Books George Grote – A History of Greece 9 volumes, 1869, John Murray

George Grote – A History of Greece (9 of 12 vols, 1869, John Murray)
A part set of George Grote’s A History of Greece; From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation Contemporary with Alexander the Great.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1869.
“A New Edition”.
Present are 9 volumes only: Vols.
I, II, IV, V, VI, VIII, X, XI, XII.
Lacking Vols.
III, VII and IX.
Octavo, approx. 13 × 18.5 cm.
Bound in the publisher’s original red-brown cloth, gilt titles to the spines, blind-stamped boards.
Volume I with engraved portrait frontispiece of Grote (with printed facsimile signature, not manuscript).
Provenance: various inscriptions and bookplates, including that of Richard Augustus Grebe.
Some pasted slips with ownership names also appear.
Condition: a working, incomplete set.
Bindings rubbed and marked, with fraying to spine ends and corners, a few small splits to cloth.
Text with foxing, age spots, some staining, and areas of damp marking.
Occasional inscriptions to endpapers.
Some hinges strained but all volumes holding.
There is a musky odour from storage.
Dimensions: 13 × 18.5 cm.
An incomplete but presentable run in original cloth, offered as seen.