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553p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, covers faded & lightly soiled
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 24pp of plates; black cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in red and black, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
681 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
Light shelfwear. Ffep is corner clipped (price removed). ; 399 pages; The World of Rome is an introduction to the history and culture of Rome for anyone seriously interested in the ancient world. It covers all aspects of the city--its rise to power, what made it great and why it still engages and challenges us today. Frequent quotations from ancient writers and numerous illustrations make this a stimulating and accessible introduction to ancient Rome. The book is particularly designed to serve as a background to Reading Latin
Former owner's name to ffep. Light rubbing to wraps. ; Joint Association of Classical Teachers' Greek Course Background Book; 407 pages; The World of Athens is a serious, up-to-date account of the history and culture of fifth century Athens for adults, university students and sixth-formers with an intelligent interest in ancient Greece. The book, which is profusely illustrated, contains chapters on all aspects of the history, culture, values and achievements of Athenian life. Teachers and students of Reading Greek now have a full and instant guide to the cultural and historical topics in which the course is so diverse and rich.
A Novel . 16mo. pp. 334. . Molto buono (Very Good). Dorso sbiadito (Faded spine). Prima edizione (First Edition). .
xiv, 526 p. : illus. Hardcover Very good condition in good slipcase
24.5x18 cm. viii+285 pages. Hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly worn and torn on edges. Else in good condition.
Seven Volumes in Fourteen. Illustrated with mounted proofs on India paper with original tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black. Text printed on Japanese Vellum. Uncut and unopened. LIMITED EDITION. Number 29 of only 100 copies. Printed and inked ownership of Dr. Wm. M. Findley. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth bindings. Original paper spine labels. Head and tail of some volumes lightly chipped. Hardbound. Very good set of an extremely scarce edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! HAKESPEARE BOX 3
12 vols. Hardcover Very good condition in lightly worn dark red cloth
4 vols. Hardcover Good condition, 3/4 calf, spines chipped, some covers detached v. 1. Life of Burns, criticism on his writings, and some observations on the Scottish peasantry.--v. 2. General correspondence, including pieces of miscellaneous poetry.--v. 3. Poems formerly published, with some additions, and a history of these poems, by Gilbert Burns.--v. 4. Correspondence with Mr. George Thomson, including poetry hitherto unpublished.
pp. (4) [Publisher's catalogue], 416 + Engraved portrait frontis with original tissue guard. Mildly foxed. Double column. Early manuscript inscription 'Susan Moore Laight from her father 1836'. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges. 8vo. 225 mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Raised bands. Hardbound. Very good. PAIMP 22
First Edition, orig. buckram.
Two Volumes. Engraved portrait of Rabelais in first volume. Engraved portrait of Sir Thomas Urquhart in second volume. Faint ownership of Latimer (York, PA) on title pages. Frontis portraits and title pages foxed. Partially unopened. 190mm. Original stamped publisher's cloth bindings, embossed and decorated in blind. Loss at head and tail of spines. Insect damage on outer hinge of volume one. Bohn's Extra Volumes. Hardbound. Very good. FREN/ENG BX 4. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
1055p. + Engraved Half Title and Portrait Frontis. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings. Double column. First signature loose. 260 mm. Disbound. [Leather boards detached, spine worn with small lose, original leather spine labels]. RELIGION BOX 6.
pp. 880. (6) [Publisher's catalogue] + Portrait Frontis Engraved by J. B. Mould + Full page plates. Double column. Age stained. Frontis very foxed. Inked inscription on front fly leaf "From the Library of John Y. Daten hoping that this book will prove useful, John Daten, Jr". Rear fly leaf penciled inscription "When on this Page You chance to look Just think of me and shut the book, William". 235 mm. Original full cloth binding. Boards elaborately decorated in gold and with a portrait of Flavius Josephus in center. Spine faded and worn. Some loss at extremities. Hardbound. Very good. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SE 2/1
pp. x, (1)-404; xxxvi, (1)-133, (1) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved portrait frontis with tissue guard. Double column. Light foxing. Marbled endpapers. Marbled edges. Early manuscript inscription 'Susan M. Laight from her father August 1835' on first fly leaf. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Original leather spine label, chipped. Leather spine darkened, chipped and worn. Title continues: 'With A New And Interesting Memoir Of The Life Of Thomson'. James Thomson (1700-1748), a British poet and playwright, is best known for his poems 'The Seasons' and 'The Castle of Indolence', and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!" William Cowper (1731-1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, S&S/AI 6715. Hardbound. Good. PAIMP 21
pp. (8), 540, (2), 22, 56, 57, 65 , 32, 33 + A handsome bust portrait engraved by Basire, after Cipriani. Portrait offset on to the unusual title page. Some old foxing. Large 4to. 295 mm. x 240 mm. Modern plain full leather binding. Hardbound. Very good. ** WITH AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA (1863) MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND ANNOTATIONS. Edited by the great 'Republican' Thomas Hollis, with additions and corrections by Joseph Robertson, this edition includes: Memoirs of the Life of Algernon Sydney; Discourses Concerning Government; Letters of Algernon Sydney, taken from Thurloe's State Papers; The Protector's Advice to Algernon Sydney; Letters of Algernon Sydney, taken from the Sydney papers; Letters of A. Sydney to Henry Savile, Ambassador in France; The Trial of A. Sydney; The Apology of A. Sydney in the Day of his Death; and A General view of Government in Europe. This is an important book in the history of the ideas that founded the American republic, but what is perhaps most interesting about this copy are the manuscript notes and annotations written, in a careful small hand, in America, during the Civil War (1863). A few of these struck our eye, and we're glad to reproduce a few selections here: "I have lately undertaking to read Algernon Sydney on government. There is great difference in reading a book at four and twenty and at eighty eight. As often as I have read it and fumbled it over, it now excites fresh admiration that this work has excited so little interest in the literary world. As splendid an edition of it as the art of printing can produce, as well as for the intrinsic merits of the work, as for the proof it brings of the bitter sufferings of the advocates of liberty from that time to this, and to show the slow progress of moral, philosophical, political illumination in the world, ought to now be published in America" - John Adams to Thomas Jefferson 17 September, 1823. ".the danger in America. arises from (1) the indifference of the people to the character of their deputies; (2) the disinclination of good men to go as deputies; (3) and the inclination of bad men to go as such. The rottenness of our law making bodies has reached such a point that if it shall not soon be cured it can not longer endure." - 1863. "Among the causes, which have brought the USA to their present unhappy condition, may be reckoned, as a leading one, the predominance in their councils of mere municipal lawyers. The low morals and the crass ignorance (of these) are not equal to the work of government, filched by them from a blindly confiding people. A profession proverbially selfish and dishonest can not produce statesmen, however fecund it may be of politicians. The conduct of government is the work of statesmen - of unselfish, honest, high-hearted, great-minded men = that class has disappeared and has given way to small country lawyers whose minds exercise only upon petty squabbles of the neighborhood, incapable of grasping the vast concerns of a nation. Bad as this is, there is something worse. and that is that the profession of the law is every year sinking lower in ignorance and in contempt, while at the same time it is rising in power." - 1863. These manuscript annotations make this copy UNIQUE, and very worthy of further study. W150. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
Bella rilegatura in pelle, con bordi dorati, tagli decorati e carta marmorizzata ai due piatti. 16mo (cm 18,5x13). pp. 670. . Molto buono (Very Good). Ex libris in seconda di copertina, firma di appartenenza alla prima pagina bianca, fioriture alle prime e alle ultime pagine (Ex libris on inner front cover, owner's name on the first blank page, yellowing of first and last pages). . .
Hardcover Good condition
8 vols. Hardcover Good condition in light green cloth, leather skivers Contents: The Virginian - History of Henry Esmond; Memoirs of Barry Lyndon; Denis Duval - Paris Sketch Book; Eastern Sketches; Irish Sketch Book - Burlesques - History of Pedennis - Roundabout Papers - The Adventures of Philip; Catherine - Christmas Books
Book is in excellent condition with gilt-stamped pale green paper over boards, no flaws. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light scuffing, edge and corner wear, 1" tear at lower back. 184 pages, with heavy paper, extensively illustrated in black and white with photographs, architectural drawings, interiors, elevations, floorplans, lots of detail: scrollwork, lamps, columns, floors designs, etc. Reprinted from 1778 & '79, features English country houses in the style of conquecento, and French rococo, Neo-classicism. 154 illustrations.
First published as "A Smaller Classical Dictionary" by John Murray in 1852. (18th.ed 1880) Facsimile reprint. 464p. (It was also re-issued.under the title " Everyman's Smaller Classical Dictionary " in 1952) Book
Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 170 pages. Annoations au crayon.
First Edition, presentation inscription on fly-leaf "Douglas Grant, for the sake of the war study which he I hope will think meritorious - Edmund Blunden, 20 July 1959.", black and white illustrations in the text, xvi, 106 pp., blue printed wrappers, with original glassine wrapper, a fine copy. Dedicated to "Edmond et Madaleine Fleg aux jours intimes ? Quai aux Fleurs."
