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1787declineromanJ J Tourneisen 1787. Hardcover. Pages generally clean with light/Fine leather binding with raise. 9" by 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. 6 volumes complete 1787 printed by J J Tourneisen. 1st revised edition. Printed for sale by Pissot in Paris. Fine typography English textFine leather binding with raised spines and gold emboss decoration. Pages generally clean with light foxing throughout all volumes. Bindings all tight boards have bumps to corners. Volume 2 missing front cover and volume five separated front cover and partial separation to rear cover. Leather still supple and smooth to touch. J J Tourneisen hardcover
1967100124Meridian Books. As New. 1967. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 224 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Meridian Books paperback
196328130Dell. As New. 1963. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- with a bonus offer-- . Dell paperback
199234974United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. 1992. Paperback. 1853994995 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- Explaining the complex society of Athens through a number of important themes this book begins by looking at life in the city and life in the country then moves on to such individual areas as citizens slaves entertainment religion and the economy -- with a bonus offer-- . Duckworth Pub paperback
200434976United Kingdom: Duckworth Pub. New. 2004. Paperback. 1853991163 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - 104 pages -- Focuses on the colourful period of the Peisistratid tyranny in Athens -- This study focuses on the colourful period of the Peisistratid tyranny in Athens. During these exciting years the great festivals were established monumental buildings were erected the population grew rapidly and there was lively progress in all the arts. This study considers the artistic archaeological and literary evidence for the period. Athens is seen largely through the eyes of Herodotus the "Father of History" and we can observe the foundations being laid for the growth of democracy in the following century. -- with a bonus offer-- . Duckworth Pub paperback
199768961Laurence King. New. 1997. Hardcover. 1856691519 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to / 1997 edition of ISBN: 1856691519. 208 pp. With 115 ills. 84 col. . 31 x 25 cm. -- with a bonus offer--; 0.88 x 12.48 x 9.91 Inches . Laurence King hardcover
2011103457Palgrave MacMillan. New. 2011. Hardcover. 0230110614 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 256 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Palgrave MacMillan hardcover
200263900Museum. New. 2002. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 234 pp. With 133 ills. 130 col. . 29 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . Museum hardcover
184634472London: John Murray 1846. 6 volumes. Illustrated with fine large folding maps of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire the Migrations of the Barbarians into the empire and many other maps at the end of each volume including among others Constantinople Environs of Rome The Eastern Empire divided Italy Europe Asia and Africa at the time of Charlemagne the Mohammedan Empire the Crusades and Ancient Rome with most accented in colour. 8vo in fine and handsome period bindings of three-quarter polished calf over marbled paper covered boards the spines very handsomely gilt tooled within six compartments and featuring large central gilt devices surrounded by elaborate gilt tooling filling the compartments two compartments with contrasting black and brown morocco labels gilt lettered and ruled all separated by raised bands decorated with gilt stippling marbled endpapers all edges marbled. xliii 2 600; xii 559; xv 1 543 1; xv 1 524; xv1 506; xv 1 498 pp. A very fine set internally fresh and clean and in excellent state of preservation looking for the most part unused the handsome bindings with just a touch of age very bright and solid and attractive. A very handsome PERIOD BOUND set of the greatest historical work ever undertaken. Adams in his Manual of Historical Literature states that 'the superiority of this edition is very great not simply in its material appearance but also in its more essential characteristics. It has excellent maps and it embodies the notes of Milman'.<br> It was in Italy while "musing amid the ruins of the Capital" that Gibbon formed the plan of his history. Originally published in six volumes from 1776 to 1788 Gibbon's fine scholarship has remained for the most part unchallenged. The work's numerous reprintings throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are evidence of its popularity and historical accuracy.<br> "For twenty-two years Gibbon was a prodigy of steady and arduous application. His investigations extended over almost the whole range of intellectual activity for nearly fifteen-hundred years. And so thorough were his methods that the laborious investigations of German scholarship the keen criticisms of theological zeal and the steady researches of two centuries have brought to light very few important errors in the results of his labors. But it is not merely the learning of his work learned as it is that gives it character as a history. It is also that ingenious skill by which the vast erudition the boundless range the infinite variety and the gorgeous magnificence of the details are all wrought together in a symmetrical whole. It is still entitled to be esteemed as the greatest historical work ever written" Adams Manual of Historical Literature pp. 146-147.<br> The success of the work was immediate. "I am at a loss" Gibbon wrote "how to describe the success of the work without betraying the vanity of the writer. The first impression was exhausted in a few days; a second and third edition were scarcely adequate to the demand and the bookseller's property was twice invaded by the pyrates of Dublin. My book was on every table and almost on every toilette." Publication of this grand work placed Gibbon at the "very head of the literary tribe" in Europe according to Adam Smith. John Murray hardcover
183841072John Murray 1838-1839. 13 vols. 8vo. First Edition thus with engraved portrait frontispiece in 'Life' and 14 engraved maps the majority folding and MANY COLOURED BY HAND IN OUTLINE the maps generally lightly foxed but crisply folded some mild and occasional offsetting; contemporary plum cloth boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind gilt backs primrose endpapers uncut one volume LARGELY UNOPENED two volumes expertly recased with original endpapers preserved backs moderately and uniformly sunned but all gilt wholly legible fore-edges lightly spotted a remarkably bright crisp clean extended set in largely unrestored publisher's binding. All volumes complete with half-titles; most volumes with publisher's catalogues variously dated 1838-39 at end confirming early issue; tenth volume with publisher's advance notice slip Milman's History of Christianity and Life of Gibbon mounted facing half-title; twelfth volume with separately printed errata slip mounted facing end of Contents. Maps and Catalogues as follows: Vol.I: 2 folding 8pp. March 1838 ; Vol.II: 1 folding; Vol.III: 2 full-page 12pp. May 1838; Vol. IV: 1 folding 12pp. June 1838; Vol. V: 1 folding 12pp. August 1838; Vol.VI: 1 folding 4pp. n.d.; Vol. VII: 1 folding 12pp. October 1838; Vol. VIII: 1 folding 32pp. October 1838; Vol.IX: 1 folding 6pp. December 1838; Vol. X: 1 folding 32pp. December 1838; Vol. XI: I folding 8pp. January 1839; Vol. XII: 1 folding 8pp. January 1839. The portrait of Gibbon is by Scriven after Reynolds. A CRISP EXTENDED SET OF THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MILMAN'S 'GIBBON' IN LARGELY UNRESTORED PERIOD CLOTH BINDING AND AS SUCH MOST UNUSUAL. John Murray, hardcover
1782LL6375W. Strahan & T. Cadell 1782. ~DATE RANGE: 1782-1788 ~FULL PAGINATION: vii 13 704 8 640 8 640 viii 8 620 8 684 10 646 52pp ~First edition of vols IV-VI; new edition of vols I-III. Vol. I is 1782 ESTC T78359 Norton 26. Vols II & III are 1787 ESTC N36543 Norton 27. Vols IV-VI are 1788 ESTC T78365 Norton 29. Frontis portrait to vol. I by Hall after Joshua Reynolds. 3 maps 1 to vol. II; 2 folding to rear of vol. V. Half titles to vols II-VI. Index and errata page to vol. VI. Early full tan calf boards framed in double gilt fillets. Ornate gilt decor to board edges and turn-ins. Rebacked in near-matching tan calf. Raised bands and brown gilt label per spine. 4tos 22 x 27.3cm. Mild wear to board corners and edges. Hinges just starting to crack in vol.6 only other hinges sound. All edges marbled in Stormont pattern reinforced at gutters with old repair probably when rebacked. Hinges sound. Early replacement blank endpages some with 1819 watermark. All vols signed to top t.p. by G. Kinnear perhaps George Kinnear 1751-1823 of the Edinburgh-based banking family. Old repair to fore-edge of map of the Western Roman Empire with minor loss to edge of image. Small 1cm single tear to edge of each folding map. Old repairs / reinforcements to fore-edges of sigs a-a3 in vol. I with a little damp-rippling to edges of these same pages but no loss to text. Mild occasional foxing severe on a few pages. A very few old annotations to margins in some vols. Gibbon's masterpiece first published between 1776 and 1788 'occupies the summit of European Enlightenment historiography'; 'remarkable for the way Gibbon pushed at the edges of received opinions and found fresh and fruitful ways of linking approaches and subjects which elsewhere lay unconnected' ODNB. A handsome solid square set. ~Robust packaging. Overseas orders trackable on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Hardback. Hardback. Very Good/Fine. c. 700pp. per vol. W. Strahan & T. Cadell Hardcover
65806Printed at Leominster Massachusetts by Salmon Wilder for John Whiting of Lancaster 1805. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 12mo. 14.5 x 8.5 cm. pp.171. Contemporary sheep spine with four gilt rules. Old ownership inscription of 'G Freeman' to front free endpaper; embossed stamp of 'F.M. O'Brien Bookseller New and Antiquarian Portland Maine' to final blank. Some light spotting and browning throughout title-page with small tear to bottom margin and small perforation just under the name 'Mahomet' marginal loss affecting text to first page generally a very good unsophisticated copy. 'The Life of Mahomet' was extracted from Gibbon's best known work 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' to be published separately. At the time of publication printed works relating to Islam were rare as its few practitioners in the United States had arrived as part of the slave trade and the practicing of Islam was forbidden on plantations with nearly all slaves forced to convert to Christianity upon their arrival. Wilder 1780-1832 was a minor printer in central Massachusetts and later New Hampshire. The John Whiting 1760-1810 for whom the work was printed was likely the Revolutionary War soldier and lieutenant colonel in the 4th U.S. Infantry. Printed at Leominster [Massachusetts], by Salmon Wilder, for John Whiting, of Lancaster, 1805. unknown
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1815elala870<p>London: Printed For A.Strahan and T.Cadell Jun. and W.Davies Vol. III: Printed for John Murray 1796-1815. 1815. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. xxv 1errata 703; viii 726 2errata & ads; viii 691 1. 2 engraved frontis. incl. silhouette portrait in Vol. I folding genealogical table & tipped-in epitaph leaf in Vol. III. with the cancels in Vol. I U1 – signed U & Vol. II 3K4. contemporary sprinkled calf joints cracked front joint of Vol. I weak spines dry occasional hint of foxing. armorial bookplates & signature of Sir George Osborn Morgan first baronet 1826-97 lawyer and politician. First Edition of all three volumes. The celebrated historian’s miscellaneous works include letters notes and diaries of his early studies a number of youthful essays previously unpublished works and a fragment entitled ‘Antiquities of the House of Brunswick’ dated 1790 but not separately published until 1814. Gibbon’s memoirs were assembled by Lord Sheffield from the six separate drafts of an autobiography which Gibbon left behind at his death. The supplementary volume printed in 1815 is frequently absent. NCBEL II 1723. Norton 131 & 136. Rothschild 949 & 951 lacking epitaph leaf in Vol. III. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition.</p> London: Printed For A.Strahan, and T.Cadell Jun. and W.Davies [Vol. III: Printed for John Murray], 1796-1815.
1967151457London: Hutchinson 1967. First edition of this posthumous collection of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s shorter works. Octavo original publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Boldly signed by his wife Ray Mitchell on the front free endpaper. From the library of bibliophile Seumas Stewart a respected figure in the field of book collecting and bibliophilic writing best known for his work Book Collecting 1947. Ray Mitchell signed A Scots Hairst for Stewart in exchange for a signed copy of his work Book Collecting which he autographed for her with a tribute to her late husband. Together with two autograph letters signed by Ray Mitchell to Seumas Stewart regarding the exchange of books the paperback of A Scots Hairst and the adaptation of "Sunset Song" for BBC Scotland. Accompanied by a typed letter to Stewart signed by scriptwriter Bill Craig and dated March 5 1976 regarding the dramatization of "Sunset Song" for BBC and Stewart's praise for the script. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. A wonderful association. Lewis Grassic Gibbon the pen name of James Leslie Mitchell 1901–1935 was a Scottish novelist and essayist best known for his powerful depictions of rural life and social change in early twentieth-century Scotland. His most celebrated work Sunset Song 1932 the first novel in the Scots Quair trilogy portrays the tensions between tradition and modernity through the life of a young woman in a farming community. Writing under both his real name and pseudonym Mitchell combined regional realism with broader political and historical concerns often addressing themes of class industrialization and identity. Despite his relatively short life his work has had a lasting impact on Scottish literature and is regarded as a significant contribution to modern British fiction. Hutchinson paperback
1796010164London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies Successors to Mr. Cadell in the Strand 1796. Book. Very Good. Half Mottled Calf. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes a third volume was published separately in 1815 by John Murray not included. xxv 1 errata 703 viii 726 1 errata ads verso pages. Bound in contemporsry half mottled calf over marbled boards marbled end papers the armorial bookplates of Moncure Biddle front paste downs. Very Good Vol. I missing volume label Vol. II missing title label bookplate in Vol. II partially removed wear at joints and spine ends. With one sheet handwritten partial translation from French to English of Gibbon's letter to Mons. Deverdun dated 20 May 1783 laid in at p. 570 Vol. I where the letter is printed in French. No attribution to the letter although given the provenance of the Moncure Biddle bookplate likely in the hand of John Lord Sheffield. Investment banker Moncure Biddle was.a famous bibliophile and connoisseur of editions of the classics. The translation is in handwritten ink on paper similar to the paper used In the book and has many corrections. A quite intriguing addition indeed. Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, (Successors to Mr. Cadell,) in the Strand, Hardcover
1796B2570London: A. Strahan T. Cadell jr. & W. Davies c. 1796. Occasional light foxing otherwise an excellent copy text is clean and crisp. Edition: First edition Binding: Contemporary full tree calf with gilt greek-tooled border rebacked expertly in seven compartments of gilt-tooled bands and gilt floral motifs gilt red and yellow morocco labels on two and five respectively. Notes: During his life Edward Gibbon made several attempts at writing his memoirs. After his death these were pieced together by his close friend Lord Sheffield who added letters and additional writings. A third volume of miscellaneous works was added in 1815. Size: 4to Illustration: Ex-libris on front paste-down endpaper. With frontis silhouette portrait. Volume: Two volumes. References: Rothchild 948 Pages: P. Volume 1. frontis title blank iii-xxv 1 1-703; Volume 2. title blank iii-viii 1-726 errata advertisement. Category: Book Biography A. Strahan, T. Cadell jr., & W. Davies unknown
181927235London: Published for W. Allason; B. Withrow and Co.; C. Chapple et al. 1819. Very Good. London: Published for W. Allason; B. Withrow and Co.; C. Chapple et al. 1819. A New Edition. Twelve octavo volumes. Frontis portrait; fold-out maps of Eastern and Western Empires. Bound in full contemporary scarlet morocco; four raised bands to spine; gilt ruling and lettering; all edges gilt; red endpapers. <br /> <br /> Light wear to edges and joints with bumping to corners; patchy black discoloration to a few volumes; general scuffing; toning to spines. Bindings sound. Front free endpaper of vol. I loose but remains attached; interiors largely unmarked and legible throughout. A Very Good and handsome set of the Allason edition of Gibbon's opus published between 1816 and 1823. <br /> <br /> Norton 67. Published for W. Allason; B. Withrow and Co.; C. Chapple et al. unknown
1796202758London: Strahan 1796. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece portrait 2 vols. large 4to bound in full mottled calf rubbed green leather spine labels; light foxing on a few pages otherwise fine. London: A. Strahan T. Cadell Jun W. Davies 1796. Very good <br/> <br/> Strahan unknown
180481092Philadelphia:: William Y. Birch & Abraham Small 1804 - 1805. First American Edition. old full mottled calf; gilt-decorated spines with read leather spine labels. 1822 ink ownership signature in each volume; several tissue reinforcements to the large folding map in Vol. I; a few minor chips to the leather and partial splits at the joints; a very attractive set. . 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait after Reynolds; three folding maps. . Norton 48. See Printing and the Mind of Man 222. William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, hardcover
1862453181London : J. Murray 1862. First Edition in this form. Hardcover. Good copies indeed; the celebrated Murray 1862 offering in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panels somewhat rubbed and stained with spine bands and panel edges worn. Some hinges tender but all holding. Generally clean interiors with some isolated marginal foxing. Frontispiece retains tissue guard and folding materials remain sound. A well-preserved set overall. Provenance: bookplate of Thomas William Price. Physical description; complete in 8 volumes : frontispiece portrait maps some folding ; 23 cm. Subjects; Rome -- History -- Empire 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire -- History. London : J. Murray hardcover
1848336294London: 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.<br/> <br/> A handsome set.<br/> <br/> Longman, Brown unknown
1818317472London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; . with 17 others plus 2 in Glasgow and 1 in Dublin 1818. New edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Finely bound set in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges nicked and rubbed. Remains particularly well preserved set internally. Physical description: 12v plates some folded: ill. maps port; 8vo. Notes: Printer's details t.p. verso: Plummer and Brewis Printers Love-Lane Little-Eastcheap. Portrait of Gibbon frontis to v.1. Subjects: Rome History Empire 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Genre: History. Rome. London: Printed for W. Allason; B. Whitrow and Co.; C. Chapple; W. Barton; J. Evans and Son; ... [with 17 others, plus 2 in Glas hardcover
18041504743Birtch and Small 1804. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The first American edition of this epic history. 8 volumes. Usually described as 1805 but this has the first four volumes dated 1804 on the title pages. Some front covers detached but can be reattached by any book binder. Appear to be original boards. Spines very worn but could also be original. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 6381 8518. APPLETON'S CYCLOPÆDIA VI p.469. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 222 ref. NORTON THE WORKS OF EDWARD GIBBON 48. Birtch and Small hardcover
123611London Printed for T. Cadell Strand et al. 1838. . 8 vols; 8vo 22 x 14.5 cm; engraved frontispiece to vol. I 3 folding maps bookplate to front pastedown of each vol.offsetting to title-page of vol. I slightly toned with moderate spotting particularly affecting plate and maps maps with closed split along folds; contemporary armorial tan calf gilt arms to upper covers of each vol. gilt spines contrasting green and brown morocco lettering-pieces a little rubbed and abraded very good.<br /> The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire continues to rank as a 'masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style and has remained one of the ageless historical works which. maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar' PMM. <br /><br />Controversial since its first appearance Gibbon argued that Rome's fall was the 'natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and as soon as time or accident had removed the artificial supports the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight' chapter xxxviii. As a result this hollow empire succumbed easily to the twin forces of barbarianism and Christianity which had been gaining momentum over the course of the fourth century AD.<br /><br />Although attacked for his perceived irreligion Gibbon's work received many positive reviews and has since become a cornerstone text in the study of Western history. Writing to Gibbon in December 1788 his friend Adam Smith noted that 'by the universal assent of every man of taste and learning. Decline and Fall sets you at the very head of the whole literary tribe at present existing in Europe' ODNB.<br /><br />From the library of Percy Lousada 1823-1859 with his bookplate and arms in gilt to the upper cover of each volume.<br /> cf.PMM 222. London, Printed for T. Cadell, Strand et al., 1838. unknown
