A Short History of Our Own Times (1891) | Full Calf Prize Binding, Liverpool College Crest

A Short History of Our Own Times (1891) | Full Calf Prize Binding, Liverpool College CrestA finely bound late Victorian presentation copy of A Short History of Our Own Times by Justin McCarthy, published in London by Chatto & Windus in 1891. In full calf, the binding is richly decorated with gilt tooling to the spine and boards, and features the gilt arms of Liverpool College to the front covermarking this as a prize binding awarded within the institution. With striking marbled endpapers which match the marbled edges. Prize label from