London: Rivington 1860. Octavo. VG/none. 3/4 brown leather with gilt lettering, raised bands with tooled gilt design on spine, over red marbled paper boards. Red text block edges. 559pp., 7ff. index. Annual issue of the renowned British reference publication originally founded by Edmund Burke. Includes primary sources and secondary commentary relating to the world-wide events taking place in the year 1859. Contents include: Principal Subjects of Common Interest in England at the Commencement of the Year, Navy Estimates, Parliamentary Reform, The New Parliament, Church Rates, Foreign Affairs, War in Italy, China, Japan, United States, and an Appendix with Public Documents. Light to moderate shelf wear, scuffing and bumping to leather and boards along edges and corners, moderate sunning to spine. Moderate age toning to text block edges. Text block clean and bright. Hinges and signatures all tight. Overall, very good. Shelved above Historiography.