British Travel Book Owned By Former Prime Minister Earl Of Derby Leather 1869

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Full leather binding with armorial stamp of the 14th Earl of Derby - Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, who was a three time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Smith-Stanley's bookplate on front endpaper.'Edward Stanley served as Prime Minister three times - from 23 February to 17 December 1852, 20 February 1858 to 1 June 1859, adn 28 June 1866 to 25 February 1868.Greater Britain : A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries During 1866 and 1867. By Charles Wentworth Dilke. Published by Macmillan and Co. London 1869.Rubbing and wear to leather on spine, along spine. Foxing to early blank pages. Name and date and writing saying this book belonged to the 14th Earl of Derby on early blank pages. Third edition. Several illustrations. 595 pages.