Lord Macaulay — Biographies by Lord Macaulay

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1875. Leather. The biographies of the historian, essayist, and poet Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay (1800–1859). "Written in the last year of his life, this work contains five biographical essays, on Atterbury, Bunyan, Goldsmith, Johnson, and William Pitt, originally written for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and was edited by his friend and former constituent Adam Black." (ODNB) With ink inscription to front blank, dated 1877. In a full calf binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed with some minor wear to extremities. Boards are slightly faded with some marks. Front hinge is cracked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd handling mark or spot Good . Ill.: None. Good .