[COCHRANE, Robert].

Great Achievements of Military Men, Statesmen and Others.

Edinburgh: W.F. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, [1880s]. 8vo. 224 pp. Later prize binding from Shaftesbury Grammar School, full burgundy calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered label, the other compartments gilt decorated, the college crest in gilt to the upper board and their prize label to the front pastedown dated 1914, endpapers and all edges marbled. Frontispiece portrait of William Wallace. An attractive copy. A compendium of biographies of diverse historical figures including the Duke of Wellington, Oliver Cromwell, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas à Becket and J.M.W. Turner. Item #34344

Price: £50.00