#99 & # 100 Thanks for your replies, yes it is in double columns, I
think it might be a job to locate a comparison copy. I think it likely
that this was a modification, I shall have to try and find out the
number of chapters in the 3 volumes I have d...
It is Cassells and I'm as sure as I can be judging by the condition,
style and illustrations, that it hasn't been rebound. It certainly looks
early 1900s to me.
I have a book - Britains Sea Kings and Sea Fights, I know it is missing
a coloured plate frontispiece and the index but appears complete in the
text. The other (3) copies I can find listed claim to have 760 (inc
index) pages yet mine only has 442, it...