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Title: The Wars of the Cross; or, the History of the Crusades
Description: London, T Nelson and Sons, 1891. Leather. William Henry Davenport Adams's history of the crusades in smart Allman & Sons signed calf binding. Illustrated history of the crusades by William Henry Davenport Adams, prolific English writer and journalist of the nineteenth century.  Opening with a chapter on the council of Clermont and closing with the last crusade and an essay discussing the beneficial consequences of the crusades. With a chronological table. Featuring thirty-eight engravings. Prize binding from Greenwich Royal Hospital School, with bookplate to front pastedown. Binding signed Allman & Sons. Rebound in full calf binding with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, titles in gilt to morocco spine label, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, boards lightly marked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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