P.F.Collier & Son 1901. Hardcover. Good. All volumes have private library stamp at foot of facing page; all covers have some marking to light olive grey boards; clean and unmarked texts P.F.Collier & Son hardcover
Référence libraire : 173301 ISBN : 9110679022 9789110679023
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1899. Hardcover. All five volumes Very Good in boards. Light shelfwear of panel corners of all 5 volumes. Small water stains on top text block edges of all 5 volumes. Toning on spines of all 5 volumes. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
London: James Fraser 1840. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The scarce five volume second edition of this collection of the works of the prominent essayist historian and philosopher. The second edition of this scarce collection of Carlyle's works in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Hailing from the Scottish lowlands Carlyle was a leading writer of the Victorian era who exerted a profound influence on nineteenth-century art literature and philosophy.This collection of essays includes discussions of Goethe Sir Walter Scott the French Revolution and Boswell's Life of Johnson.With two library stamps to the tail of each title page and a small number of further leaves. In the publisher's original cloth bindings with bumping to spine heads and tails. Front hinge of volume I strained and rear hinge of volume VI strained but firmly held. Front hinge of volume II strained and tender. Volume III and IV front and rear hinges strained and holding firm. Internally firmly bound. Library stamps to title page tails and to a small number of further leaves. Pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good James Fraser hardcover