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1802réf. 323842London: Printed by A. Strahan . for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1802. Illustrated with engravings folding map. 12 vols. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf covers bordered in gilt spines gilt with black morocco lettering pieces marbled endpapers. Some abrasions to spines chips at head and tails of spines one joint cracked with cover nearly detached. Illustrated with engravings folding map. 12 vols. 8vo. Printed by A. Strahan ... for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies unknown
1802réf. 323842London: Printed by A. Strahan . for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1802. Illustrated with engravings folding map. 12 vols. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf covers bordered in gilt spines gilt with black morocco lettering pieces marbled endpapers. Some abrasions to spines chips at head and tails of spines one joint cracked with cover nearly detached. Illustrated with engravings folding map. 12 vols. 8vo. Printed by A. Strahan ... for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies unknown books
réf. 324468Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. All six volumes Very Good Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Foxing on text block edges of all six volumes.; Great Books of The Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1802réf. 1022F12London: A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1802 . Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. An impressive twelve volume edition of Gibbon's magnum opus handsomely bound in tree calf tracing Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the 15th century. Complete in twelve volumes uniformly bound in tree calf with 'Wakefield' in gilt to the front boards. Illustrated with a frontispiece and folding map to volume I folding map to volume II. Collated complete. Edward Gibbon's classic historical study traces Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the fifteenth century. Gibbon here offers a condensed detailed and thorough history of the fall of the Roman Empire covering a period from 98 to 1590. He further explores the history of Europe Christianity and the Church. Retaining half titles to volumes VII VIII IX X XI XII. Gibbon has been criticized for his flawed interpretations of various religions with his scathing views on Christianity leading the book to be banned in several countries upon its publication. In a full tree calf binding with gilt detailing to back strips. Minor losses of calf to heads of four volumes with light rubbing to back strips and joints. Otherwise externally excellent. Joint heads of volume I II X XII rear joint head of volume IV XI and front joint head of volume V IX starting with board firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned with the odd spot. Very Good A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies hardcover
1807réf. 21227271807. London: Printed for Cadell & Davies et al. 1807. Twelve vols 8vo. Contemporary full mottled calf gilt borders to sides spines with gilt rules and two black gilt morocco lettering pieces marbled endpapers all edges marbled; a little rubbing to spines front hinges tender generally very clean very good.New edition from the library of one of the early twentieth century's finest historians. The most celebrated historical work in English literature. ""Gibbon's great erudition breadth of treatment and powerful organization render this a lasting monument of substantial accuracy as well as elegance . most of Gibbon's scholarship remains unchallenged"" Oxford Companion to English Lit. ""This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works"" PMM 222. In 1788 Gibbon's friend Adam Smith wrote that ""by the universal assent of every man of taste and learning. Decline and Fall sets you at the very head of the whole literary tribe at present existing in Europe"" ODNB. Because of its role in explaining the role Christianity played in ""weakening"" the Roman Empire Gibbon's magnum opus landed on the Papal Index and remained there until the Index librorum prohibitorum was abolished in 1966.Provenance: Each volume signed to fly-leaf ""G.M. Trevelyan/ Hallington/ 1929."" Trevelyan 1876-1962 was one of the most distinguished historians of his time. A Fellow and later Master of Trinity College Cambridge and in retirement Chancellor of Durham University he had a long and distinguished career as a Whig historian very much in Gibbon's tradition - opinionated partisan and convinced of the world's progress towards enlightenment. Hallington Hall in Northumberland was one of the Trevelyans' homes along with the confusingly similarly named Wallington Hall seven miles down the road. In 1929 when he acquired this set he was working on his most significant work England Under Queen Anne which was published the following year. unknown
réf. 332718Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Both volumes Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Notes From the Editor neatly laid in volumes 1 3 and 5.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
1894réf. 911191894. Sengai Gibon 仙厓義梵画 artist. Entsu Zenshi Iboku 円通禅師éºå¢¨ The Remaining Works of Sengai. Fukuoka. Meiji 27 1894 22.4 x 15 cm string bound fukuro-toji Japanese-style in plain gray wrappers with printed paper title label. Black and white and sumi shading throughout on the Zenga illustrations after designs by Sengai Gibon 1750-1837 the wonderful and eccentric Zen painter and calligrapher. According to Mitchell "The designs in this book were copied from various gajo picture albums shiki-shi calligraphy cards and byobu screens by Sengai." Mitchell p.253 and Hillier vol. 1 pp. 230-232 Very good impressions and condition with the seals on the illustrations. This appears to be the only ehon dedicated to his work. Delightful. unknown
1894réf. 911191894. Sengai Gibon 仙厓義梵画 artist. Entsu Zenshi Iboku 円通禅師éºå¢¨ The Remaining Works of Sengai. Fukuoka. Meiji 27 1894 22.4 x 15 cm string bound fukuro-toji Japanese-style in plain gray wrappers with printed paper title label. Black and white and sumi shading throughout on the Zenga illustrations after designs by Sengai Gibon 1750-1837 the wonderful and eccentric Zen painter and calligrapher. According to Mitchell "The designs in this book were copied from various gajo picture albums shiki-shi calligraphy cards and byobu screens by Sengai." Mitchell p.253 and Hillier vol. 1 pp. 230-232 Very good impressions and condition with the seals on the illustrations. This appears to be the only ehon dedicated to his work. Delightful. unknown books
réf. 123611London Printed for T. Cadell Strand et al. 1838. . 8 vols; 8vo 22 x 14.5 cm; engraved frontispiece to vol. I 3 folding maps bookplate to front pastedown of each vol. offsetting to title-page of vol. I slightly toned with moderate spotting particularly affecting plate and maps maps with closed split along folds; contemporary armorial tan calf gilt arms to upper covers of each vol. gilt spines contrasting green and brown morocco lettering-pieces a little rubbed and abraded very good. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues to rank as a 'masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style and has remained one of the ageless historical works which. maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar' PMM. Controversial since its first appearance Gibbon argued that Rome's fall was the 'natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and as soon as time or accident had removed the artificial supports the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight' chapter xxxviii. As a result this hollow empire succumbed easily to the twin forces of barbarianism and Christianity which had been gaining momentum over the course of the fourth century AD. Although attacked for his perceived irreligion Gibbon's work received many positive reviews and has since become a cornerstone text in the study of Western history. Writing to Gibbon in December 1788 his friend Adam Smith noted that 'by the universal assent of every man of taste and learning. Decline and Fall sets you at the very head of the whole literary tribe at present existing in Europe' ODNB. From the library of Percy Lousada 1823-1859 with his bookplate and arms in gilt to the upper cover of each volume. cf.PMM 222. London, Printed for T. Cadell, Strand et al., 1838. unknown
1796réf. B2570London: A. Strahan T. Cadell jr. & W. Davies c. 1796. Occasional light foxing otherwise an excellent copy text is clean and crisp. Edition: First edition Binding: Contemporary full tree calf with gilt greek-tooled border rebacked expertly in seven compartments of gilt-tooled bands and gilt floral motifs gilt red and yellow morocco labels on two and five respectively. Notes: During his life Edward Gibbon made several attempts at writing his memoirs. After his death these were pieced together by his close friend Lord Sheffield who added letters and additional writings. A third volume of miscellaneous works was added in 1815. Size: 4to Illustration: Ex-libris on front paste-down endpaper. With frontis silhouette portrait. Volume: Two volumes. References: Rothchild 948 Pages: P. Volume 1. frontis title blank iii-xxv 1 1-703; Volume 2. title blank iii-viii 1-726 errata advertisement. Category: Book Biography A. Strahan, T. Cadell jr., & W. Davies unknown
1796réf. 202758London: Strahan 1796. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece portrait 2 vols. large 4to bound in full mottled calf rubbed green leather spine labels; light foxing on a few pages otherwise fine. London: A. Strahan T. Cadell Jun W. Davies 1796. Very good Strahan unknown
1848réf. 336294London: Longman Brown 1848. hardcover. very good. Folding maps. 8 vols. full tan polished calf with elaborately gilt spines & leather labels; marbled end-leaves & edges. London: Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1848. New Edition. A handsome set. Longman, Brown unknown
1804réf. 81092Philadelphia:: William Y. Birch & Abraham Small 1804 - 1805. First American Edition. old full mottled calf; gilt-decorated spines with read leather spine labels. 1822 ink ownership signature in each volume; several tissue reinforcements to the large folding map in Vol. I; a few minor chips to the leather and partial splits at the joints; a very attractive set. . 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds; three folding maps. . Norton 48. See Printing and the Mind of Man 222. William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, hardcover
1804réf. 1504743Birtch and Small 1804. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The first American edition of this epic history. 8 volumes. Usually described as 1805 but this has the first four volumes dated 1804 on the title pages. Some front covers detached but can be reattached by any book binder. Appear to be original boards. Spines very worn but could also be original. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 6381 8518. APPLETON'S CYCLOPÆDIA VI p.469. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 222 ref. NORTON THE WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON 48. Birtch and Small hardcover
1796réf. 202758London: Strahan 1796. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece portrait 2 vols. large 4to bound in full mottled calf rubbed green leather spine labels; light foxing on a few pages otherwise fine. London: A. Strahan T. Cadell Jun W. Davies 1796. Very good Strahan unknown books
1848réf. 336294London: Longman Brown 1848. hardcover. very good. Folding maps. 8 vols. full tan polished calf with elaborately gilt spines & leather labels; marbled end-leaves & edges. London: Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1848. New Edition. A handsome set. Longman, Brown unknown books
1804réf. 1504743Birtch and Small 1804. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The first American edition of this epic history. 8 volumes. Usually described as 1805 but this has the first four volumes dated 1804 on the title pages. Some front covers detached but can be reattached by any book binder. Appear to be original boards. Spines very worn but could also be original. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 6381 8518. APPLETON'S CYCLOPÆDIA VI p.469. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 222 ref. NORTON THE WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON 48. Birtch and Small hardcover books
1862réf. 453181London : J. Murray 1862. First Edition in this form. Hardcover. Good copies indeed; the celebrated Murray 1862 offering in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panels somewhat rubbed and stained with spine bands and panel edges worn. Some hinges tender but all holding. Generally clean interiors with some isolated marginal foxing. Frontispiece retains tissue guard and folding materials remain sound. A well-preserved set overall. Provenance: bookplate of Thomas William Price. Physical description; complete in 8 volumes : frontispiece portrait maps some folding ; 23 cm. Subjects; Rome -- History -- Empire 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire -- History. London : J. Murray hardcover
1818réf. 317472London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; . with 17 others plus 2 in Glasgow and 1 in Dublin 1818. New edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Finely bound set in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges nicked and rubbed. Remains particularly well preserved set internally. Physical description: 12v plates some folded: ill. maps port; 8vo. Notes: Printer's details t.p. verso: Plummer and Brewis Printers Love-Lane Little-Eastcheap. Portrait of Gibbon frontis to v.1. Subjects: Rome History Empire 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Genre: History. Rome. London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; ... [with 17 others, plus 2 in Glas hardcover
1967réf. 151457London: Hutchinson 1967. First edition of this posthumous collection of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s shorter works. Octavo original publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by his wife Ray Mitchell on the front free endpaper. From the library of bibliophile Seumas Stewart a respected figure in the field of book collecting and bibliophilic writing best known for his work Book Collecting 1947. Ray Mitchell signed A Scots Hairst for Stewart in exchange for a signed copy of his work Book Collecting which he autographed for her with a tribute to her late husband. Together with two autograph letters signed by Ray Mitchell to Seumas Stewart regarding the exchange of books the paperback of A Scots Hairst and the adaptation of "Sunset Song" for BBC Scotland. Accompanied by a typed letter to Stewart signed by scriptwriter Bill Craig and dated March 5 1976 regarding the dramatization of "Sunset Song" for BBC and Stewart's praise for the script. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A wonderful association. Lewis Grassic Gibbon the pen name of James Leslie Mitchell 1901–1935 was a Scottish novelist and essayist best known for his powerful depictions of rural life and social change in early twentieth-century Scotland. His most celebrated work Sunset Song 1932 the first novel in the Scots Quair trilogy portrays the tensions between tradition and modernity through the life of a young woman in a farming community. Writing under both his real name and pseudonym Mitchell combined regional realism with broader political and historical concerns often addressing themes of class industrialization and identity. Despite his relatively short life his work has had a lasting impact on Scottish literature and is regarded as a significant contribution to modern British fiction. Hutchinson paperback
1815réf. elala870London: Printed For A.Strahan and T.Cadell Jun. and W.Davies Vol. III: Printed for John Murray 1796-1815. 1815. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. xxv 1errata 703; viii 726 2errata & ads; viii 691 1. 2 engraved frontis. incl. silhouette portrait in Vol. I folding genealogical table & tipped-in epitaph leaf in Vol. III. with the cancels in Vol. I U1 – signed U & Vol. II 3K4. contemporary sprinkled calf joints cracked front joint of Vol. I weak spines dry occasional hint of foxing. armorial bookplates & signature of Sir George Osborn Morgan first baronet 1826-97 lawyer and politician. First Edition of all three volumes. The celebrated historian’s miscellaneous works include letters notes and diaries of his early studies a number of youthful essays previously unpublished works and a fragment entitled ‘Antiquities of the House of Brunswick’ dated 1790 but not separately published until 1814. Gibbon’s memoirs were assembled by Lord Sheffield from the six separate drafts of an autobiography which Gibbon left behind at his death. The supplementary volume printed in 1815 is frequently absent. NCBEL II 1723. Norton 131 & 136. Rothschild 949 & 951 lacking epitaph leaf in Vol. III. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. London: Printed For A.Strahan, and T.Cadell Jun. and W.Davies [Vol. III: Printed for John Murray], 1796-1815.
1782réf. LL6375W. Strahan & T. Cadell 1782. ~DATE RANGE: 1782-1788 ~FULL PAGINATION: vii 13 704 8 640 8 640 viii 8 620 8 684 10 646 52pp ~First edition of vols IV-VI; new edition of vols I-III. Vol. I is 1782 ESTC T78359 Norton 26. Vols II & III are 1787 ESTC N36543 Norton 27. Vols IV-VI are 1788 ESTC T78365 Norton 29. Frontis portrait to vol. I by Hall after Joshua Reynolds. 3 maps 1 to vol. II; 2 folding to rear of vol. V. Half titles to vols II-VI. Index and errata page to vol. VI. Early full tan calf boards framed in double gilt fillets. Ornate gilt decor to board edges and turn-ins. Rebacked in near-matching tan calf. Raised bands and brown gilt label per spine. 4tos 22 x 27.3cm. Mild wear to board corners and edges. Hinges just starting to crack in vol.6 only other hinges sound. All edges marbled in Stormont pattern reinforced at gutters with old repair probably when rebacked. Hinges sound. Early replacement blank endpages some with 1819 watermark. All vols signed to top t.p. by G. Kinnear perhaps George Kinnear 1751-1823 of the Edinburgh-based banking family. Old repair to fore-edge of map of the Western Roman Empire with minor loss to edge of image. Small 1cm single tear to edge of each folding map. Old repairs / reinforcements to fore-edges of sigs a-a3 in vol. I with a little damp-rippling to edges of these same pages but no loss to text. Mild occasional foxing severe on a few pages. A very few old annotations to margins in some vols. Gibbon's masterpiece first published between 1776 and 1788 'occupies the summit of European Enlightenment historiography'; 'remarkable for the way Gibbon pushed at the edges of received opinions and found fresh and fruitful ways of linking approaches and subjects which elsewhere lay unconnected' ODNB. A handsome solid square set. ~Robust packaging. Overseas orders trackable on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Hardback. Hardback. Very Good/Fine. c. 700pp. per vol. W. Strahan & T. Cadell Hardcover
réf. 65806Printed at Leominster Massachusetts by Salmon Wilder for John Whiting of Lancaster 1805. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 12mo. 14.5 x 8.5 cm. pp.171. Contemporary sheep spine with four gilt rules. Old ownership inscription of 'G Freeman' to front free endpaper; embossed stamp of 'F.M. O'Brien Bookseller New and Antiquarian Portland Maine' to final blank. Some light spotting and browning throughout title-page with small tear to bottom margin and small perforation just under the name 'Mahomet' marginal loss affecting text to first page generally a very good unsophisticated copy. 'The Life of Mahomet' was extracted from Gibbon's best known work 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' to be published separately. At the time of publication printed works relating to Islam were rare as its few practitioners in the United States had arrived as part of the slave trade and the practicing of Islam was forbidden on plantations with nearly all slaves forced to convert to Christianity upon their arrival. Wilder 1780-1832 was a minor printer in central Massachusetts and later New Hampshire. The John Whiting 1760-1810 for whom the work was printed was likely the Revolutionary War soldier and lieutenant colonel in the 4th U.S. Infantry. Printed at Leominster [Massachusetts], by Salmon Wilder, for John Whiting, of Lancaster, 1805. unknown
réf. 98084A Paris, chez Maradan, Libraire / Moutard/Letellier / An Trois, An Quatrième, 1788-1795, 18 volumes in-8 de 200x130 mm environ, de 460 à 584 pages par volume, pleine basane granitée brune, titres et tomaisons dorés sur dos lisse, pièce de titres en maroquin bordeaux, tomaisons brunes plus ou moins foncées en fonction des volumes, ornés de caissons à motifs dorés. Série recomposée, Edition en partie originale de la traduction (pour les volumes publiés chez Moutard/Letellier, tomes : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Quelques rousseurs, mouillures claires dans les marges, des frottements et épidermures sur le cuir, sinon bon état.
183813 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved portrait frontispiece (in 'Life') and 14 engraved maps, (the majority folding and MANY COLOURED BY HAND IN OUTLINE), the maps generally lightly foxed but crisply folded, some mild and occasional offsetting; contemporary plum cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, gilt backs, primrose endpapers, uncut, one volume LARGELY UNOPENED, two volumes expertly recased with original endpapers preserved, backs moderately and uniformly sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), fore-edges lightly spotted, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean extended set in largely unrestored publisher's binding. All volumes complete with half-titles; most volumes with publisher's catalogues (variously dated 1838-39) at end, confirming early issue; tenth volume with publisher's advance notice slip (Milman's History of Christianity and Life of Gibbon) mounted facing half-title; twelfth volume with separately printed errata slip mounted facing end of Contents. Maps and Catalogues as follows: Vol.I: 2 folding, 8pp. March 1838 ; Vol.II: 1 folding; Vol.III: 2 full-page, 12pp. May 1838; Vol. IV: 1 folding, 12pp. June 1838; Vol. V: 1 folding, 12pp. August 1838; Vol.VI: 1 folding, 4pp. n.d.; Vol. VII: 1 folding, 12pp. October 1838; Vol. VIII: 1 folding, 32pp. October 1838; Vol.IX: 1 folding, 6pp. December 1838; Vol. X: 1 folding, 32pp. December 1838; Vol. XI: I folding, 8pp. January 1839; Vol. XII: 1 folding, 8pp. January 1839). The portrait of Gibbon is by Scriven after Reynolds. A CRISP EXTENDED SET OF THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MILMAN'S 'GIBBON' IN LARGELY UNRESTORED PERIOD CLOTH BINDING AND AS SUCH MOST UNUSUAL.
