James Bryce — Studies in Contemporary Biography

London, Macmillan and Co. 1903. First edition. Leather. James Bryce's study of contemporary biography in a signed Harrison & Son binding, the first edition. The first edition of this work. Containing a series of studies in contemporary biography by James Bryce, including chapters on important biographies of famed people such as Benjamin Disraeli, Anthony Trollope, John Richard Green, Robert Lowe, and others. Rebound by Harrison & Son. From the library of Maurice Francis Yorke, with bookplate to front pastedown. Rebound in half calf binding over cloth covered boards, five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, gilt to top edge, marbled endpapers. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, rubbing along joints and extremities. Maurice Francis Yorke's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Minor spotting to first few leaves only, pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .