and the leather hinge remains strong
Some browning to the frontispiece and title page in both volumes
published by Rickers & Son Ltd
Herbert Goldsmith Squiers (1859-1911) was a United States diplomat and soldier
The springs function perfectly meaning the chair still rocks smoothly and soundlessly
Officer's WW2 Pocket Compass by F. Barker & Sons, London, c.1940. The Library and the leather hinge remainsAn Officer's pocket compass by F. Barker & Sons, London, c. 1940. F. Barker & Sons (1820 Dec. 15, 1875) is a British company founded by Francis Barker in London in 1846. Two years later, in 1848, he set up a second company, Groves and Barker Mariners' Compass and Sundial Makers with his friend and former co apprentice Richard Groves and they traded from 16 Market Street, Clerkenwell, London. Richard died in 1864 and about one year after his death