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1858059265London and Paris: John Murray/A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier 1858. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Custom-bound full calf bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt 5 raised bands dentilled edges marbled text block edges and endpapers. Rubbed joints corners and bands spine gilt partially rubbed away title and publisher labels now lacking. Firm binding clean interior. Lacking front blank preceding main title interior otherwise fully intact. Stated 8th edition. lxvii422 pp. 6 folding maps and plans. A respectable copy quite scarce early edition. John Murray/A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier Hardcover
1858059266London and Paris: John Murray/A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier 1858. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Custom-bound full calf bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt 5 raised bands dentilled edges marbled text block edges and endpapers. Rubbed joints corners and bands spine gilt partially rubbed away title and publisher labels both partial. Firm binding clean interior. Lacking front blank preceding main title interior otherwise fully intact. Stated 12th edition. xl572 pp. 8 folding maps/plans. A respectable copy quite scarce early edition. John Murray/A. & W. Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier Hardcover
21144London: Ward Lock & Co. . Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. DJ browned chipped and with small loss to DJ spine and rear. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Light browning to first and last few pages. Very light occasional foxing. ; "With three section plans showing every Street and Building of importance: Key Plan; Map of Italy; Plans of St. Peter's and the Vatican St. John Lateran and the Baths of Caracalla; and a Map of the Environs of Rome." ND. 1923 Numerous b&w photographs; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xl 75 65 pages . Ward, Lock & Co. hardcover
19725London: Ward Lock & Co. . Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slight browning to first few pages and with neat notes to front pastedown. Moderate foxing to last few pages and with light dampstaining to rear boards; "With three section plans showing every Street and Building of importance: Key Plan; Map of Italy; Plans of St. Peter's and the Vatica St. John Lateran and the Baths of Caracalla; and a Map of the Environs of Rome." ND. 1923 Numerous b&w photographs; B&W Photographs; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xl 75 65 pages . Ward, Lock & Co. hardcover
1938419088London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1938. Being a short introduction to the fine art of Execution and containing much useful information on Neckbreaking Throttling Strangling Asphyxiation Decapitation and Electrocution; as well as Data and Wrinkles for Hangmen an account of the late Mr. Berry's method of Killing and his working list of Drops; to which is added a Hagman's Ready Reckoner and certain other items of interest. New and enlarged edition. Hardcover with lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends and leading corners. Discoloration of foot of spine. Tiny surface chip to upper edge of front board. Lightly water damaged grubby scratched and edgeworn dust jacket has creased and nicked spine ends and slightly chipped leading corners. Page edges are roughly cut. Bookplates on front pastedown and FEP. Noticeable age spotting to pages. Binding is sound and text remains clear throughout. T. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. Hardcover
1855059264London Paris Gibraltar and Malta: John Murray/Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier/George Rowswell/Muir 1855. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 3rd Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Custom-bound full calf bordered and with spine panel compartments in gilt 5 raised bands dentilled edges marbled text block edges and endpapers. Rubbed joints corners and bands spine gilt partially rubbed away publisher label now lacking minor sticker ghost to lower front board. Firm binding clean interior. Lacking front blank preceding main title interior otherwise fully intact. Stated 3rd edition. 459 pp. 2 folding maps. A respectable copy quite scarce early edition. John Murray/Galignani & Co.; Stassin & Xavier/George Rowswell/Muir Hardcover
186821107London: John Murray. 1868. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Vellum boards with gilt spine decoration and red spine label with gilt lettering. Steel-engraved large front map. Steel-engraved plan of Naples Environs of Naples and fold-out of Pompeii. Lister 205; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xlv 470 pages . John Murray hardcover
189212320London: John Murray. 1892. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Wear to extremities and slight dampstaining to volume one; Comprising the description of Naples and its environs Pompeii Herculaneum Vesuvius Sorrento; The Islands of Capri and Ischia; Amalfi Paestum and Capua The Abruzzi and Calabria; Palermo Girgenti The Greek Temples and Messina. Part II Comprising the descriptions of: Palermo Girgenti The Greek Temples Syracuse Catania Messina and the Lipari Islands. Including bound-in slip: "Information about hotels etc. Will be found in the index and directory at the end of the book." Decorative bookplate; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 41821481152 pages . John Murray hardcover
1911002751Sheffield England: J.W. Northend printer and lithographer 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. lxix 3 811 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author and 58 leaves of plates from photographs chiefly reproduced by Furniss of Sheffield; 25 cm. Printer's royal blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and illustrations of crown and drum and gilt-stamped Loyal and True medallion on the front-cover. Lacking dust jacket. Title page in red and black. Includes addenda and corrigenda; indices by medal and officer; lists of military officers colonels of regiments naval officers and and officers connected with the peerage baronetage and knightage and an index of the services of naval officers all whose decorations were in the author's collection. Top page edges gilt. Beige endpapers. Inscribed "With the Author's compliments" on the dedication page doubtless to one of the 80 subscribers listed after the dedication page. First Edition. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; back hinge cracked; pages and illustrations are clean and tight. J.W. Northend, printer and lithographer hardcover
Boards a bit worn and dampstained. Former owner's name on half title page. Missing maps in rear pockets. Vol I: Front free endpaper detached, but present. Front hinge weakened; 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 433, 52; 425, 52 pages
Boards faded, especially spine. Front hinge cracked. Back hinge started; 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 688, 68 pages
Boards faded, a bit worn and professionally repaired. New endpapers. First few pages frail and lightly chipped, but professionally repaired. Title page stamped. ; Extremely scarce. Murray's 3rd book! ; 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 509 pages
Spine darkened and with light chipping to spine ends. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Bookseller sticker. Title page top 1/2" cut off. Hinges gapping but holding strongly together. ; With copious information about travelling to the various countries listed, several maps, and an advertising section in the rear; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xl, 329, 10, 72 pages
Boards with moderate wear to extremities. Spine sunned and with spine ends chipping. Hinges gapping but holding strongly together. ; With copious information about travelling to the various countries listed, several maps, and an advertising section in the rear. VG map in rear pocket; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xl, 329, 10, 72 pages
Boards a bit worn. Spine ends frayed. Significant dampstaining to boards and first 10-15 pgs. Front hinge and first few pages frail and with one page detached but present; A very rare Murray's with lightly browned VG+ maps; 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall; 138, 64 pages
Being a short introduction to the fine art of Execution, and containing much useful information on Neckbreaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapitation and Electrocution; as well as Data and Wrinkles for Hangmen, an account of the late Mr. Berry's method of Killing and his working list of Drops; to which is added a Hagman's Ready Reckoner and certain other items of interest. New and enlarged edition. Hardcover with lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends and leading corners. Discoloration of foot of spine. Tiny surface chip to upper edge of front board. Lightly water damaged, grubby, scratched and edgeworn dust jacket has creased and nicked spine ends and slightly chipped leading corners. Page edges are roughly cut. Bookplates on front pastedown and FEP. Noticeable age spotting to pages. Binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. T Used
Sm. 8vo., Ninth Edition, with a folding coloured map (one small tear) as frontispiece, 59 plates on 48 and 12 folding maps (5 coloured); original series binding of red cloth, upper board lettered in black, gilt back, radial corners, red and blue sprinkled edges, a very good, clean copy. With the small trade stamp of Robert of Geneve on front paste-down.
Very small spots to front board. Former owner's name on front free endpaper ; A rare "Baedeker-clone" including VG+ rear fold out map ; 16mo; 128 pages
197937847Oxford Clarendon Press. 1979. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Former owner's name on ffep. DJ spine has light sunning with a few small tears. DJ is price-clipped.; Commentary by Prof. Chilver on the first two books of Cornelius Tacitus' first major historical work known as the Histories. In these books I & II Tacitus describes the fall of the first emperor Galba and an account of the war in which the second emperor Otho was defeated by Vitellius and committed suicide and of the challenge of the final victor Vespasian presented to Vitellius in the latter part of year A. D. 69. Includes emphasis on the major historical themes analysis of textural and syntactical problems when their solution is vital to establishing Tacitus' meaning. 280 pgs. Illustrated with two maps: the Roman Empire in A. D. 69 and Eastern Gaul the Alps and Northern Italy.; 280 pages . 0198148305 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
19797697Oxford Clarendon Press. 1979. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. DJ has some edgewear with two small close tears and rubbing along edges. DJ is discolored to spine and back panel and portion of front panel.; Commentary by Prof. Chilver on the first two books of Cornelius Tacitus' first major historical work known as the Histories. In these books I & II Tacitus describes the fall of the first emperor Galba and an account of the war in which the second emperor Otho was defeated by Vitellius and committed suicide and of the challenge of the final victor Vespasian presented to Vitellius in the latter part of year A. D. 69. Includes emphasis on the major historical themes analysis of textural and syntactical problems when their solution is vital to establishing Tacitus' meaning. 280 pgs. Illustrated with two maps: the Roman Empire in A. D. 69 and Eastern Gaul the Alps and Northern Italy.; 280 pages . 0198148305 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
198527752Oxford Clarendon Press. 1985. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has light sunning. Mild soiling to DJ; Deals with the last few days of A. D. 69 after the death of Vitellius the outbreak of the revolt on the Rhine and events of the early months of A. D. 70 in Rome German and the East where Vespasian now supreme master of the Empire was preparing his return to Rome. Tactius displays his mastery in recounting not only senatorial debates in the capital but also the complexities of the war on the Rhine in which Roman legions were demoralised and virtually destroyed before the new government was able to send fresh troops to restore the situation. Book V also contains Tacitus' curious account of the history and the country of the Jews breakin off just before the destruction of Jerusalem.; 124 pages . 0198148526 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
197927753Oxford Clarendon Press. 1979. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover G. P. Goold. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ spine has light sunning.; Commentary by Prof. Chilver on the first two books of Cornelius Tacitus' first major historical work known as the Histories. In these books I & II Tacitus describes the fall of the first emperor Galba and an account of the war in which the second emperor Otho was defeated by Vitellius and committed suicide and of the challenge of the final victor Vespasian presented to Vitellius in the latter part of year A. D. 69. Includes emphasis on the major historical themes analysis of textural and syntactical problems when their solution is vital to establishing Tacitus' meaning. 280 pgs. Illustrated with two maps: the Roman Empire in A. D. 69 and Eastern Gaul the Alps and Northern Italy.; 280 pages . 0198148305 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
19857975Oxford Clarendon Press. 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Very Minor shelfwear to DJ. DJ is discolored. Minor shelfwear otherwise to DJ.; Deals with the last few days of A. D. 69 after the death of Vitellius the outbreak of the revolt on the Rhine and events of the early months of A. D. 70 in Rome German and the East where Vespasian now supreme master of the Empire was preparing his return to Rome. Tactius displays his mastery in recounting not only senatorial debates in the capital but also the complexities of the war on the Rhine in which Roman legions were demoralised and virtually destroyed before the new government was able to send fresh troops to restore the situation. Book V also contains Tacitus' curious account of the history and the country of the Jews breakin off just before the destruction of Jerusalem.; 124 pages . 0198148526 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
19797344Oxford Clarendon Press. 1979. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Foxing to textblock. Very minor shelfwear elsewhere.; Commentary by Prof. Chilver on the first two books of Cornelius Tacitus' first major historical work known as the Histories. In these books I & II Tacitus describes the fall of the first emperor Galba and an account of the war in which the second emperor Otho was defeated by Vitellius and committed suicide and of the challenge of the final victor Vespasian presented to Vitellius in the latter part of year A. D. 69. Includes emphasis on the major historical themes analysis of textural and syntactical problems when their solution is vital to establishing Tacitus' meaning. 280 pgs. Illustrated with two maps: the Roman Empire in A. D. 69 and Eastern Gaul the Alps and Northern Italy.; 280 pages . 0198148305 . Oxford Clarendon Press hardcover
Significant wear to original boards, but spine seems to be from a later date. Foxing first few & last few pages. Front hinge well started, rear hinge less so. Front free endpaper and title page detached but present, the former showing a previous owner's name. Occasional pencil underlining; The Gypsy people as they were known two centuries ago. And, yes, the subtitle really says "develope" in case you were wondering ; 8vo; 265 pages