[Pax Britannica Trilogy:] Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire; Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress; Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat. [Complete in 3 Vols.]

FIRST EDITIONS, frontispieces (in case of second volume a double-spread colour-printed design by John Piper encompassing the title-page) and 30, 31 & 14 plates respectively, short closed tear to leading edge of half-title in second volume, last few pages of Index to this volume poorly trimmed at head (losing first line of text), pp. 544; 554; 576, crown 8vo, original red cloth or boards (the final volume), backstrips lettered and decorated in gilt (partially against a black ground), very slight lean to spine of last volume, first two volumes with some light spotting to textblock edges, endpaper maps, dustjackets, that to second volume repeating Piper's frontispiece design (wrapping round with gentle fading to the backstrip panel), this volume with price discreetly clipped at front flap, front flap of last volume with faint vertical crease, a very good set