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1880633124Porter & Coates 1880. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 5 volumes complete as issued. A good set in period brown calf spines with raised bands gilt ruling and twin black morocco labels marbled edges and endpapers some rubbing to spines and nicking to spine tips; ink inscription of prior owner on verso of front free endpaper. Engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I. Porter & Coates hardcover
1853WVV41Washington D.C.: Robert Armstrong 1853. Vol. 3 containing the atlas is not present. Spines faded and crumpled at ends. Repair to cloth tear on upper cover of Vol. 1. Some browning and foxing throughout. All plates present. Plates lithographed by Ackerman from drawings by Lt. Gibbon. An early exploration commissioned by the U.S.Congress. First Edition. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Robert Armstrong Hardcover books
1853W122206Washingtion D.C.: Robert Armstrong 1853. Original dark plum cloth blindstamped. Spine ends frayed and spines faded. Edgewear and corners bumped. Tear on upper board of Vol. 1. Books foxed throughout. All plates present but no atlas. Report of an exploration commissioned by the U.S. Navy published by the Congress after receipt from the President. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Robert Armstrong Hardcover books
185315778Washington D. C.: Robert Armstrong. Good with no dust jacket. 1853. First Edition. Original Cloth. The back of volume 1 is damaged volume 2 is shaken with wear at the corners. Does not include the map volume but does include two loose maps. Including the large map of the Amazon. A good reading set of the first edition in the original cloth. ; Ex-Library; 6x9" . Robert Armstrong hardcover
180917602London Oddy 1809 1809. Paperback. Fair. G HB 9 vols leather Vol 8 rear board detaching vol 3 front board detached vol 2 no red leather label <br/> <br/> London Oddy 1809 paperback
18981881London: Blackie & Son Limited 1898. Later reprint in six volumes. 8vos pp. ii xii 432; viii 416; viii 416; viii 416; viii 416; viii 418 b/w frontises and 10 plates each. Bevelled boards bound attractively in illustrated olive and umber cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black olivine edges brown endpapers. Pushing to spine ends wear to extremities a little dusty. Some foxing else tight and bright. A handsomely bound set intended to make English Literature accessible to 'the busy man'. n.b. This is a weighty set and will require additional international postage. Blackie & Son, Limited hardcover
18542409120060Philips Samson and Company 1854. Sheet Music. clean and tight foxed. very fragile. Former owner names stamped and written Philips, Samson and Company unknown
1821577573London: J. F. Dove 1821. Volume 8. A new edition with maps and portrait; complete in eight volumes. This is the full set of eight volumes. Each volume has a decorative cover. All contain brown spots on pages but generally pages are clean. Binding can be loose in some volumes. Volume 1 - Front cover detached but included no backstrip. Volume 2 - no backstrip. Volume 3 - no backstrip. Volume 4 - no backstrip. Volume 5 - no backstrip. Volume 6 - no backstrip. Volume 7 - no backstrip. Volume 8 - front cover detached but included no backstrip. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library. With usual stamps and markings. in poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item5400grams ISBN: J. F. Dove hardcover
189073574768; 20 9-804; 4 1-828 pages vol. 1 has portrait frontispiece Verbatum Reprint in three volumes Published by Frederick Warne and Co. hardcover
1888003731Edinburgh: Blackie & Son 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Set of six volumes bound in three. These are very nicely bound in half calf with fully marbled coloured edges. Richly illustrated. Set is solid and presents well. Some wear to navy leather and some spotting to fore-edges. No spotting internally there are however on the rear of the illustrations a rubber stamped name "Donald Ross" which appears throughout the volumes see pictures. UK only these are very heavy so postage will be a bit more than the automatic quote Adjusted for approval on processing. All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects a 33% discount. You may be interested in The Literaticus Book Service. We specialise in tracking down those harder to find editions among other bookish services such as gift fulfilment. Get in touch to send us your Book Wants or ask a bookish question. If this is intended as a gift please email first and I can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it just email first and I'll obtain a quote. If you have any questions require more information or if you would like more pictures do not hesitate to get in touch. Blackie & Son Hardcover
18221908020002New York E. Duyckinck 1822. 3rd. Hardcover. Acceptable. Third American edition. 6 volume set. Bound in contemporary calf. Spines rebacked with brown binding tape. German Society of Pennsylvania 19th century book plate. Blind stamp on title. New York, E. Duyckinck hardcover
188030924Harper & Brothers. 1880. Hardcover. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Brown boards with paper spine labels. Corners edgeworn. Fraying and chipping to spine ends with some loss. Ex-library copy with usual stamps. Inner hinges cracked. Some hole to Vol 3 textblock with small waterstain. Faint waterstaining to lower corners of Vol. 1 and Vol. 2; Heavy set.; 6 Volume Set COMPLETE.; 1-6; Extra shipping charges may apply. . Harper & Brothers hardcover
1897110821London: John Murray 1897. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good. maroon cloth gilt lettering and design no dust jacket 435 pp covers lightly worn and slightly loose <br /> <br /> <br /> Standard shipping no tracking / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. John Murray hardcover
1888502835Philadelphia : Gebbie & Co 1888. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Ten Volume Set. 1888. 6.5 x 9.25 inches approximately. In very good condition minor scuffing and browning with age. Second edition illustrated revised and augmented. Selected from the standard authors of all nations and all time. Edited with biographical and critical notes by Spofford and Gibbon. This is a heavy set and may require additional shipping charges. Gebbie & Co hardcover
1871015290New York: D. Appleton and Company 1871. Very Good condition. This volume contains 4 novels bound as one. The binding is marbled boards with black leather spine and corners. Moderate corner wear. Small chip at the head of the spine. The four works are: GABRIELLE ANDRÉ by S. Baring-Gould 1871 New York: D. Appleton and Company 201pp.; AGAINST TIME by Alexander Innes Shand no date Boston: Little & Gay 200pp.; FOR THE KING by Charles Gibbon 1872 New York: Harper & Brothers 122pp.; ROUGEGORGE AND OTHER SHORT STORIES by Harriet Prescott Spofford Alice Cary Lucy H. Hooper Jane G. Austin A. L. Wister L. Clarke Davis Frank Lee Benedict etc. 1870 Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 148pp. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. about 670 pages. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
1876253726Fort Ellis Montana 1876. unbound. 3.25 x 5.25 inches September 6 no year but almost certainly sent at the height of the Indian Wars circa 1876 postmarked in Fort Ellis Montana and affixed with two Scott # 136 3c Washington stamps. Addressed in Gibbon's hand to "Dr. John W. Draper University of New York New York." Draper 1811 - 1882 was an American scientist chemist historian and pioneer photographer who is credited with taking the first image of a female's face in 1839. He is also the founder of NYU Medical School. Draper has docketed the envelope "Genl. Gibbon" -- a wonderful association piece considering the fact that Draper is rare in any form. Chipping along the borders; very good- condition.<br/><br/> Union General and Indian fighter who was in Montana Fort Ellis during General Custer's expedition against the Sioux Indians in 1876.<br/><br/> unknown books
187517179London: Blackie & Son 1875. Book. VG. Half Leather. Later Edition. Octavo. Being a selection in poetry and prose from the works of the most admired authors.Four volumes bound as two. Brown Half Leather gilt with black label gilt on spine over brown cloth panels. Marbled endpapers and edges. 18 engravings. Leather and gilt worn in places and extremities worn but interiors clean and engravings very sharp. Blackie & Son Hardcover
1884002737New York: James B. Millar & Co. 1884. Gibbon's masterwork of classical history has remained unequaled in scope for almost 250 years. Here is a lovely small set of five volumes as edited by the great 19th-century scholar Henry Hart Milman 1791-1868 and first published in 1845 . Reprinted many times by various publishers in both England and America. Five small volumes generally in Very Good Plus to Near Fine condition. Maroon publisher's cloth binding typically faded to a tan on the spines with gilt lettering on the spine. Volume One 626 pages contains no less than four Prefaces: Preface by the Editor 1845; the Author's Prefaces 1776 1781 1782; Preface to the First Volume undated; and the Preface to the Fourth Volume of the Original Quarto Edition 1788. The other volumes contain 631 pages 622 pages and 972 pages with the General Index. The fifth volume is dedicated to Gibbon's Notes and is a staggering 899 pages. Very mild wear; generally with some rubbing to the head and foot of the spines and mild bumping; a small bit of staining to some of the covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. James B. Millar & Co. Hardcover
1807373364London : Printed for Cadell & Davies 1807. New Edition. Hardcover. Worn set bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; three volumes only: 4 8 & 12. Subjects; Byzantine Empire History. Rome History Empire 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Rome Italy History To 476. London : Printed for Cadell & Davies hardcover
180717129London: Cadell & Davies. Fair. 1807. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Binding set. These were nicely bound in full leather but the bindings are trashed. Spines are chipped covers loose three boards are missing . On the other hand the contents are very good to fine. All maps are present. A 200 year old set at a moderate price. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Cadell & Davies hardcover
1850030SEPhillips Sampson and Company Boston: 1850. 1850 Six Volumes. Portrait frontis in Volume One. Bookseller's label in Volume Three. All volumes age stained. Inked ownership of Joseph V. Diehl all volumes. Large 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth bindings embossed in blind and lettered in gold. Volumes worn with loss at head of spines. Hardbound. Though some wear this is a nice set of Gibbon's Decline and Fall. PRICE JUST REDUCED! SET/W46 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Very Good. Phillips, Sampson, and Company, Boston: 1850. hardcover
1854TB31555Washington DC: Robert Armstrong 1854. Reprint. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very good condition in their original purple cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spines and blind embossing on the front boards to include "House Document". Both are octavos of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 inches with some fading to the cloth over the spines minor pencil notations on the front end sheet of Part 2 and pages 7 through 10 bound-in after page 14 and both volumes are moderately foxed throughout. Part 1 contains 417 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 plates. Part 2 written by Lardner Gibbon contains 339 pages of text and is illustrated with a frontispiece and 35 plates. Robert Armstrong hardcover books
1853028596Washington: Robert Armstrong Public Printer 1853. Part I by Lieut. Herndon. 414p. iii p. b/w illus. half-cloth with marbled boards slightly rubbed on the edges U.S. Congress 32d 2d Session. House of Representatives. Executive 43. Robert Armstrong, Public Printer unknown books
18542327Washington: Robert Armstrong 1854. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo. 33rd Congress 1st Session Executive No. 53 House of Representatives one text volume together with atlas. iii 1pp. list of 16 lithographic plates 417pp. Missing 338 pp. Part 2 Volume. Both volumes bound in original plum cloth stamped in blind spine lettering gilt spines slightly faded; atlas contains three large folding maps; map volume a little frayed at spine ends; maps are very good; text volume is very good. <br/><br/> Robert Armstrong hardcover books
1854056392Washington D.C.: Robert Armstrong/A.O.P. Nicholson - Public Printers 1854. Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2vol.set:417&339pp.; HBs burgundy emboss w/gilt-design covers; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; spines&edges sunned pt.2 w/covers sunned w/stain; hinges cracked; some lt.dampstain; fox on endpapers&pastedwns. w/lt.fox on pages. A Report of an Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon and itsTributaries. pt.I by Herndon pt.II by Gibbon. 2 fold-out maps both w/2" tears. illus. <br/> <br/> Robert Armstrong/A.O.P. Nicholson - Public Printers hardcover
