Samuel R Gardiner History of the Great Civil War 1642-1649 3 Vols 1st Ed

  

London: Longmans, Green, and Co. A substantial late Victorian study of the English Civil War by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, one of the major nineteenth-century historians of seventeenth-century England. The work follows the struggle between Crown and Parliament from the opening of the war through the final crisis of Charles I, with detailed treatment of military campaigns, Parliamentarian politics, Royalist resistance, Cromwell, and the wider constitutional conflict.

This complete three-volume set retains its original publisher's cloth bindings and includes the folding maps, battle plans, and campaign maps associated with the work, including coloured examples. It is a serious historical reference set rather than a decorative odd volume, and remains one of Gardiner's important contributions to Civil War scholarship. The bindings are sound overall, with age-related rubbing, marking, and wear to the cloth, including visible spine wear. Internally the volumes are generally clean and readable, with light toning and occasional spotting consistent with age. A complete original Victorian set of Gardiner's major Civil War history, with maps and plans present.