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179623989London: 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 neatly rebacked red and black morocco labels on spines; very 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
1827140266London: John Murray 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London John Murray 1827. Octavo xvi 304 pages. Original moiré cloth with paper title-label to the spine expertly recased with new endpapers; edges lightly speckled red; covers a little bumped and bubbled with a lacquer or similar treatment applied; spine a little sunned with the label slightly discoloured and chipped; scattered foxing; a very good copy. Wakefield's subsequent imprisonment led to his critical study of penal reform emigration and to his remedy systematic colonization starting with South Australia. <p>Bagnall 5815; Ferguson 1159c not noting that this issue precedes his 1159 which includes an additional appendix extending the volume to 350 pages. John Murray hardcover
62266London: John Murray Albermarle Street 1903-1914. 8 vols. Large 8vo. 22 x 14 cm. Original publisher's blind-stamped royal-blue cloth spines lettered in gilt black-coated endpapers pages unopened. Engraved portrait-frontispiece and 14 maps mostly folding some with partial colour. Generally an extremely fine set. "It is still entitled to be esteemed as the greatest historical work ever written" Adams Manual of Historical Literature 146-7. Vol. I II IV and VI are New Impression 1914. Vol. III V VII and VIII are New Impression 1903. London: John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1903-1914. hardcover
17971249C004London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1797. New Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xxiv 456; xv 496; viii 412; viii 413; vii 432; viii 420; viii 424; viii 375; xii 502; xiii 384; xii 460; 12 432 96 Index. Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches 14 x 22 cm. Complete twelve volume set of the 1797 octavo 'New Edition'. Full tree calf leather bindings. Decorative gilt spines with red leather title and volume labels several labels are absent. Front board of Volume I is detached. Volumes VI and XII have been rebacked and endpapers replaced old repairs. Rubbing to boards wear to ends of spines and corners. Old auctioneer's paper label to front board of Volume V. Some minor insect damage to bindings a few short worm trails to page margins. Damp staining to inner margin of first and last few pages in most volumes. Heavy staining to margins of Volume IV. A few volumes have water splashes to page edges a couple have slight insect damage to page edges. Cracking to some of the joints but apart from Volume I all books remain securely bound. Light foxing to the text. Engraved portrait frontis to Volume I with light staining. Two fold-out maps in Volume I with tears and marking. Old paper repair to reverse of the first map has caused some staining. One fold-out map in Volume II in very good condition. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper in all volumes John O. Harrisson Baintree. Old inked name crossed out to title page of Volume XI. Twentieth century inscription to front free endpaper in Volume I. An imperfect but robust eighteenth-century set. ESTC: N33264. Overall condition is Good. Please Note: This is a very heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate - a postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Please contact us for an accurate postage cost for your location. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches 14 x 22 cm. A. Strahan and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies hardcover
59240New York Philadelphia Chicago: The Nottingham Society c.1900. EDITION DE LUXE 549/1000. 6 vols. 8vo. 22 x 15 cm. Original publisher's bindings of half dark burgundy morocco over marbled boards spines with two raised bands and Art Nouveau gilt foliate decoration marbled endpapers top edges gilt others uncut. Printed on laid paper. 48 full-page monochrome plates including frontispiece to each volume. Light rubbing to heads of two spines generally an excellent set. "It is still entitled to be esteemed as the greatest historical work ever written" Adams Manual of Historical Literature 146-7. New York, Philadelphia, Chicago: The Nottingham Society, [c.1900]. hardcover
1840RGIBHIS01acmfHarper and Brothers 1840. Good. Gibbon Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4 vol. set. Milman notes H. H. NY: Harper and Brothers 1840. 529 464 523 477pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Good with bumped rubbed and faded edges. Marbling faded and pages foxed. Maps are wrinkled and with false creases. Map of vol. 2 has large tear along a crease in the right half leaving about 1/3rd connected. Map in vol. 3 with chipping and foxing but no losses. Harper and Brothers unknown
181421722London: Printed for John Murray 1814. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. Second Edition. Octavo. Second Edition with considerable additions. Five volumes. Vol. I. Memoirs and Letters. Vol. II. Letters. Vol. III. Historical and Critical. Vol. IV. Classical and Critical. Vol. V. Miscellaneous. Pp. lii 530; xx 503; viii 612; iv 648 1 errata; iv 635 incl. index. With engraved frontis portrait and 4 full-page plates in first volume and folding genealogical table in third volume. Bound in contemporary full calf later rebacked with elaborately gilt spines in compartments between raised bands gilt-lettered morocco labels marbled endpapers and edges. Moderate wear to boards several corners repaired preliminaries a little foxed occasional light marginal foxing throughout but overall a nice clean set in handsomely restored bindings. Gibbon's Memoirs and Miscellaneous Works were first published in 1796 just two years after his death by his friend and literary executor Lord Sheffield. The Memoirs were compiled by Sheffield from six different incomplete manuscripts left among Gibbon's papers after his death. Originally published in a two-volume quarto edition a new and enlarged edition the present was issued in 1814 in five octavo volumes bringing to light a substantial quantity of new material gleaned from his Journal Letters and other miscellaneous papers. A year later in 1815 the original quarto edition was brought up to date with the addition of a third volume. Norton 134. Printed for John Murray Hardcover
2018Atlantic-9781138211957Routledge 2018. 2. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
2018Atlantic-9781138211957Routledge 2018. 2. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
2018Adhya-9781138211957T&F/ROUTLEDGE 2018. Hardcover. New. T&F/ROUTLEDGE hardcover
2018Adhya-9781138211957T&F/ROUTLEDGE 2018. Hardcover. New. T&F/ROUTLEDGE hardcover
2016b30007Easton Press 2016. Leather Bound. Like New. #305 of a limited 600 copies. 2 Volumes in slipcase. Easton Press Full leather with gilt lettering and decoration linen end papers and ribbon page marker. Volume 2 is still in original shrink wrap. Volume 1 is in excellent unused condition text is unmarked and pages are tight. Easton Press hardcover
18871512040025London: John Murray 1887-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 volume set. 3/4 crushed green moroccan leather; bound by Morrell. Green cloth boards Gilt spine. 5 raised bands. TEG. Light shelf wear. Clean unmarked pages. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. John Murray hardcover
1946012282NY: Limited Editions Club 1946. 1s US Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. 7 volumes complete simply yet elegantly bound in half black leather over black cloth gilt ruled spines. 1500 copies this #847. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
91402New York Harper & Brothers 1837 Auflage: 5th american froom the last London edition. Ganzleder gebunden; ornamentale Kantenvergoldung je ein rotes und schwarzes goldgeprägtes Rückenschild marmorierter Schnitt marmorierte Vorsätze / 4 Bände / Anz. Seiten: XVIII 472 VII 446 VIII 493 VIII 461 / 48 x 223 cm / mit 1 Portrait als Frontispiz in Band 1 sowie je 1 gefalteten Karte in Band 1 2 und 3 / Zustand: gut mässige Alters-/ Gebrauchsspuren; Buchblöcke fest Einbände etwas berieben und fleckig bei 3 Bänden Schabspuren Kantenvergoldung an Kopf- und Stehkanten teils abgeblättert Papier leicht gebräunt und durchwegs stockfleckig Bibliotheksstempel auf TItelseiten Besitzereinträge und/oder handbeschriftete Etikettchen verso Vorsätze ganzseitige Besitzereinträge auf hinteren Vorsätzen von Band 2 und 3 New York, Harper & Brothers, 1837, Auflage: 5th american froom the last London edition unknown
17967588baZ4London: Strahan Cadell Davies 1796. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. English literature; biography; first edition; 2 volumes; 27.8cm; modern 3/4 maroon leather binding by Corey; volume 1 frontispiece silhouette portrait of author English historian; volume 1 errata leaf facing page 1; volume 2 errata leaf after index; supplementary volume 3 published in 1815 not present; owner marks. Strahan, Cadell, Davies Hardcover books
1764WRCLIT35233London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1764. 6163pp. wanting the final blank and terminal ads. Octavo. Speckled calf rebacked in matching calf gilt extra gilt label. Restoration to blank portion of fore-margin of title otherwise a very good crisp copy. First edition in English of Edward Gibbon's first published work following its publication in French in London by three years. This edition omits the text of the "Avis au lectuer" as well as Dr. Maty's letter to the author which had appeared in the French edition. NORTON 6. ROTHSCHILD 939. ESTC T79690. Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt unknown books
1828321601London: Printed for T. Cadell et al. 1828. 8 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary polished speckled calf gilt spines neatly laid down. 8 vols. 8vo. Printed for T. Cadell et al. unknown books
1788260128London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand 1788. New Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 12 vols. 8vo 53 x 34 mm. Bound in contemporary tree calf contrasting leather title labels on spine. Very Good. New Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 12 vols. 8vo 53 x 34 mm. Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand unknown books
1820L57-1630London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies et al 1820. Hardcover. Good. Half calf and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering on spine all edges marbled. With two nice bookplates on the front paste-down: that of Abel Berland and the armorial bookplate of Sir Francis Lynch Blosse Bar. A working set with lightly rubbed boards some scuffing along joints some cracking at spine tips and corners. <br/><br/> Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, et al hardcover books
188748202London: John Murray 1887. new edition. Hardcover - as published. VG- three-quarter tan leather marbled boards five raised bands gilt lettering gilt decorations red and brown labels on the spine t.e.g. deckled edges marbled end-papers frontis with tissue guards spines show sunning and moderate wear hinges are OK. no foxing minor browning. bindings are tight. Fold out maps. Heads of a few spines show wear. A very attractive and readable set from 1887 LONDON. 8 vol. John Murray hardcover
192954918London: Methuen & Co 1929. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine; in original green dustjacket black lettering on spine. Frontispiece folding map and reproduction of b/w portrait painting in volume I all others but volume 3 with frontispieces. Publisher's device on title pages. Marginalia. <br /> <br /> Authoritative work by English historian and Member of Parliament Edward Gibbon. Published in seven volumes between 1925 and 1929 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is known for the quality and irony of its prose as well as its open denigration of organized religion. Illustrated with twelve color maps some folding two plans and numerous b/w offset reproductions of ancient architecture and artwork. "This is a completely new issue of Professor Bury's famous edition. All the notes have been revised many new ones added and the edition is equipped with a new set of maps. It has also been fully illustrated under the direction of the Editor." Publisher Light wear along edges of dustjackets. Some foxing of foredges of block with occasional light foxing of some pages. Methuen & Co hardcover
1828015957London: Printed for T. Cadell C. And J. Rivington et al 1828. EIGHT VOLUMES UNIFORMLY BOUND. Marbled boards and matching endpapers. Spines lettered and designed in gilt. Top edges gilt. Covers show light wear. Spines and joints show some rubbing never heavy. Volume 1 has a frontipiece portrait of the author minor peripheral foxing. Large folding map in Volume 1 is intact very lightly foxed mainly at peripohery. Volume 2 also has a large folding map intact and in similar condition to the map in Volume 1. Volume 3 has a smaller folding map in similar very nice condition. A total of four additional plates the frontispiece and three folding maps. Collated complete when compared to those listed in the OCLC WorldCat 15 libraries worldwide own this set. A mellow set of this classic examination of Roman history. The first edition was published in six volumes quarto in size over the years 1776-1788. The first octavo edition was printed in 1783. Edward Gibbon 1737-1794 was a British essayist historian politician. Please see photos. Also see PMM #222 for additional information. LOater Edition. 1/2 Crimson Morocco. Light Edge and Corner Wear/No Dust Jackets. Demy Octavo. Printed for T. Cadell, C. And J. Rivington, et al Hardcover
1788260128London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand 1788. New Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 12 vols. 8vo 53 x 34 mm. Bound in contemporary tree calf contrasting leather title labels on spine. Very Good. New Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 12 vols. 8vo 53 x 34 mm. Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand unknown
1820L57-1630London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies et al 1820. Hardcover. Good. Half calf and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering on spine all edges marbled. With two nice bookplates on the front paste-down: that of Abel Berland and the armorial bookplate of Sir Francis Lynch Blosse Bar. A working set with lightly rubbed boards some scuffing along joints some cracking at spine tips and corners. <br/><br/> Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, et al hardcover
