William Ewart Gladstone and his Contemporaries by Thomas Archer. 4 Vols in 2.

Title: William Ewart Gladstone and his Contemporaries. Fifty Years of Social and Political Progress. Four Volume Complete Set. In 2 volumes. Vol. I-II 1830 1845 Vol. III-IV 1854 - 1883
Author: Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S.
Publisher: Blackie & Son: London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin.
Published Date: Undated. c.1883. 
Pagination: Vol. I-II viii, 336pp; vii, 336pp; Vol. III-IV viii, 336pp; viii, 416pp.
 
Half bound in black leather with brown boards. Five raised bands to the spines with gilt lettering over a red title band. The boards are in very good solid condition though there is significant rubbing and bumping to the leather at the edges, corners and to the head and tail of the spine. The contents are lightly age toned with some browning/foxing to the preliminary and endpages. Otherwise clean throughout. Ownership sticker to the front pastedown for Dennis Silk. All edges marbled. Overall a very good set with an attractive, aged appearance.