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1966Best.-Nr. 29798HBDJ Volumes 1-4 IN MIXED SET DUSTJACKETSWITH DIFFERENT ILLUSTRATOR ON VOL. 4 EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY # 434 435 436 DATED 1966 & OTHER VOL 4 EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY # 474 DATED 1969 HAS BLUE TOPSTAIN VOL 1-3 PURPLE B/W DJ HAS ROMAN SOLDIER CORNERING A MAN DEATH OF AN EMPEROR DJ DRAWN BY Tom Poulton & OTHER 2 VOLS HAVE DIFFERENT ILLUSTRATIONS ON PURPLE DJ'S VOL 4 DATED 1969 Emperor Justinian on the WHITE DUSTJACKET WITH BLUE & WHITE Drawing by Eric Fraser RedOrange cloth hardcover WITH GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR with dustjacket 4 3/4 X 7 1/4 in. VG/VG Approx . clean bright tight unmarked copy ! Text clean and unmarked . The binding is tight and square .BACK OF DJ SAYS FEW OF 500 AUTHORS 534 PGS NO ADS IN BACK DUSTJACKET drawing by Eric Fraser Plain blue Endpapers ON VOL 4 & VOL 1 2 & 3 HAVE GOLD & WHITE DECORATED ENDPAPERS. VOL 1-3 PURPLE B/W DJ HAS ROMAN SOLDIER CORNERING A MAN DEATH OF AN EMPEROR DJ DRAWN BY Tom Poulton & OTHER 2 VOLS HAVE DIFFERENT ILLUSTRATIONS ON PURPLE DJ';S VOL 4 DATED 1969 Emperor Justinian on the WHITE DUSTJACKET WITH BLUE & WHITE Drawing by Eric Fraser Masterpiece of Organized Detail ANCIENT HISTORY GIBBON'S blames Christianity for its Fall. Once North Africa was seized from Rome there was a lack of trade & STABLE CROPS WHICH FED ROMANS. Gibbon became the first modern historian of ancient Rome. It covers a singular subject ranging over 14 centuries and half the globe. focused on the Romans and despite moving at lightning speed only manages to get to the year 640 by the end of volume 4 .Augustus is "at first the enemy and at last the father" of Rome. WRITTEN AROUND TIME AMERICAN REVOLUTION 476AD WAS FALL. ROMULUS AUGUSTUS REMOVED FROM POWER. COVERED 9000000 MILES AT 1 TIME. END OF ROMAN EMPERORS. THUS ROMAN REPUBLIC FORMED. EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY J. M. DENT PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. x-0805829342Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc 2002. Hardcover. New. 196 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. x-1843923904Willan Pub 2008. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. Willan Pub hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 783J16London: The Grayhound Press 1927. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 10.5" by 7". Picart Le Doux. An limited edition inscribed copy of this poetry anthology by Monk Gibbon with an unpublished poem written by the author on the first free-endpaper. This is a particularly special copy of 'The Branch of Hawthorn Tree' by renowned Irish poet and author Monk Gibbon. It is part of limited edition printing of 460 copies of which this is copy number 352. On the front pastedown is a previous owner's bookplate and reads: 'Michael and Irene Franklin 9 Lower Mall W.6.'. It is thought that Michael Franklin was known to the author because the author has written an intimate and heartfelt inscription on the front free-endpaper: 'Michael Franklin Most restless or mortals nextto indecipherable.' It is dated September 1927. Twenty years later in January 1947 the author wrote another inscription including a handwritten unpublished poem. It is indeed a very special copy of this book. This copy also includes the publisher's advert on an unattached piece of parchment. 'The Branch of Hawthorn Tree' is a collection of poetry by Monk Gibbon mostly consisting of lyrical prose poems. The book includes many coloured illustrations by French painter Picart Le Doux. The book was printed from Deberny Type on Arches paper. With the original glassine dustwrapper. In the publisher's original paper wraps. With the scarce glassine wrap intact. Externally smart with just a few handling marks to the front and rear wraps. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Hinges are weak but remain intact. Glassine wrap has several chips to the head and tail. With a few ink marks to the front wrap. Internally binding loosening in places owing to the binding type. Pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good The Grayhound Press paperback
1802Best.-Nr. dfr802London: T Cadell; W Davies. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed. Some hinges cracked and weak. Some foxing. 1802. New Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 220mm x 140mm 9" x 6". xxiv 456pp; xv 496pp; viii 412pp; viii 443pp; vii 432pp; viii 420pp; xii 424pp; viii 375pp; xii 502pp; xii 385pp; xii 460pp; xiii 432pp xc plate & maps. 1 b/w plate 2 fold-out maps. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . T Cadell; W Davies hardcover
2023Best.-Nr. Adhya-9781032027371T&F/ROUTLEDGE 2023. PB. New. T&F/ROUTLEDGE paperback
2023Best.-Nr. Adhya-9781032027371T&F/ROUTLEDGE 2023. PB. New. T&F/ROUTLEDGE paperback
1854Best.-Nr. 1372577Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson Public Printer 1854. Hardcover. Octavo two volumes. In Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's brown cloths bearing gilt lettering to the spines. Spines show moderate sunning with fraying to the edges. Slight bumping to head/tail edges and corners. Embossed borders and designs to front and rear boards. Raised decorations and bands to the spines. Ex-library markings to the spine to volume two. Text blocks have age toned edges with few ex-library labels and markings interiorly. Frontispiece. Slight offsetting and foxing to text pages. Illustrated. Folded map to front and rear to volume two. Small tear to front map to volume two. Small defect to the gutter at the frontispiece to volume one. CONTENTS: Vol. One iv 417 iv pages -- Vol. Two iv vii x xi 339 pages Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1372577. FP New Rockville Stock. A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. 332345New York: Modern Library 1995. 1995 Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Gian Battista Piranesi. All three volumes Very Good in Very Good dust jackets. Closed tears on rear panel bottom corners of volumes 1 and 3.; 928 pages. Modern Library hardcover
1837Best.-Nr. 654P21London: B. Blake 1837. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A nicely bound collection of miscellaneous works writing by the important historian Edward Gibbon with a memoir of his life. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of miscellaneous works by Edward Gibbon. This work contains 'Account and Anecdotes of His Family' 'The Author's Account of the Books He Read and of the Course of Study He Pursued' 'The Author's Manner of Passing His Time in the Hampshire Militia' 'Mr Gibbon Makes the Tour of Switzerland' and more. Also containing over two hundred letters written to a variety of correspondence including Mr Gesner Mrs Porten Mr Holroyd Dr. Watson Dr Priestley and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Edward Gibbons was a historian and Member of Parliament his poor health was consistently under threat during his childhood which led to him becoming widely read. He never married after a failed love affair with Suzanne Curchod in his youth Suzanne later became the wife to Jacques Necker and her daughter was the noted socialite and letter writer Madame de Stael. His first historical endeavour was a "History of Switzerland" which was never finished or published. He also wrote about the literary and social conditions of England at the time which was unfortunately considered a flop. With annotations and notes by John Lord Sheffield. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally generally smart. A little light rubbing to the boards and joints a little heavier to the rear board. Light fading and discoloration to the spine. Very minor bumping to the extremities. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some spots to the first few pages only. Very Good B. Blake hardcover
1845Best.-Nr. 16651H80691Bradley Company Publishers. Six Volume Set. With notes by Dean Milman M. Guizot and Dr. William Smith. There is no publication date but it is the 1845 edition but likely a later printing. Pictures available upon request. . Good. Hardcover. 1845. Bradley Company, Publishers hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. SONG0792379047Springer 2000-08-31. 2000. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.00x1.25x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
1880Best.-Nr. 974Y4London: Blackie and Son 1880. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated . A handsomely presented six-volume collection of various important works across English literature edited by Charles Gibbon. A selection of the prose and poetry of various eminent figures of English literature. Complete in six volumes.Uniformly bound in half calf with decorative gilt to the spines.Each volume here is illustrated with a frontispiece an engraved title page and seven engraved plates. Collated complete.Edited with biographical and literary notes by Charles Gibbon a British novelist who specialised in popular romances. Containing the writings of Thomas Hardy Sir Walter Scott H. Rider Haggard Charles Dickens Nathaniel Hawthorne John Keats Edgar Allan Poe William Shakespeare the Brothers Grimm Lord Byron Jane Austen Petrarch Laurence Sterne Henry Fielding Anthony Trollope and Percy Bysshe Shelley among others. Uniformly bound in half calf with decorative gilt to the spines. Externally smart with rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spotting to the endpapers and the odd spot throughout. Very Good Blackie and Son hardcover
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2012Best.-Nr. __3110188341Mouton De Gruyter 2012. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 839 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.75 inches. Mouton De Gruyter hardcover
2014Best.-Nr. __3110220636Mouton De Gruyter 2014. Hardcover. New. 415 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.00 inches. Mouton De Gruyter hardcover
2022Best.-Nr. x-1032027398Routledge 2022. Hardcover. New. 11 edition. 474 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.15 inches. Routledge hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. mon0003900986London: John Murray 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. . 7-volume set lacking volume 8. Uniformly bound in full blue calf prize bindings with extensive gilt decoration raised bands and red title labels on the spines. Covers show minor wear and rubbing to the extremities. Marbled edges and endpapers. Prize bookplate on the front free endpaper of the first volume. With portrait and maps. Pages lightly tanned and clean. A lovely set. London: John Murray hardcover
1827Best.-Nr. 233168London: Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering 1827. New edition. Illustrated with maps and a portrait. Printed by D.A. Talboys Oxford. 8 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary tan calf. Bookplate of Fred Robison-Herver. Vol. VIII split hinge several others started. Good only. New edition. Illustrated with maps and a portrait. Printed by D.A. Talboys Oxford. 8 vols. 8vo. Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering unknown
1827Best.-Nr. 233168London: Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering 1827. New edition. Illustrated with maps and a portrait. Printed by D.A. Talboys Oxford. 8 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary tan calf. Bookplate of Fred Robison-Herver. Vol. VIII split hinge several others started. Good only. New edition. Illustrated with maps and a portrait. Printed by D.A. Talboys Oxford. 8 vols. 8vo. Talboys and Wheeler; and William Pickering unknown books
1854Best.-Nr. 207072U.S. Government 1854. hardcover. very good. Case Map. Color lithograph in original brown buckram case. Image measures 9.25" x 5.75". Case map of two maps pertaining to the Amazon River and it's surrounding area with notes on gold and copper mining. Embossed cloth cover with gilt title. Some wear to spine but both maps are attached. First map is "Map of the Andes" a minimalist chart of altitudes measured by varying boiling points. Measures 17" x 19.75". Second map is "Map Drawn by Lieut. Lardner Gibbon to Accompany His Report" a beautiful map of South America including Bolivia parts of Brazil Argentina and Peru. Includes a side inset of the Rio Mamore in Northern Bolivia to Rio Madeira to Rio Amazon. Measures 18.5" x 28". U.S. Government unknown
1854Best.-Nr. 207072U.S. Government 1854. hardcover. very good. Case Map. Color lithograph in original brown buckram case. Image measures 9.25" x 5.75". Case map of two maps pertaining to the Amazon River and it's surrounding area with notes on gold and copper mining. Embossed cloth cover with gilt title. Some wear to spine but both maps are attached. First map is "Map of the Andes" a minimalist chart of altitudes measured by varying boiling points. Measures 17" x 19.75". Second map is "Map Drawn by Lieut. Lardner Gibbon to Accompany His Report" a beautiful map of South America including Bolivia parts of Brazil Argentina and Peru. Includes a side inset of the Rio Mamore in Northern Bolivia to Rio Madeira to Rio Amazon. Measures 18.5" x 28". U.S. Government unknown books
1814Best.-Nr. 5774767John Murray 1814. Volumes 1-5. Ex-library and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. Hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover. A new edition with considerable additions. Medium cloth 8vo with gilt lettering on backstrip. Vol. 3 is bound in blue cloth instead. Bumped corners and some shelfwear. Volumes 1 and 4 have large tears in seams and some fraying to ends. Front board of vol 1 almost detached. Remaining volumes hinges are secure. Frontispiece with some transference in vol 1. Small blue crayon marking on title page of vol. 1. Interior is reasonably secure. Several pages have small marginal pencil markings in vol 1 4 and 5. Fair amount of foxing. Contains a few plates. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item4000grams ISBN: John Murray hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 187026London: John Murray 1896. First edition. This collection of letters offers an intimate look at the life of the famed author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Rome Empire 1776-88. 2 vols octavo 228 x 143 mm. Frontispieces. Rebound in purple half morocco spine with gilt-ruled compartments with black morocco labels gilt-ruled boards top edges gilt. A few small marks to rear cover of vol 2. Leaves are not all uniform in size. A few leaves are out of place and out of sequence: the frontispiece for vol 2 is inserted into vol 1 instead; the plate that is meant to face page 108 instead faces the title page vol 2. Otherwise a clean set very good. hardcover
