THE LIFE OF HENRY IRVING (2 Volumes, complete)

FIRST EDITION 2 Volumes. 8vo. blue cloth hardbacks with gilt titles to spines and gilt vignette illustration to upper boards. Volume I: 381pp. with 12 tissue-guarded collotype plates and 11 other b/w plates. Volume II: 364pp., Indexed, with one tissue-guarded photogravure portrait, 10 tissue-guarded collotype plates and 12 other b/w illustrations. Engraved armorial bookplates to front pastedowns. Occasional light foxing, heavier to prelims and foredges. Slight wear to top and bases of spines and tiny hole to cloth of Volume I (please see photo). Lower outer corner of Volume I bumped. Overall a VERY GOOD SET.