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1849ref. 140241London: John W. Parker 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John W. Parker 1849. Octavo xxiv 514 6 publisher's catalogue pages plus a tipped-in errata slip. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards; spine gilt in compartments with a contrasting title-label; minimal signs of age and use; overall an excellent copy. 'Under the device of imaginary letters between colonist and statesman Wakefield fully develops his cherished theories on colonisation particularly of Australia and New Zealand . Amidst his numerous valuable contributions this is Wakefield's chief work. Ever since its publication controversy has never ceased to defend or denounce the author's propositions which it is but fair to say have never been fairly carried into practice .' Hocken page 149. Ferguson 5235; Bagnall 5818; Hocken page 149. John W. Parker hardcover
1813ref. 270534London : printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis 1813. New edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in modern fine ribbed cloth with contrasting gilt-blocked labels. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 12 v. : ill. folded maps port. ; 22 cm. Notes; ""Some account of the life and writings of Edward Gibbon esq."": v. 1 p. iii-xxxviii. Portrait engraved by W. Evans after Sir Joshua Reynolds. With the half-title to each volume. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Rome Italy — History — Empire 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire — History — To 527. London : printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis hardcover
1813ref. 11309London: T. Cadell et al 1813. Book. Good. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5.5 x 8.5"; 456496412442432420424375460385502432 and general index pages; dark green buckram with gilt title to spine the rear board of vol.X is water stained but contents not affected; rebound by Chas. W. Poole Market Place Chelmsford; a nice clean bright set;. T. Cadell et al Hardcover
1831ref. 44817A CRITICAL VIEW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT - CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT MORE EFFICACIOUS THAN SEVERITY - AN ANALYSIS CONCEIVED IN UNUSUAL CIRCUMATANCES first edition small 8vo. iii-xii198pp. very attractive modern quarter calf spine panelled by raised bands large gilt tool at panel centres and a plum morocco title label gilt marbled sides no half title scattered minor marks or dustiness else very good. A handsome copy. Wakefield 1796–1862 promoter of colonization had in 1816 married a young heiress after eloping with her to Scotland but she died in 1820 from complications after childbirth. "Despite being relatively wealthy from the proceeds of his marriage settlement Wakefield's ambition a seat in the Commons demanded more .and in 1826 with the connivance of his brother William Wakefield and his stepmother Frances he abducted an heiress Ellen Turner from her boarding-school near Liverpool. She was fifteen and the daughter of William Turner of Shrigley a wealthy Cheshire manufacturer. Told that her father was dangerously ill Ellen was bundled into a coach and taken to Gretna Green. A second lie that her father's fortune depended on marriage to Wakefield persuaded her to agree to a marriage ceremony. After they were caught by angry relatives at Calais en route for Paris. . After being tried and found guilty the brothers were sentenced to three years apiece . An act of parliament was needed to annul the marriage because according to Scottish law it had been perfectly legal despite the fact it had not been consummated. The case had attracted immense attention and the reputations of the brothers appeared for ever blighted. . However imprisonment proved ironically to be Wakefield's salvation. Given the time for reflection he began the transition from vain and arrogant gadfly to serious student of society and its ills although he remained arrogant and ill-tempered. Part of his time was spent talking to prisoners and discussing the usefulness of imprisonment and in particular capital punishment. His ideas were later published in Facts Relating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropolis 1831 and in evidence to the select committee on secondary punishments 1831. In both he condemned the use of capital punishment for all but the most serious crimes and sought to emphasize the certainty of punishment as the deterrent rather than the harshness of the penalty. His other occupation a corollary of his studies on the causes of crime was to devise a programme of systematic colonization" O.D.N.B. Commencing in 1829-30 Wakefield became through a series of "brilliantly imaginative" writings an influential proponent of colonization offering "a plan based on six principles to overcome the problems of over-population identified by Malthus. Colonies he wrote were unprofitable because they suffered from a scarcity of labour the reverse of the situation in Britain. Emigration must therefore be encouraged" O.D.N.B. Thereafter he became a leading figure in the British colonization of Australia New Zealand and Canada. He "irrevocably altered the temper and style of the British empire in the nineteenth century. He brought to the subject a spark of imaginative genius the vision of systematic colonization and joined it to a far-sighted emphasis on the merits of colonial self-government" O.D.N.B. James Ridgway hardcover
2012ref. x-1848726120Psychology Pr 2012. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 488 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Psychology Pr hardcover
1834ref. 624691New York: Harper and Brothers 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Tall octavo. 376pp. followed by publisher's ads inserted dated October 1833. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Nicks and small tears at the spine ends overall sunning and light wear on the boards small stain at the crown foxing scattered throughout a very good copy. Howes W-18. Harper and Brothers hardcover
1834ref. 624691New York: Harper and Brothers 1834. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Tall octavo. 376pp. followed by publisher's ads inserted dated October 1833. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Nicks and small tears at the spine ends overall sunning and light wear on the boards small stain at the crown foxing scattered throughout a very good copy. Howes W-18. Harper and Brothers hardcover books
1974ref. 064213The Easton Press. A beautiful clean six volume leather bound set in near fine condition; faint fraying end of marker ribbon on two volumes. No dust jackets as issued. Photos available upon request. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1974. The Easton Press hardcover
ref. Bloomsbury-9780759123403AltaMira Press. Hardback. New. 254 pages AltaMira Press hardcover
ref. Bloomsbury-9780759123403AltaMira Press. Hardback. New. 254 pages AltaMira Press hardcover
2003ref. BN334167dtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2003. 2003. Verfall und Untergang des römischen Imperiums: Bis zum Ende des Reiches im Westen dtv Fortsetzungsnummer 0 Verfall und Untergang des römischen Imperiums: Bis zum Ende des Reiches im Westen dtv Fortsetzungsnummer 0 Gibbon Edward Walter Kumpmann und Michael Walter dtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG unknown
1796ref. 24870London: A. Strahan & T. Cadell 1796. First edition 2 vols. 4to pp. xxiv 703; viii 726 2; silhouette frontis portrait of Gibbon; full contemporary tree calf rebacked old spine with red and black morocco labels laid down; bottom panel of spine on vol. 1 scraped; good and sound. U1 in Vol. I is a cancel as usual. A supplementary third volume published in 1815 is not present. Rothschild 949; Norton 131. A. Strahan & T. Cadell unknown
1796ref. 24870London: A. Strahan & T. Cadell 1796. First edition 2 vols. 4to pp. xxiv 703; viii 726 2; silhouette frontis portrait of Gibbon; full contemporary tree calf rebacked old spine with red and black morocco labels laid down; bottom panel of spine on vol. 1 scraped; good and sound. U1 in Vol. I is a cancel as usual. A supplementary third volume published in 1815 is not present. Rothschild 949; Norton 131. A. Strahan & T. Cadell unknown books
1853ref. B2752Washington: Robert Armstrong Public Printer 1853. Occasional mild browning otherwise a very good example. Binding: recent ¼ morocco with marbled boards flat spine with title in gilt each spine has a different shade of morocco but the marble boards are similar. Notes: “This American expedition was first proposed by the prominent oceanographer Matthew F. Maury. He urged North American plantation owners to emigrate to the Amazon valley with their slaves to seek their fortunes. He also advocated opening the Amazon to international commerce. Maury was the brother-in-law of Lt. Herndon a naval officer. The expedition was organized by the U.S. Navy Department and sent out to South America in the Years 1851 and 1852. The Americans traveled to Chile and to Lima Peru where Lt. Herndon pushed into the upper Amazon. Lt. Gibbon traveled south through Bolivia and then into the selvas of Brazil. The two groups met in Serpa Brazil and then continued down the Amazon River to Para. Herndon was later lost with his ship “Central America” off Cape Hatteras in 1857. The work itself is a minute accurate and very interesting study on the aborigines of the Andes and on the geography of the Amazon and its tributaries.” Hill pg. 284 Size: 8vo Illustration: 52 lithographed plates and 5 folding maps. The folding maps are usually found in two separate volumes but have been inserted into the this example. Volume: 2 volumes References: Sabin 31524; Hill 803 Pages: Volume 1. P. 1-15 blank 2 frontis title blank 3-414 blank 2 i-iii plate listing; Volume 2. P. frontis title blank iii-x 1 1-339. Category: Book Voyages General; Book Americas South Robert Armstrong Public Printer hardcover
1802ref. 9900015583London: T. Cadell and W. Davies 1802. Hardcover. frontispiece folding maps. 8vo. Uniformly bound in full speckled calf. Besides the frontispiece vol. I contains a very nice folding map measuring about 17' square dated 1781 and showing the 'Eastern Part of the Roman Empire' designed by Thomas Kitchin. Vol. II contains an equally nice although smaller folding map also by Kitchin and dated 1781 showing 'Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople'. Vol. XII contains a comprehensive General Index to the work. This is a most attractive set internally each volume is in very good condition being tight clean and little soiled by age Internally with little age-toning or foxing and no markings or scribblings. However the bindings are in a less than desirable state. It may be taken that the binding of each volume has some defect whether split joints or tape remains. Altogether this is an ideal candidate to be re-bound by the new owner who would otherwise have just cause to be proud of this fine work. THE OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE calls 'The History.' 'the most celebrated historical work in English literature' p. 261. Gibbon 1727-1794 formed his plan of the 'History' during a tour of Italy in 1764-65. The first volume was issued in 1776 in quarto size followed by volumes II and III in 1781 and the last three volumes in 1788. It covers the period from the age of Trajan and the Antoines to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. Subsequently re-published in 1783 in an octavo edition of which this is 'A New Edition' in twelve volumes with the frontispiece in vol. I of Gibbon from the 1780 edition. Norton 40. T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
2006ref. 220861London: Folio Society 2006. First Edition Thus; Fifteenth Printing. Hardcover. All 8 volumes Near Fine in two Near Fine slipcases. Folio Society hardcover
ref. FORT915893The Easton Press. Used - Good. Complete 6 Volume Set. Volumes I-VI. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Fully-bound in leather. The Easton Press. The Easton Press hardcover
1980ref. 89230Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1980. Full Leather. Very Good to Fine. Giovanni Battista Piranesi illustrator. Complete 6 volume set. 24 x 16 cm. 471 481 436 489 532 623pp. Bound into full brown leather with gilt design lettering and foredges. Moire endpapers silk ribbons 3 raised bands to spine. Part of the series The 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Great Books of the Western World. Includes all 3 notes from the editors pamphlet each pamphlet covers 2 volumes. The gilt foredge for volume 1 is very rubbed. Spines of volume 2 and 6 are sun toned. The Franklin Library unknown
1974ref. 067614The Easton Press. A beautiful clean six volume leather bound set in fine condition; No dust jackets as issued. Photos available upon request. We are a brick-and-mortar store and sell our own inventory. . Fine. Hardcover. 1974. The Easton Press hardcover
1884ref. 08-0805Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co. 1884. 516pp illus. bluish cloth w/ black & gilt design gilt to spine aeg Decline & Fall vols. 1 & 2 Byzantine Empire v. 3 light scratch & small water splash to v. 1 slight fading to spines fep of v. 1 has a couple light smudges contents clean very heavy - expect extra shipping. Cloth. Very Good /No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Gebbie & Co. Hardcover
1777ref. 712L44Dublin: Guillaume Hallhead 1777. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None. An early Dublin edition of Edward Gibbon's popular essay collection. An early edition published sixteen years after the first.This work brought an initial taste of celebrity and distinguished him as a man of letters in Paris. ESTC reference no: T80005. In the original French with the dedication in English. In a contemporary calf binding. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Minor split to the tail of front joint. A few light marks to boards. Front hinge is strained but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spot. Very Good Indeed Guillaume Hallhead hardcover
1934ref. 355490718075London: Jarrolds 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt spine lettering. Slightly soft spine tips and a bump to the bottom right hand corner of the back panel overall a lovely tightly-bound and clean VG copy. In the RARE D/W priced 7/6 net to the spine as called for. The D/W is about VG with browning to the spine and shallow chipping at the head and tail just affecting the publisher's name at the base of the spine. Rare in First Edition especially in D/W. Grey Granite is the third volume in the Scots Quair trilogy and although not quite of the level of the previous two volumes Sunset Song and Cloud Howe it is a fitting-enough conclusion. Grey Granite is a novel of Communism Socialism factories violence and town life. Photographs/scans available upon request. Jarrolds hardcover
1796ref. 168797Basel: Printed and sold by J. J. Tourneisen 1796-97. First continental edition following the original London publication by Cadell & Davies earlier that year. The work includes the first appearance of Gibbon's autobiography titled the Memoirs of My Life which created the image of Gibbon which so fascinated the 19th century. Gibbon died in 1794 leaving his papers to John Baker Holroyd Lord Sheffield 1735-1821 then serving on the Board of Agriculture. Sheffield faced a monumental task not least in collating six different manuscripts of the Memoirs into one. Besides the autobiography Sheffield's edition collects much of Gibbon's correspondence several of his essays including one defending his arguments in the Decline and Fall and extracts from his journal. J. J. Tourneisen specialized in producing pirated versions of British and Scottish Enlightenment works for the continental market. Provenance: Georg Heinrich Thommen 1908-1956 a Swiss journalist with his blue ink stamp on the front free endpaper of each volume. That of Volume I also carries the inscription "To my dear friend dr. Rudolf Frowe. Xmas 1941. Heinrich Thommen." 7 vols bound in 3 octavo 202 x 127 mm. Text in English and French. Contemporary marbled paper boards spines with gilt decorative borders and red paper label edges red green silk bookmarkers. 19th-century bookplates of "V. A. B. Baron Bentinck" vol. I onlypossibly Willem van Aldenburg Bentinck 1848-1912 and of one "Dr Grauff" on front pastedowns. Light bumping and wear slight cosmetic splits to several hinges moderate browning and foxing to contents: a very good set. ESTC T79698; Norton 133. hardcover
1900ref. 1304110084New York : Euclid Press 1/1/1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 12 Volumes. 8vo. Circa 1900. Each volume quarter bound in black leather with white marbled boards. Binding repaired. Gilt lettering on spines. Good bindings and covers. TEG. Limited edition of 121 out of 1000. Wear to extremities. Clean unmarked pages with minimal toning. Edwards Gibbons classic work details the gradual societal collapse of the Western Roman Empire. This decline was brought about by the disintegration of Roman politics culture and military might. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US. New York : Euclid Press hardcover
1833ref. 247284London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1833. First Edition. xii 331 1; iv 341 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter tan calf and marbled boards. Ticket of R.E. Narby Bookseller & Printer Warminster. Bookplate. Fine. First Edition. xii 331 1; iv 341 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Following imprisonment Wakefield began to study colonial affairs of Australia with an eye towards immigration. Recognizing that the depressed condition of Australian affairs was due to a lack of efficiency and sensible handling he gathered his theories for correcting the problems and first published them in "A Letter from Sydney" London 1829 under the name Robert Gouger. It was so well done that the author was supposed to be an immigrant. He revised and refined these views for his "New Colonization System" in "England and America" as the chapter the "Art of Colonisation." The theories for his "System" were to abolish free grants of agricultural land requiring a fixed price which would be kept low enough so that a laborer would be able to purchase land after a few years this to reduce the number of ex-convicts laborers from receiving land for which they had no use to regulate immigration and to use tax monies from the rental of grants to bring laborers to the colonies. One of the main results of his publications and efforts was the founding of the National Colonization Society and then the South Australian Association the latter intended to be based upon Wakefield's theories. He was also a close advisor to the Molesworth Committee. On the appointment of Lord Durham to Canada in 1838 Wakefield became interested in that territory and is credited with having greatly assisted Durham with his famous "Report on the Affairs of British North America." He also acted as an adviser to Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe in Canada in the 1840's. In 1837 Wakefield had formed the New Zealand Association and spent most of years following directing the affairs of the association from England while his brother William Hayward Wakefield directed and managed it from New Zealand. Kress C3643; McCulloch's "Literature of Political Economy" 1845. p 94; Sabin 100976; Palgrave III p. 648; Goldsmiths' 27890 Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street unknown
