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201611010Norwalk CT: Easton Press 2016. Deluxe Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. From the Easton Press deluxe limited edition of Edward Gibbon's The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire. Quarto two volumes xvi xi 1 643pp; xi 1 666pp. Full green leather titles in gilt on spines raised bands with illustrated gilt compartments. Title with decorative gilt illustrations on front and back covers. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin bookmarks bound-in. Green cloth slipcase with black felt lining title in gilt on front panel with matching decorative gilt illustration as on volumes. Limited edition of 600 copies which this is number 139. A handsome set. Easton Press unknown books
026342New York: Kelmscott Company. n.d. With notes by H. H. MIlman. 5 volumes complete b/w front tan buckram ex libris. The index for the set is in the final volume. Kelmscott Company unknown books
1880158087London: Frederick Warne and Co 1880. Good uniform scuffing to covers but covers are firm. Most of title label on volume 2 is gone. Good shelf appeal but bring your magnifying glass if you intend to read these. 3/4 Suede leather with marbled boards and endpapers. 5-raised bands with extensive gilt tooling mon bands and within the compartments all page edges are marbled. 3 Volumes. Steel engraved portrait frontis in Volume 1. Vol. 1: 768 pp. Vol. 2: 808 pp. Vol. 3 828 pp. good representation of the earlier 3-volume publication of this title by this publisher. Frederick Warne and Co unknown books
UGIBDEC01TMModern Library. Good. Gibbon Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume One. New York: Modern Library ND. 956pp. 8vo. Brick red cloth. Book condition: Good with bumping and rubbing. Cracked front hinge. Light fading on spine and front cover. Light sporadic soiling. Odd volume. Modern Library hardcover books
1930456408New York: Modern Library 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. Volumes one and two of three only. Thick octavos. 1303pp. 1476pp. Blue cloth with red and gilt. Owner's name stamped on preliminary pages gutters cracked very good lacking the dustwrappers. Modern Library hardcover books
1950193408RANDOM HOUSE 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Complete three volume set! Dust jackets and books are clean with a good binding crisp pages no marks or notations found. Dust jackets have light wear but are now wrapped jacket prices not clipped. HB HS RANDOM HOUSE hardcover books
1797008754London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell Jun. And W. Davies in the Strand 1797. The complete twelve volume set of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" the "New Edition" published 1797. With engraved frontispiece and folding map of the Parts of Europe & Asia adjacent to Constantinople and large folding map of the Western part of the Roman Empire in volume I; and folding map volume II being the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. Bound in contemporary marbled calf with old rebacking and recent professional restorations to caps and corners now in custom mylar sleeves. Near Fine widely scattered moderate toning throughout a quite handsome and solid set. With excellent historical provenance bearing the armorial bookplates and ownership signatures "Edward Cooper Hodge from T.W. 1830" in each volume. Edward Cooper Hodge General Sir 1810 - 1894 was a British Army officer who as a Lieutenant-Colonel commanded the 4th Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoon Guards in the immortal "Charge of the Heavy Brigade" at the Battle of Balaclava. He was subsequently placed in command of the 5th Dragoon Guards and later rose to the rank of General. Hodge later gifted this set to John Parr Welsford a British banker and merchant. A heavy and oversize set that will require additional shipping charges for priority and international mail orders - please inquire. New Edition. Marbled Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for A. Strahan and T. Caddell, Jun. And W. Davies, in the Strand Hardcover 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
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
1838282389London: Cadell 1838. hardcover. very good. A new edition in 8 volumes. Frontispiece portraits and 3 large folding maps. 8vo bound in full brown polished calf ornate gilt-decorated spines with orange & brown morocco spine labels t.e.g. somewhat rubbed. Volume 3 not uniformly bound but with a rustier color and chipped label. London: T. Cadell 1838. Very good.<br/><br/> Cadell unknown books
1906310398New York: Fred DeFau & Company 1906. Illustrated. Printed at the Norwood Press. 12 vols. 8vo. Three quarter red calf and cloth t.e.g. by Frost & Co. Bath England. Some rubbing with minor loss else Very Good. Illustrated. Printed at the Norwood Press. 12 vols. 8vo. Fred DeFau & Company unknown books
1788160730004London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1788. First Edition. Very Good. Complete in six volumes. All First Editions except volume 1 which is a Second Edition. Large quarto. Full contemporary mid-brown calf with early 20th century rebacks vol. 1 fully renewed at the same time and replaced endpapers raised bands red lettering piece and black numbering piece. Tips worn and exposed boards edge-worn. Sporadic light foxing throughout. A handful of small closed tears and marginal stains. Vol. 1 has some offsetting from engraved frontispiece portrait to title page as well as heavy foxing to both; first page of preface torn and missing about half; small wax stain on pages 471-4. Vol. 2: both maps present with small marginal tears but no loss. Vol. 3: binder mistakenly placed duplicate of map "The western Part of the Roman Empire" in previous volume rather than "The eastern Part." map. An attractive set of Gibbons' magnificent history. W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
1998266459London: Folio Society 1998. hardcover. fine. 8 volumes Tall 8vos cream colored boards simulating vellum with red & blue spine labels. London: Folio Society 1998. 8th edition. Fine.<br/><br/> The text is reproduced from the Everyman edition of 1910. The books are housed in two red board slipcases.<br/><br/> Folio Society unknown books
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 books
180465139Philadelphia: Published by William Y. Birch & Abraham Small Printed by Robert Carr 1804. First American edition. First published in 1776-1788. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Alexander Lawson after Joshua Reynolds trimmed along lower margin affecting imprint; folding map of "Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople" other map removed and lacking. 8 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep red morocco label. Wormholes and trails on a few of the bindings some rubbing light browning of text even lacking the map a very attractive copy in two cloth open end cases. First American edition. First published in 1776-1788. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Alexander Lawson after Joshua Reynolds trimmed along lower margin affecting imprint; folding map of "Parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople" other map removed and lacking. 8 vols. 8vo. Lawson engraved plates for the first volume of Wilson's "Ornithology" and those in the continuation by Bonaparte. Norton 48 maps and portrait were bound in volumes one and two rather than as noted in Norton. PMM 222 for the first edition Published by William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, Printed by Robert Carr 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
1820226145London: Cadell and Davies 1820. hardcover. very good. 12 volumes. Handsome stipple engraved frontispiece portrait and 2 large folding maps. 8vo full contemporary olive green polished calf with green and tan spine labels. London: Printed for Cadell and Davies et al 1820. "A New Edition". A very good clean set in a handsome binding.<br/><br/> Cadell and Davies unknown books
1811161453Edinburgh 1811. hardcover. 12 volumes. Frontispiece portrait and 2 large folding map. Handsomely bound in contemporary full brown calf; gilt-stamped borders and spines with red leather labels; marbled endpapers and page edges leather is rubbed and a bit edgeworn in spots; hinge neatly repaired in two volumes still a quite attractive set. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute et al. 1811.<br/><br/> unknown books
1900318397Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co 1900. A New Edition. Frontis. 5 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary polished tan calf gilt spine marbled sides. Almost fine. A New Edition. Frontis. 5 vols. 8vo. Henry T. Coates & Co unknown books
1839WRCLIT52593London: John Murray 1839. xvi451112pp. Large octavo. Original publisher's cloth stamped in blind and lettered in gilt. Frontis portrait after Reynolds. Cloth lightly rubbed and soiled with a few faint old splashmarks blank fore-margin of portrait has a light discoloration small nick in inner hinge else a very good copy. First edition of the text as edited by Milman enhanced by his privileged access to the original manuscripts. A decent association copy perhaps with the armorial bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. on the front pastedown. NCBEL II:1723. NORTON p.196-7. John Murray hardcover books
1958UGIBTRI00AFHarper Torchbooks 1958. Very Good. Gibbon Edward. The Triumph of Christendom in the Roman Empire. NY: Harper Torchbooks 1958. 411pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with faded and rubbed wraps. Harper Torchbooks paperback books
190698478New York: Fred Defau & Company 1906. The Complete Works of Edward Gibbon one of numbered 73 sets this is number 7. Octavo 15 volumes bound in full dark blue levant morocco inlaid red tulips at the corners of boards and center of each spine raised bands gilt titles to the spine brown morocco doublures and watered silk flyleaves binding by MacDonald plates in three states: photogravure colored on India paper and printed on velin. In fine condition. An exceptional set most rare and desirable. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works Gibbon brought a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equalled to this day; and the result was clothed in inimitable prose" PMM 222. "For 22 years Gibbon was a prodigy of steady and arduous application. His investigations extended over almost the whole range of intellectual activity for nearly 1500 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 146-7. Fred Defau & Company hardcover books
190668481A Beautiful Set Limited to 73 Copies GIBBON Edward. The Works of Edward Gibbon. New York: Fred DeFau & Company 1906-1907. The Sheffield Edition one of 73 numbered sets this being number 4. Fifteen octavo volumes 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 217 x 146 mm. Illustrated with the plates some of which are colored in three states. Comprising: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Autobiographies.Printed Verbatim from Hitherto Unpublished Mss. Miscellaneous Works and Private Letters. Beautifully bound by Macdonald in contemporary full dark blue levant morocco. Covers ruled in gilt with gilt red morocco floral onlay corner-pieces. Spines tooled and lettered in gilt with gilt red morocco floral onlays. Brown levant morocco doublures paneled in gilt. Cream watered silk liners. Top edge gilt others uncut. A superb set. GibbonÃs Decline and Fall brought to the subject a width of vision and a critical mastery of the available sources which have not been equaled to this day. "This masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style has remained one of the ageless historical works which like the writings of Macaulay and Mommsen maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar although they have been superseded in many if not most details by subsequent advance of research and changes in the climate of opinion. Whereas other eighteenth-century writers in this field such as Voltaire are still quoted with respect the Decline and Fall is the only historical narrative prior to Macaulay which continues to be reprinted and actually read" Printing and the Mind of Man. Although superseded in many respects by two centuries of continuous research this great work is still read both for pleasure and for profit and has achieved an eminence denied most historical compilations of its kind. HBS 68481. $7500 Fred DeFau & Company unknown books
97481hardcover. More than 145 color photos with captions. 68pp. Large 8vo cloth d.w. New York: 1979.<br/><br/> unknown books
