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Title: The Illustrated London News, Volume LXXIX (July-December 1881)
Description: London, George C. Leighton, 1881. Hardcover. Ex-library. An oversize hardcover book with a black cloth spine, leather corners, and green cloth boards. Corners rubbed through, and leather flakes have left light smudges on the cloth. A few library stamps inside. Front hinge partially cracked. Pages 15-20 are coming loose. Occasional small closed tears on page edges. Otherwise, text clean. A good copy for reading and reference. Volume 79 of THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, with issues spanning July 2 through December 31, 1881. Contains reporting on the assassination of President James Garfield, troop reviews attended by Queen Victoria, a royal visit to Edinburgh, and nationalist uprisings in Egypt (the Urabi Revolution). Among the many fine engravings are a large foldout depicting the Princess of Wales and her young daughters, two-page spreads of Glasgow Cathedral and Winchester Cathedral, scenes in colonial Algeria, reviews of Scottish volunteer regiments, a two-page spread of a landslide in Switzerland, a collage showing cotton production in the American South, and a depiction of Mary Magdalene washing the feet of Christ with her hair. Measures approx. 15.9" x 12. Fair .

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