Lives of Mahomet and His Successors by Irving, Washington - 1850

London: George Routledge, 1850. Gilt title to spine with gilt decoration and four raised bands and 5 compartments, gilt and blindstamped decoration to front and rear on full red leather boards. Boards have wear to spine head, tail and side and to corner tips and some minor marks. Internally there is gauffering to inner board edges, the front inner joint is starting with loosening of the gathering, foxing to front endpapers and frontispiece, a light strip in margin from the silk page marker (now detached but not affecting the text) else very clean and tight. All edges gilt. A Good+ copy. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE : Lives of Mahomet - frontispiece - x + 214 pages; The Successors to Mahomet - viii + 263 pages. A detailed account of the life of the Prophet and the history of his successors. **** NOT EX LIB **** NOTE : THIS IS A REAL BOOK 21. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.