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1877Best.-Nr. 004067Original artwork. BLACK William 1841-1898. Original pen and ink portrait of Charles Gibbon 1843-1890 dated 1877. Original pen and ink drawing on paper the sheet measuring 230 x 190 mm and the portrait approximately 140 x 90 mm. Initialled "W.B." within the image titled "Charles Gibbon" beneath and dated in ink "Ye Year MDCCCLXXVII". Additionally inscribed in pencil below "Pen and ink sketch by Wm Black". The sheet has several old horizontal and vertical folds with associated creasing soiling and general handling wear; a short tear to top edge nevertheless complete and in good condition. An original portrait by the Scottish novelist and journalist William Black depicting his contemporary Charles Gibbon in profile smoking a pipe. Black initially studied art in Glasgow before turning to journalism and literature. He later became one of the most popular novelists of the Victorian period with works including A Daughter of Heth A Princess of Thule and Macleod of Dare. Charles Gibbon was an Isle of Man-born novelist and journalist who grew up in Glasgow before moving to London. A prolific author of popular and Scottish romances his best-known works included Robin Gray For Lack of Gold and In Honour Bound. An uncommon original drawing by one Victorian novelist of another. . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1877. Original artwork paperback
Best.-Nr. 21170LONDON. JOHN MURRAY. 1814. FIVE VOLUMES. SECOND EDITION. THE WORK IS ILLUSTRATED FROM HIS LETTERS WITH OCCASIONAL NOTES AND NARRATIVE BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SHEFFIELD. BOUND IN HALF BLACK LEATHER OVER BLUE CLOTH RAISED BANDS. FRONT BOARD TO VOL. 1 DETACHED OTHERWISE A VERY NICE SET CLEAN AND TIGHT SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER. NEAT BOOKPLATE OF MR HUGH RENTON ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. VOLUME 1 MEMOIRS AND LETTERS pp530; VOLUME 2 LETTERS pp 502; VOLUME 3 HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL pp612; VOLUME 4 MISCELLANEOUS pp600; VOLUME 5 CLASSICAL AND CRITICAL pp648 THE LAST VOLUME HAVING SOME MATERIAL WRITTEN IN FRENCH. LONDON. JOHN MURRAY. 1814 hardcover
1796Best.-Nr. BS33AGTBN5HLondon: A. Strahan and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1796. Hardbacks full-calf spines relaid retaining original backstrips. Gilt borders to boards. Marbled end-papers. 3 vols 4to. xxv 703pp; viii 726pp; x x 691pp. Frontis in vol. 1 & 3 folding genealogical table in vol. 3. 1st edition 1796-1815. Bindings are rubbed and worn. Previous owner's small bookplate to front pastedown in each vol. A rather pleasing set. A heavy set additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. bs33a. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies Hardcover
1845Best.-Nr. 6927Porter & Coates 1845. All very good but with wear to marbled boards. top edges gilt. Vol 5 has part of spine title missing. Ex libris bookplates. Closed edges tanned and foxed. Front hinges cracked. New Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Porter & Coates Hardcover
2007Best.-Nr. DADAX0415401372Routledge 2007-08-09. 1. hardcover. New. 6.15x0.66x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge hardcover
1851Best.-Nr. 28598[Washington] A. Hoen 1851-1854 2 cartes dépliantes (51 x 60 ou 77 cm) repliées au format in-8 en feuilles, sous chemise de percaline tabac de l'éditeur, dos lisse muet, encadrements à froid sur les plats, titre poussé en lettres dorées au centre du plat supérieur
Best.-Nr. 968862London The Folio Society 1983-1990 1st. 320pp.348pp.367pp.394pp.394pp.377pp.440pp.363pp. 8vo 16x25cm. Bound in decorative linen with gold lettering and in the slipcase. Good attractive copies. Photos and pictures in bl.w. l Vol.I The Turn of the Tide Vol.II Constantinople and the Christian Empire Vol.III The Revival and Collapse of Paganism Vol.IV The End of the Western Empire Vol.V Justinian and the Roman Law Vol.VI Mohammed and the Rise of the Arabs Vol.VII The Normans in Italy and the Crusades Vol.VIII The Fall of Constantinople and the Papacy in Rome. unknown
2013Best.-Nr. x-1461370299Springer Verlag 2013. Paperback. New. 539 pages. 9.10x6.10x1.20 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
2012Best.-Nr. x-9400745028Springer Verlag 2012. Hardcover. New. 2012 edition. 503 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. Springer Verlag hardcover
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1890Best.-Nr. TOB215-26468-SET-20Philadelphia PA: Porter & Coates. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Circa 1890. Hardcover. All 5 volumes included and in great condition for the age. Light wear and discoloration to covers and spines. Pages crisp and bindings tight. Edge wear to covers. ; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Porter & Coates hardcover
1840Best.-Nr. 181993Baudry's Eureopean Library. Very Good-. 1840. Hardcover. 3/4 red leather marbled boards gilted spine very attractive all volumes have edge wear at the tips and a little bit of pulling at the spine head. Hinges are strong. A nice tight clean and attractive set . Baudry's Eureopean Library hardcover
1961Best.-Nr. 11577London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1961 First edition limited to 105 copies on handmade paper. Full stiff vellum with gilt spine. Top edge gilt others uncut. . Quarto. Frontisportrait from a drawing by Thomas Patch. French text preliminaries and notes in English. A fine unopened copy. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., hardcover
1833Best.-Nr. 622141New York: J. & J. Harper 1833. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated "Fifth American from the last London edition." Four volumes. 12 xviii 472; vii 446; viii 493 1 ad; viii 461pp. Volume one with an engraved frontispiece Volumes One Two and Four each with a fold-out map. Speckled calf boards the spine has raised bands bordered in gilt creating five compartments a red leather label with "Gibbon's Rome" in gilt occupies the second compartment from the top and in the fourth from the top is a black leather label with the volume number in gilt gilt along the fore edge corners of the boards and speckled page edges. Boards and spines show some wear particularly Volumes One and Two which have abrasions on the boards the fold-out map in Volume One is torn owner name penciled on the front free endpaper of Volume One foxing to the preliminaries and terminals of each volume with some scattered foxing throughout but the text remains largely clean overall very good with the hinges sound. Edward Gibbon's classic work presented here as a handsomely bound set. J. & J. Harper hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 94761London:: Folio Society. Fine. 1995. Hardcover. Complete in eight volumes. Edited and with an introduction by Betty Radice. Reissued with new binding. All volumes are fine and are housed in two fine slipcases. The latter four volumes and slipcase are still in their original shrinkwrap. . Folio Society, hardcover
1961Best.-Nr. 11577London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1961 First edition limited to 105 copies on handmade paper. Full stiff vellum with gilt spine. Top edge gilt others uncut. . Quarto. Frontisportrait from a drawing by Thomas Patch. French text preliminaries and notes in English. A fine unopened copy. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., hardcover books
1833Best.-Nr. 622141New York: J. & J. Harper 1833. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated "Fifth American from the last London edition." Four volumes. 12 xviii 472; vii 446; viii 493 1 ad; viii 461pp. Volume one with an engraved frontispiece Volumes One Two and Four each with a fold-out map. Speckled calf boards the spine has raised bands bordered in gilt creating five compartments a red leather label with "Gibbon's Rome" in gilt occupies the second compartment from the top and in the fourth from the top is a black leather label with the volume number in gilt gilt along the fore edge corners of the boards and speckled page edges. Boards and spines show some wear particularly Volumes One and Two which have abrasions on the boards the fold-out map in Volume One is torn owner name penciled on the front free endpaper of Volume One foxing to the preliminaries and terminals of each volume with some scattered foxing throughout but the text remains largely clean overall very good with the hinges sound. Edward Gibbon's classic work presented here as a handsomely bound set. J. & J. Harper hardcover books
1995Best.-Nr. 94761London:: Folio Society. Fine. 1995. Hardcover. Complete in eight volumes. Edited and with an introduction by Betty Radice. Reissued with new binding. All volumes are fine and are housed in two fine slipcases. The latter four volumes and slipcase are still in their original shrinkwrap. . Folio Society, hardcover books
1853Best.-Nr. 7263Washington DC: R. Armstrong/A.O.P.Nicholson 1853-1854. fair Part II ex-lib. 753 tot. maps 3-vol. set illus. maps tables appendix foxing lib bkplate & stamp ins fr bd v.2 bkplate & pencil notes ins fr bd v.1. Boards scuffed small tears at spines third volume consists of large fold-out maps to go with Part I: two maps separated from binding small tears to map edges. R. Armstrong/A.O.P.Nicholson hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. x-0805829342Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc 2002. Hardcover. New. 196 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc hardcover
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
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
