles. End papers good condition marbled, some offsetting from the leather. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tissue guarded portrait frontispiece, 15 further portraits and 11 plans, lightly tanned. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1907 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1694980879193

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