A collection of five biographies in five separate books. Blue cloth bindings; fronts are brightly colored with red-letter titles, and a red sword circled by a gold wreath; spine is lettered in gilt; illustrated with engravings. Cover somewhat worn but VG tight copy.

Cloth. First edition. Illustrations. 1869. Harper & Brothers. New York, Franklin Square.

The five titles are:

• The History of Joseph Bonaparte
• The History  of Margaret of Anjou
• The History of Nero
• The History of Pyrrhus
• The History of Richard the Third