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1926rif. 41181New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co 1926. Ex-Library. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto. xiii 68pp. Brown cloth boards with gilt stamped debossed illustration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. The book is a photographic survey of the architecture of antebellum Charleston South Carolina. The publication includes an introduction and notes by Maxwell Kimball and Arthur C. Holden followed by 67 pages of plates featuring high quality b/w photographic reproductions of historic architecture and buildings from around the city. Binding with a chip to the tail of spine head of spine and front cover illustration lightly rubbed. Some light scratches to back cover. Interior with minor age toning along the edges of some pages. Library stamp at top of interior back cover. Binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Architectural Book Publishing Co hardcover books
1776rif. 68352London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1776. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1776-1788. First edition. Six volumes quarto 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 270 x 220 mm. Engraved portrait of Gibbon by Hall after Reynolds not usually found bound in volume II. With three engraved folding maps bound in volume II one of them normally found in volume III. With all the half titles and the errata leaves in Volumes I II III and VI Volume VI errata covers volumes IV V and VI. With twelve pages of Contents for Volume I at the beginning of Volume II. Volume I has more than half of the errata uncorrected which would make it an intermediate state. According to Sterling " Vol. I only was published in 1776. It was originally planned to print 500 copies of this first edition but after 26 sheets were completed it was decided to increase the number to 1000. The type of the earlier sheets had by that time been distributed so when they were set up again the opportunity was taken to correct the numerous errata and to print the text of the cancel leaves which for some unknown reason had been substituted for the original leaves. Vols. II and III were were published together in 1781." In Volume III p. 177 is correctly numbered and "Honorious" is left uncorrected on p. 179 line 18. G1 and Ll1 cancels in volume 2 signed G and Ll H3 and L2 cancels in volume 4 the latter signed L2. The engraved portrait of Gibbon was issued separately in 1780. Contemporary tree calf all volumes attractively and uniformly rebacked. Gilt spines with gilt tool in compartments morocco spine labels lettered in gilt and small morocco lozenge with volume numbers. All edges yellow. Extremities slightly rubbed. Some light intermittent foxing but generally very clean. Small bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. With a repaired closed tear to the last leaf of volume II. Overall a very good set. A "masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style" Gibbon's Decline and Fall brought to the subject a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equaled to this day. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works which like the writings of Macaulay and Mommsen maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar although they have been superseded in many if not most details by subsequent advance of research and changes in the climate of opinion. Whereas other eighteenth-century writers in this field such as Voltaire are still quoted with respect the Decline and Fall is the only historical narrative prior to Macaulay which continues to be reprinted and actually read" Printing and the Mind of Man. Although superseded in many respects by two centuries of continuous research this great work is still read both for pleasure and for profit and has achieved an eminence denied most historical compilations of its kind. Grolier 100 English 58. Norton 20 23 and 29. Printing and the Mind of Man 222. Rothschild 942-944. Sterling 382. HBS 68352. $26500. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell unknown books
1848rif. 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
rif. 6720JOHN GIBBON 1827-1896. John Gibbon was a Major General who fought in the Indian Wars the American Civil War and the Great Sioux War. He fought in the Battle of Gettysburg and Second Battle of Bull Run. During his life he published his famous Artillerists Manual and posthumously Personal Recollections of the Civil War and Adventures on the Western Frontier along with many articles in magazines and journals. His writings typically center around his time in the West and his opinions on Native American government policies.Typescript. 5pgs. No date circa mid 1870s. No place. A typed outline of Rambles In The Rocky Mountains that was typed by either John Gibbon himself or his secretary. This series of articles was published in the American Catholic Quarterly Review in 1876 and included in a posthumously published book Adventures on the Western Front that depicts Gibbons time serving in the West during the 1870s. In this work Gibbons short and concise writing style gives the reader glimpses into his life and shows how time in the West was spent. Gibbon discusses the Pikes Peak emigrants in the second chapter of this work an event in the late 1850s where thousands of people left their homes to go to Pike Peak Colorado for the gold rush they were experiencing. Later he writes First news of the battle of Bull Run the first major battle of the Civil War. In chapter VII he references the Great Sioux War of 1876 a war between the U. S. and Native Americans as the government wanted ownership over the Black Hills a mountain range in South Dakota and Wyoming that is now home to Mount Rushmore. His depictions of these important events are dispersed throughout the script broken up with his day-to-day activities as a soldier and descriptions of the West. The typescript is in very good condition with light stains on the first page. unknown books
rif. 5535JOHN GIBBON 1827-1896. Gibbon was a Union Army General.DS. 1pg. March 16 1895. Seattle Washington. A financial document signed J.G on the verso. The body of the document which concerns the terms of a loan was written in anther hand and bears a secretarial signature: One 1 year after date without grace for value received I promise to pay to the order of John Gibbon Brig. Genl. U.S.A. Retired the sum of Two hundred and fifty -- $250 Dollars with interest at the rate of six 6 per cent per annum from date hereof until paid. Interest payable semi-annually at maturityJno. Gibbon. The document is on the letterhead of the Agency for Royal Exchange Assurance Pacific Coast Branch. In fine condition. unknown books
1913rif. M9012New York:: E. P. Dutton 1913. 1913. 8vo. xv 296 pp. Tables index. Full gilt stamped red cloth; minor shelf-wear front inner hinge starting. Early ownership signature of Charles Russell Bardeen. Very good. First edition. Bardeen was the first Dean of the Wisconsin Medical School. E. P. Dutton, 1913. hardcover books
rif. 25951Holden A. CURTIS Elizabeth Gibbon. GATEWAYS AND DOORWAYS OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. New York: Architectural Book Publishing 1926. 4to. Cloth. Frontispiece xiii i pages 68 plates. First edition. Photographs of ironwork doorways and gateways with contributions by Maxwell Kimball and Arthur Holden. Cover worn; internally fine. unknown books
rif. 26382GIBBON Edward. GIBBON'S JOURNEY FROM GENEVA TO ROME. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1961. 8vo. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece xxiv ii 268 pages 11 plates. Second impression. In 1764 Edward Gibbon made a leisurely trip with William Guise from Geneva to Rome. Gibbon kept a methodical journal in French recording every facet of their trip - countryside towns people churches palaces architecture and works of art. This journal reveals his tastes and interests and provides a portrait of the future author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Bonnard as made a faithful reproduction of Gibbon's original French text. Good. unknown books
1788rif. 160730004London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1788. First Edition. Very Good. Complete in six volumes. All First Editions except volume 1 which is a Second Edition. Large quarto. Full contemporary mid-brown calf with early 20th century rebacks vol. 1 fully renewed at the same time and replaced endpapers raised bands red lettering piece and black numbering piece. Tips worn and exposed boards edge-worn. Sporadic light foxing throughout. A handful of small closed tears and marginal stains. Vol. 1 has some offsetting from engraved frontispiece portrait to title page as well as heavy foxing to both; first page of preface torn and missing about half; small wax stain on pages 471-4. Vol. 2: both maps present with small marginal tears but no loss. Vol. 3: binder mistakenly placed duplicate of map "The western Part of the Roman Empire" in previous volume rather than "The eastern Part." map. An attractive set of Gibbons' magnificent history. W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
rif. 71808London: The National Book Association and Hutchinson & Co nd. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 288pp. Pages tanned else a very good hardback in a jacket that is darkened on the spine and at the edges of the panels. First published by Jarrolds in 1934 and widely reviewed at the time it quickly became one of the most controversial texts of the Scottish literary renaissance of the early decades of the twentieth century. The National Book Association and Hutchinson & Co hardcover books
1834rif. 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
1908rif. 10641THE MOTHER OF THE AMERICAN ATHENS in Harper's Magazine for September 1908 first edition some modest wear to the spine else a vg copy with fine contents of stories poems essays and articles not to mention those marvelous ads. Contains a full page full color illustration by Howard Pyle as well as many such illustrations by Elizabeth Shippen Green and Frank Schoonover and original stories by Norman Duncan Percival Gibbon Harry Stillwell Edust-wrapper ards and others as well as the serial essay MY DISCOVERIES IN TIBET by Sven Hedin. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1854rif. 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
1961rif. 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
1963rif. 224739England: Cassell 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in a Very good plus dust jacket. Book and dust jacket lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners book foredges lightly soiled pages lightly browned at edges dust jacket lightly soiled and worn. Cassell hardcover books
1979rif. 130433New York: Crescent 1979. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by Photos by Edmund Nagele. Fine in fine dust jacket. Crescent hardcover books
1963rif. 164023New York: Dell 1963. Softcover. Good. Good paperback. Pages brown clean text. Light rubbing to cover. Dell unknown books
2002rif. 3992Atlantic Monthly Press 2002. GIBBON Peter H. A CALL TO HEROISM. Foreword by Peter J. Gomes. NY: Atlantic Monthly Press 2002. 8vo. boards in dust jacket; 277 pages. First edition first printing. Signed presentation by Gibbon on title page. Near fine few minor bumps covers in fine d/j. $15.00. Atlantic Monthly Press unknown books
1999rif. 190904London England: Laurence King Publishing 1999. Hardcover. VG spine ends bumped. bump to back lower corner. light scuffs scratches to boards. dustjacket has edge-wear creasing to spine ends rubbing to corners. black boards w/ gilt spine printing. 208 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. pictorial & green dustjacket w/ white red printing. "The ikat silks of nineteenth-century Central Asia are unrivalled in their gloriously inventive designs resplendent colours and technical mastery. Ikat is an ancient technique in which colours are applied to silk warp yards in multi-stage tie-dye resist methods before being woven." "Incorporating original research in Russian and Uzbekistan the text places Central Asian ikat production in its historical and social context. The complex history of the region is described in particular the social and economic structure of the ikat-producing centres offering fascinating insights into the textile guilds and workshops and defining the important ritual function of textiles in society." "Ikat: Splendid Silks of Central Asia stands as an eloquent testimony to the extraordinary skills of dedicated craftsmen and their magnificent creations and is a reference work for textile scholars collectors and designers as well as all those interested in this area of Asian textile production."--WorldCat. Laurence King Publishing hardcover books
rif. 184123New York: Charles C. Bigelow & Co not dated. Hardcover. Good ex-library with library stamps and labels on blocks spines inside front and rear covers. Previous owner's name on title half-pages. Pages are lightly age toned but otherwise clean and clear. Six volume set bound in red cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Each volume has a bw illustrated frontispiece with protective guardsheet. Six volume set detailing the decline of the Roman empire. Charles C. Bigelow & Co hardcover books
1878rif. 135043London: Macmillan 1878. Hardcover. Fair Ex-lib. labels at spines bookplate inside front covers pocket inside backs usual markings; Some wear to cloth particularly at extremities; Back board and last hundred pages of volume one show water damage only at the very top of the pages; Hinges cracking; Some pencil markings throughout but still very readable. Brown embossed cloth; Gilt titling at spine; 335 404 pp.; No illustrations other than title page of volume one. Scottish lawyer and writer; Founded the Edinburgh Phrenological Society in 1820; Combe's major work was The Constitution of Man. Macmillan hardcover books
1989rif. 126318Sacramento California: Crocker Art Museum 1989. Softbound. VG. Pictorial wraps 84 pp 49 color and BW plates plus additional images. Published for the exhibition at the Crocker Art Museum Sacramento CA September 16-October 29 1989 and the Laguna Art Museum Laguna Beach CA November 24 1989- January 28 1990. Crocker Art Museum paperback books
1682rif. 1409275London: printed by J. M. J. Macock 1682. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 16 165 3 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in full brown leather with gilt titling to spine. Both boards are detached from spine has a significant loss of leather to edges and spine ends and cracking to surfaces. Textblock has the front free end page detached from spine an ownership inscription to the recto of the front free end page chipping to edges of front matter age toning stains to some pages and minor worming to bottom margins of some pages throughout. Text in English and Latin. Shelved in Room A. USTC: 3105598. 1409275. Special Collections. printed by J. M. [J. Macock] hardcover books
1811rif. 161453Edinburgh 1811. hardcover. 12 volumes. Frontispiece portrait and 2 large folding maps. Handsomely bound in contemporary full brown calf; gilt-stamped borders and spines with red leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges leather is rubbed and a bit edgeworn in spots; hinge neatly repaired in two volumes still a quite attractive set. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute et al. 1811. unknown books
1988rif. 300068London: The Folio Society 1988. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Sold as 8 volume set two slipcases with 4 volumes each~~Volume I: The Turn of the Tide; Volume II: Constantine and the Christian Empire; Volume III: The Revival and Collapse of Paganism; Volume IV: The End of the Western Empire; Volume V: Justinian and the Roman Law; Volume VI: Mohammed and the Rise of the Arabs; Volume VII: The Normans in Italy and the Crusades; Volume VIII: The Fall of Contantinople and the Papcy in Rome. ~ ~The two slipcases have some general wear; a bit of separation but they are both holding quite well; each book has a stick from the previous bookseller indicating they are sold as a set. Near Fine binding. The Folio Society unknown books
