Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1861, 48 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, dampstaining to lower margins mostly affecting first & last few leaves, bookplate of William Orme Foster to upper pastedown, without front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, covers detached, joints split, worn & marked, folio, together with Bredow (G.G.), Compendious View of Universal History and Literature, in a Series of Tables, 2nd edition, enlarged and greatly improved, London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1824, folding table, scattered spotting, bookplate of William Orme Foster to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, slim folio (Qty: 2) Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899) was an iron & coalmaster and the owner of the industrial firm John Bradley & Co. He served as a Liberal MP for South Staffordshire from 1857 until 1868.
Johnston (Alexander Keith). The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1861, 48 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, dampstaining to lower margins mostly affecting first & last few leaves, bookplate of William Orme Foster to upper pastedown, without front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, covers detached, joints split, worn & marked, folio, together with Bredow (G.G.), Compendious View of Universal History and Literature, in a Series of Tables, 2nd edition, enlarged and greatly improved, London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1824, folding table, scattered spotting, bookplate of William Orme Foster to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, rubbed, slim folio (Qty: 2) Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899) was an iron & coalmaster and the owner of the industrial firm John Bradley & Co. He served as a Liberal MP for South Staffordshire from 1857 until 1868.
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