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19332504160005Jarrolds 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. Classics of Scottish Fiction 1933 printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Owner's name on front end page. 287 p. 19 cm. <br> "Sunset song is a 1932 novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon set in the rural north east of Scotland specifically Kinraddie a fictionalized version of the Mearns in Kincardineshire where the author grew up. The novel tells the story of a young woman Chris Guthrie who is 15 at the start of Sunset Song and 24 at the end. We follow Chris through late adolescence love marriage childbirth and widowhood over the course of the novel. It is set in the early 20th century when the outside world in the shape of the First World War and technological change is beginning to impact on the hitherto isolated world of Kinraddie. Jarrolds hardcover
1983105337London: Folio Society 1983. Cloth/Slipcase. Hardcover. Very good. white boards gilt lettering and decoration red and blue labels red slipcases. light soiling to spine of volume 5<br /> Standard shipping no tracking or insurance / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Folio Society hardcover
19013141<p>A scarce 1st edition copy in the original pictorial cloth binding with colour frontispiece and title and numerous black and white and part coloured by the publisher illustrations by Charles Robinson. John Murray Gibbon 1875-1952 was a Scot who spent much of his life in Canada. He was fascinated by folklore and different cultures and was a promoter of cultural events. He was also a prolific author and founded the Canadian Authors Association. True Annals looks to be his first published book. This copy is inscribed by his father - William Duff Gibbon - who was a Tea Planter in Ceylon. The book has decorative endpapers with a box on the front free endpaper for children to put their names in. The inscription is in the box and says 'Miss Carruthey - Christmas remembrance from the Author's Father 1907'. The binding has decorative titles and designs to the front board and spine and designs on the back board. It has been rebacked preserving the original spine and repairing the edges and corners. There is general surface and edge scuffing. Page edges are gilted. The decorative endpapers have professional repair at the joints and are quite browned with some spotting. Contents: colour frontispiece colour title dated 1901 preface contents and illustration list pp xvii; title in black and red; text 338 pp with numerous illustrations and designs. The book is sound and tight and the contents are very clean with the occasional spot or mark. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.</p> J M Dent & Co hardcover
1994L2 box46 a1<p>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Three Volume Set. By Edward Gibbon; Edited by David P. Womersley. Published by Allen Lane / Penguin Press in1994. Hardcover.<br /><br /></p> Allen Lane / Penguin Press hardcover
19741103758AMS. Very Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1974. Seven Volume Hardcover Set. Hard Cover. B266 Seven volume hardcover set half leather with gilt lettering . AMS hardcover
1983mon0000101196Folio Society 1983 1983T. hardcover. Like New. in x in x in. 8 volume set in slipcasesrn1983 - FoliornHardcover. rnSlipcover shows little wear.rnNo dust jacket.rnLittle cover wear.rnClean unmarked text.rnTight binding.rn Because of weight/size this cannot ship internationally rn Folio Society, 1983 hardcover
19712091202133212307AMS Pr. 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 5 books in total AMS Pr. paperback
1946240513005The Heritage Press 1946. hardcover. Like New. 8x5x2. Gian Battista Piranesi. The Heritage Press hardcover
1974251004001AMS Press 1974. Hardcover. Very Good. 13x9x5. Please Read Books look almost like new but has minor shelf wear - No marks on text - My shelf location - shed-3 AMS Press hardcover
196111577<p>London: 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.</p> Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., hardcover
199594761London:: 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
196629798HBDJ 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. <br /><br /><br /> EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY J. M. DENT PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN hardcover
1927783J16London: 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
2000SONG0792379047Springer 2000-08-31. 2000. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.00x1.25x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
1995332345New York: Modern Library 1995. 1995 Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Gian Battista Piranesi. All three volumes Very Good in Very Good dust jackets. Closed tears on rear panel bottom corners of volumes 1 and 3.; 928 pages. Modern Library hardcover
1903724L8London: John Murray 1903-1925. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". None. A bright smartly bound set of Edward Gibbon's seminal work 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. With an illustrated frontispiece of Edward Gibbon and a folding map to the rear of volume I. Folding map frontispiece to volumes III IV V VI VII VIII. Folding map to the rear of volumes V VI and VIII. Maps remain in a bright condition. A New edition with notes by Dean Milman M Guizot and Sir William Smith. This set comprises seven of eight volumes only. Lacking volume II. Collated the volumes that are present are complete. Volume I is dated 1925 Volume III is dated 1922 Volume IV is dated 1925 Volume V is dated 1922 Volume VI is dated 1925 Volume VII is dated 1903 and volume VIII is dated 1903. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire traces the trajectory of Western civilisation from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium and therefore spans a nearly 1500 year period from 98 to 1590 of the Roman Empire. Therefore Gibbon discusses the history of early Christianity the Roman State Church as well as the history of Europe. The popularity of this work rests on Gibbon's objectivity and heavy use of primary sources. In the eighteenth century the use of primary sources for historical was very rare which was why his work was extremely popular. His methodology also became a model for later historians. Edward Gibbon wrote many historical works but is best known for this title. This is due to its quality the use of primary sources as well as the open criticism of organised religions. The work earned him a reputation as the first modern historian of Ancient Rome. In uniform cloth bindings. Externally generally smart. Externally generally smart. Bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. A few light marks to spines. Crease to front board of volume V. Internally all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright. Good John Murray hardcover
1980290015Franklin Center: Franklin 1980. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated in black and white. 6 volumes. 8vo gilt stamped brick-red leather orange silk moire endpapers all edges gilt; very subtle fading to spines one scuff to spine of volume I and very light spotting on gilt at top edges still a near fine set.<br/><br/> Franklin unknown books
1983459299London : Folio Society 1983. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 8 volumes : illustrations maps ; 26 cm. Notes; Text reproduced from the Everyman edition 1910. Subjects; Gibbon Edward 1737-1794. Rome History Empire 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire History To 527. London : Folio Society hardcover
1985mon0000001953Penguin Books 1985-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex library book usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy. Penguin Books paperback
1930346H5276New York: The International News Company 1930. Book. Illus. by Tresilian S.; Robinson T.H.; Wenban R.; Bestall A.E.; Holloway Cyril; Cleaver Reginald; Peddie T.H.; Goss G.W.; Inns Kenneth; Prater Ernest; Abbey S.;. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II of II of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield Berger and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. The International News Company Paperback
1946L3 box1020 b1<p>The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Three Volume Set. By Edward Gibbon. The text edited by J. B. Bury with notes by Mr. Gibbon the introduction and the index as prepared by Professor Bury and a Letter to the Reader from P. Guedalla. Illustrated from the etchings by G. B. Piranesi. 1946 The Heritage Press. Hardcover 3 volumes total 2538 pp.</p> The Heritage Press. hardcover
199923-01-17-EST-6955-MDThe Folio Society 1999-01-01. Book Club ed. hardcover. New. 14x11x11. New and sealed The Folio Society hardcover
1974310207Easton Press 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine. Six volumes in the typical extravagant Easton treatment. Each volume had the Easton bookplate affixed to the front pastedown all of which have been removed leaving a very light shadow. Across the six volumes only two very small pin pricks to the page edge gilt. Obviously a bit heavier than normal postal charges would allow. Please request a shipping quote before ordering. Easton Press hardcover
1974064213The 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
198089230Franklin 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
