Search Results: the decline and fall of the by gibbon edward esq

Hardcover. Good. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. 1865, volume 4 only, of six orig. volumes. 636pps. Fair on the outside, good inside. Discolored and chipped full leather, black titling and volume panels with gilt legible and good. Lacking top inch and 1/8th at head of spine of leather ext. spine strip only. Binding remarkably good. Notes by Rev. MILMAN as issued. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Tight, bright

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Vol. VI only. Brown cloth hardcover. Philips, Sampson, and Company, 1850. Good condition, wear on the edges and ends of spine. Foxing on pages, binding loosening.

Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1840. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Baudry's European Library,1840. VOLUME 6 ONLY. Part of 8 volume set. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has considerable shelfwear, corners rubbed through, edge of rear board has a large chip, one inch split at bottom of spine, top inch of spine missing. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned, sparse foxing. Many pages uncut at top edge. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Good reading/research copy.

Hardback. New.

Belford, Clarke & Co. Hardcovers. Acceptable. Fair hardcovers no dust cover.5 VOLUME SET. Text unmarked. Pages are tanned, with some edge stains, and some tan areas from articles left in book. Covers show edge wear with rubbings/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Hinges cracked but binding still intact. No date found......looks to be c.1900-10.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Hooper, Clarke & Co. Complete in 5 volumes. HBs. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt tanned, t.e. dusty. Cover: red, leather backstrip, gilt titles spine; substantial shelfwear, extrems worn, spines torn or entirely lacking, vol 4 and 5 are dampstained. Reading copy.

New 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… Read More

London England: Frederick Westley and A. H. Davis. Very Good. 1836. First Thus. Half-Leather/Marbled Boards. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hadrback Hardback. Foxing to end inside covers. Six raised bands to spine. Wear to leather spine. Wear to edges and corners. Gold paper tile on spine with title in gilt lettering. Printed from the edition in twelve volumes (Complete in one volume). Complete bound in half leather and marbled boards.1303 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) .

B. F. French, 1830 Contemporary brown calf w/gilt title plates, rubbing at corners, top spine scuffed/chip Vol. 2 boards all tight. foxing, damp stains. Rare OCLC finds 0 copies of 4 volume edition. Nice solid set of classic work. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good.

Dublin: W. & H. Whitestone, J. Williams, W. Colles, W. Wilson, C. Jenkin, T. Walker, R. Moncrieffe, W. Hallhead, J Exshaw, J. Beatty, L. White, & B. Watson, 1779. Freshly rebound by Jon Buller with brown leather & marbled paper over boads, gilt spine title & date, & marbled endpapers / pastedown to match; A very good textblock with a bit of foxing almost entirely on first & last two leaves, in a handsome fine binding; 158 pages. . 5.25"x8.75".