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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES' TOUR OF CANADA August to October nineteen nineteen.
EDITION LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS BEING No. 13. Canadian Pacific Railway, no date (circa 1919). Oblong 4to, 260 x 330 mm, 10 x 13 inches, 142 full page photographic plates, 24 smaller mounted watercolour plates all with captioned tissue guards: towns and cities, street scenes, countryside and mountain scenery, pages (12) - Foreword, 154 leaves of images, bound in full leather with gilt vignette of Prince of Wales' feathers and motto to upper cover, no lettering to spine, moire silk lined endpapers. Tail of spine slightly worn and very slightly chipped, crack to tail of upper hinge 40 mm (1¾ inches), tiny hole in lower hinge near tail, couple of tiny chips to leather and some light marks on upper cover, cover edges slightly worn in 2 places, occasional crease to tissue guard, otherwise contents fine. A very good copy. FROM THE LIBRARY OF BRITISH STATESMAN DAVID LLOYD GEORGE WITH HIS BOOKPLATE ON THE REVERSE OF THE FRONT ENDPAPER. Lloyd George (1863-1945) guided Britain and the British Empire through the latter half of World War I and the first four years of the peace as Prime Minister, 1916-1922. Images sent on request.
Offered for GBP 450.00 = appr. US$ 668.25 by: Roger Middleton - Book number: 4170