The Life of Hernando Cortes

by Thomas Carlyle, – Arthur Helps

$1,500 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

London: Bell and Daldy Printed at the Chiswick Press , 1871. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 2 volumes, 8vo. Original dark brown cloth, blocked in black and gilt. Spines a touch darkened, some very slight wear. Small hole in the front free endpaper of vol. 2, probably the result of moving Carlyle's bookplate from that spot, where it was mistakenly placed, to the inside front cover; nevertheless, an agreeable copy.

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