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Antique hardcover volume titled An Outline History of England by James Richard Joy, issued as part of the Chautauqua Course for 1890–91 and published in New York by the Chautauqua Press in 1890. This educational text was designed for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle and presents a concise, structured overview of English history for late-19th-century home study readers. The book is bound in dark cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and retains its original format and typography. Condition is consistent with age, showing edge wear, spine rubbing, light scuffing, and toning to pages, with no major structural damage observed; interior pages are intact and legible. A solid example of early American adult-education materials and a great piece for collectors of antique history books, Chautauqua ephemera, or scholarly Victorian-era publishing.