THE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE (LEATHERTHE HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE (LEATHER BOUND BOOKS) FOUR VOLUMES The History of Modern Europe: with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire and a view of the progress of society, from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the peace of Paris in 1763; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son. New Edition, continued to the present time in four volumes.
7VOL E. GIBBON, DECLINE AND FALL OF7VOL E. GIBBON, DECLINE AND FALL OF ROMAN EMPIRE Seven volumes (of 12 volume set) of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. Published 1827 by Thomas M'Lean, etc. Missing volumes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 12. Books are fully bound in gray leather with extensive gilt decoration on the spine. Maps present at the front of some volumes. 8vo.
GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD, 20GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD, 20 VOL. Various Sizes Leather bound with gilt trim, including: Sir Francis Bacon, ""Advancement of Learning, Novum Organum, New Atlantis"; Charles Darwin, "The Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection"; Henry Fielding, "The History of Tom Jones, Vol. I"; Henry Fielding, "The History of Tom Jones, Vol. II"; Galen, "Hippocrates Writings"; Edward Gibbon, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"; Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, "Faust"; Homer, "The Iliad"; Homer, "The Odyssey"; Herman Mellville, Moby-Dick"; Michel de Montaigne, "Essays, Book Two"; Gilbert Murray, Translator, "The Complete Plays of Aeschylus"; Plutarch, "The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, vol. I"; Edward B. Pusey, Translator, "The Confessions of Saint Augustine"; Francois Rabelais, "The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel, vol I"; Francois Rabelais, "The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel, vol II"; "The Plays of Sophocles"; P. Cornelius Tacitus, "The Anals and Histories"; Thucydides, "The History of the Peloponnesian War"; Virgil, "The Aeneid";
EDWARD GIBBON, DECLINE OF THE ROMANEDWARD GIBBON, DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 6 VOL. 9½" x ?" x 1½" each Easton Press (6) vols, Decline of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The Easton Press Collector's Edition, 1974, complete in 6 vols.
GIBBON, DECLINE & FALL OF ROME, FOLIOGIBBON, DECLINE & FALL OF ROME, FOLIO CASED SET Edward Gibbon, THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (London: Folio Society, 2006) 15th printing; 8 vols., 8vo, simulated vellum boards, housed in two slipcases.
Edward Gibbon (British, 1737-1794) THEEdward Gibbon (British, 1737-1794) THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
A GROUP OF SIXTY-THREE EASTON PRESSA GROUP OF SIXTY-THREE EASTON PRESS BOOK TITLES, MODERN...A GROUP OF SIXTY-THREE EASTON PRESS BOOK TITLES, MODERN, comprising gilt tooled leather bound editions, selected titles include, "Winston Churchill's A History of the English Speaking People," Vols. I-IV, Churchill; "Resistance to Civil Government and Other Essays," Thoreau; "Beyond Good and Evil," Nietzsche; "Revolutionibus," Copernicus; "On the Origin of Species," Darwin; "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Stowe; "Heroes of History," Durant; "Pride and Prejudice," Austen; "The State and Revolution," Lenin; "Das Kapital," Vols. I-II, Marx; "Common Sense," Paine; "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass-An American Slave," Douglass; Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung," 1996; "Discourse on Method," Descartes; "Tao Te Ching," Tzu; "The Travels of Marco Polo," Komroff, revised; "The Interpretation of Dreams," Freud; "East of Eden," "The Grapes of Wrath," The Pearl," Cannery Row," "Tortilla Flat," "Of Mice and Men," Steinbeck; "The Beautiful and Damned," Fitzgerald; "Battle at Bull Run," Davis; "Dune," Herbert; "Magna Carta," Pallister; "A History of the Crusades," Runciman; "The Wealth of Nations," Smith; "Psychology of the Unconscious," Jung; "Principia," Newton; "Democracy in America," Vols. I-II, de Tocqueville; "Tales of the Jazz Age," Fitzgerald; "The Lessons of History," Durant; "Atlas Shrugged," Vols. I-II, Rand; "The Social Contract and Discourses," Rousseau; "De Shootinest Gent'man," Buckingham, Derrydale Press; "Two Treatise of Government," Locke; Ninety-five Thesis," Luther; "This Side of Paradise," and "Babylon Revisited," Fitzgerald; "Bhagavad Gita," Arnold, Trans.; "Silent Spring," Carson; "On Liberty," Mill; "The Koran: Selected Suras," Jeffery, Trans.; "The Principles of Scientific Management," Taylor; "The Meaning of Relativity," Einstein; "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," Vols. I-VI, Gibbon; and other titles.
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EASTON PRESS (6) VOLS, DECLINE OF THEEASTON PRESS (6) VOLS, DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The Easton Press Collector's Edition, 1974, complete in 6 vols, 9.5"h x 6.5"w (each)
CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY SIGNATURECHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY SIGNATURE Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (American/South Carolina, 1846-1825). Signed title page from volume 4 of the 1788 edition of "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon, presumably the from Pinckney's library, framed with a 19th century engraving of Pinckney. Note: Pinckney was a member of South Carolina's delegation to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and a signer of the Constitution. He was also the Federalist Party nominee for President twice in 1804 and 1808, losing to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Provenance: From the Lifetime Collection of Billy S. Arant, Jr., Chattanooga, TN. Approx. 13" x 17" (frame)
BOOK: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE ANDBOOK: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIREBOOK: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE By Edward Gibbon. Philadelphia: William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, 1804-05. Eight vols. Full calf binding with tooled lettering. Marbleized endpapers. The first volume with pencil inscription "Benj. Rodman New Bedford" on front flyleaf.
FINELY BOUND EASTON PRESS EDITION OFFINELY BOUND EASTON PRESS EDITION OF GIBBON'S THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1974), six volumes, octavo (9.5 in.), brown leather boards with raised bands on spine, gilt to boards and all page ends; silk endpapers with conforming integral place savers.
TWO SETS OF LEATHERBOUND BOOKS To include:TWO SETS OF LEATHERBOUND BOOKS To include: five volumes from The Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D. Walter Scott (Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1814), 8vo (8-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.), full calf with gilt to spine, to include Vols. I, VIII, IX, XIV, XVII; plus, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Philadelphia: John D. Morris & Company, n.d., circa 1890s), "Edition DeLuxe" #322 of 1,000, six volumes complete, 8vo (8-3/4 x 6 in.), three-quarter leather over marbled boards.
TWO PARTIAL EDITION DELUXE LETHERBOUNDTWO PARTIAL EDITION DELUXE LETHERBOUND BOOK SETS Cooper's Works, (Philadelphia: The Nottingham Society, n.d., circa 1900), 12 Volumes, 8vo (8-1/2 in.), three-quarter navy blue leather over marbled boards with conforming endpapers, gilt to spine and top edge of leaves. (Bookseller's notation claims 16 volumes; Light shelf wear with minor chips to leather; very good condition); Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Philadelphia: John D. Morris & Co., n.d.), 5 of 6 volumes, 454/1000 sets, 8vo (9 in), three-quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt to top edge of leaves (minor chipping; some shelf rub; very good condition).
THREE SMALL SETS OF 19TH CENTURY LEATHERTHREE SMALL SETS OF 19TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS To include: Motley, John Lothrop. History of the United Netherlands (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1861), two volumes, quarto, three-quarter leather over marbled boards; plus Lothrop's...The Rise of the Dutch Republic (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1861), three volumes, quarto, three-quarter leather over marbled boards; plus...Gibbon, Edward. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (New York: J & J. Harper, 1833), three volumes, octavo, full calf...plus: A History of Modern Europe (London: Longman, Brown, and Co., 1850), "from a series of letters from a nobleman to his son," octavo, full calf with a somewhat later gilt dedication applied to the front pastedown.
TWENTY-TWO ATTRACTIVE ANTIQUE LEATHERBOUNDTWENTY-TWO ATTRACTIVE ANTIQUE LEATHERBOUND BOOKS To include; a two-volume 18th century set of Oliver Goldsmith's Roman History (clean and complete, but, oddly, no title pages); Gay, Parnell, Thomson, three volumes of poetry (Edinburgh,1773); Mitford's Greece (1835-1836), eight of ten volumes; Fortuné Du Boisgobey, Le Cochon D'Or, two volumes (1882); Jean De La Brete, Mon Oncle et Mon Curé (1889); Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1900), five of eight volumes; Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company (1909), a novel.
[BINDINGS] -- [HISTORY]. A group of[BINDINGS] -- [HISTORY]. A group of 7 works, most in contemporary full leather bindings, including works related to history, comprising:
1) GIBBON, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. L: John Murray,1855. 8 volumes. Later green straight-grain morocco gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY ZAEHNSDORF & C.E. LAURIAT CO. BOSTON. Later edition.
2) LECKY, William Edward Hartpole. A History of England in the Eighteenth Century. L: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879- 1890. 8 volumes. Contemporary tree calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY ROOT & SON. Second edition.
3) STEPHEN, James, Sir. Lectures on the History of France. L et al: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans et al, 1852. 2 volumes. Contemporary polished calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY HAYDAY. Second edition.
4) MACAULAY, Lord. The History of England. L: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1862. 8 volumes. Later blue polished calf gilt, BOUND BY FORBES & BENNETT, SOUTHAMPTON (ticket).
5) McCARTHY, Justin. A History of Our Own Times. L: Chatto & Windus, 1880. 4 volumes. Contemporary paneled calf, red and brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION.
6) MORTON, H.V. In Search of England. L: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1934. Contemporary polished blue calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Twenty-first edition.
7) MORTON, H.V. In Search of Scotland. L: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1935. Contemporary polished blue calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Twenty-first edition.
Together, 7 works in 32 volumes, all 8vo, most in contemporary full morocco or calf bindings, condition generally very good.
EDWARD GIBBON, DECLINE AND FALL OF THEEDWARD GIBBON, DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, METHEUN & CO., LONDON 1909-1910, VOLUMES 1-4Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Metheun & Co., London 1909-1910, Volumes 1-4
GIBBON, EDWARD, 1820Gibbon, Edward.GIBBON, EDWARD, 1820Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London, 1820, a "New Edition", in 12 volumes, 4to, full calf, gilt lettering and decoration, marbled pastedowns and endpapers
GIBBON, EDWARDGibbon, Edward, The HistoryGIBBON, EDWARDGibbon, Edward, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edinburgh, Bell and Bradfute..., 1811, 12 vols., 4to (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)., full leather, gilt lettering.
GROUP OF BOOKSGroup of books, to includeGROUP OF BOOKSGroup of books, to include The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in five volumes, by Edward Gibbon, published by Porter & Coates; The History of France, by Alexander Ranken, printed by Strahan, 1801; Guide Through Europe, Presented by the Hamburg American Line, published by Herz, 1906; Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the Year 1856: Agriculture, printed by Cornelius Wendell, 1857; Extinct Pennsylvania Animals, Part one, The Panther and the Wolf, by Shoemaker; Kantner's Book of Objects, Containing 2051 Engravings, new edition, English and German; The Christian Minister's Affectionate Advice to a Married Couple, by Bean, published by American Tract Society.
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Roman Empire: Each books seems to be missing a couple pages in the front. Report: Front cover detached. Kantner's: Front cover detached, missing a few pages at the front. Others in various states
GIBBON. DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMANGIBBON. DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 1804-5 (8) Vols., Edward Gibbon, Esq. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, Philadelphia, 1804-1805, 1st American edition, unusual period multicolor leather binding by William Swaim, marbled endpapers, speckled page edges, Vol. I with large fold-out map, Vol. II with fold-out map, various page counts, 8.75"h x 5.5"w
THREE SMALL SETS OF 19TH CENTURY LEATHERTHREE SMALL SETS OF 19TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS To include: Motley, John Lothrop. History of the United Netherlands (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1861), two volumes, quarto, three-quarter leather over marbled boards; plus Lothrop's...The Rise of the Dutch Republic (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1861), three volumes, quarto, three-quarter leather over marbled boards; plus...Gibbon, Edward. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (New York: J & J. Harper, 1833), three volumes, octavo, full calf...plus: A History of Modern Europe (London: Longman, Brown, and Co., 1850), "from a series of letters from a nobleman to his son," octavo, full calf with a somewhat later gilt dedication applied to the front pastedown.
GROUP OF ENGLISH LITERATUREGROUP OFGROUP OF ENGLISH LITERATUREGROUP OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, [Literature] titles include five volumes of Macauley, Thomas Babington. The History of England. NY: Wm. K. Allison. 1890; Haeckel, Ernst. The Evolution of Man. NY: D. Appleton and Company. 1898; four volumes, Churchill, Winston. A History of the English Speaking People. NY: Dorset Press. 1990; three volumes, Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. NY: Heritage Press. 1946; Remusat, Madam de. Memoirs of the Empress Josephine. NY: P.F. Collier. 1910 (28)
EDWARD GIBBON, THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINEEDWARD GIBBON, THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, EIGHT VOLUMES, PUBLISHED BY THE FOLIO SOCIETY, LONDON 1983Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Eight Volumes, Published by the Folio Society, London 1983,
Gibbon (Edward) The History of the DeclineGibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 vols, 8vo., cont. half calf, Murray 1862. Leather label on verso of upper cover in vol l, ''Telford Premium Awarded by The Institution of Civil Engineers to Joseph William Bazalgette…December 19th 1865''
Gibbon (Edward) Decline and Fall ofGibbon (Edward) Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 1 Third Edition, 6 vols, 1777-88; Miscellaneous Works, 2 vols, 1796 - 1815, 4to, cont. calf
Gibbon (Edward) The History of the DeclineGibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vols, London 1816
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
A LARGE QUANTITY,MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
A LARGE QUANTITY, INCLUDING Horne, R.H. The History of Napoleon. 1841, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; Turner, Sharon The History of the Anglo-Saxons. 1830, 3rd edition, 3 volumes, folding map, contemporary calf gilt; Wade, John British History Chronologically arranged. 1839, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; Carlyle, Thomas The French Revolution. [c.1885], 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt; Millot, l'Abbé Elements of General History. 1778, 5 volumes, contemporary calf, rubbed; Lloyd, L. Field Sports of the North of Europe. 1830, 2 volumes, plates, contemporary half calf, lacks labels; The History of the Life and Reign of Peter the Great. 1740. Second edition, 12mo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, early ownership inscriptions to title, title torn without loss; Crevier, J.B.L. The History of the Roman Emperors. 1814, 10 volumes, contemporary diced half calf; Ferguson, Adam The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic. 1813, 5 volumes, 8vo, folding maps, contemporary calf; Gibbon, Edward The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1838, 8 volumes, plates, maps, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, g.e.; Mitford, William The History of Greece. 1835, 8 volumes, 12mo, engraved titles, contemporary calf, spines gilt; and others, similar; sold not subject to return (quantity)
* (BINDINGS) GIBBON EDWARD History of* (BINDINGS) GIBBON EDWARD History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Dublin: Printed for Luke White 1789. 6 vols. 8vo full mottled calf gilt lettered red leather spine labels marbled endpapers. With engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and three fold-out maps. Some loss to spine ends and labels; otherwise interior including maps in fine condition.
[HISTORY] History of the Decline and[HISTORY] History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Gibbon Edward. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: John Murray 1862 8 vols. Small 8vo 3/4-leather over marbled paper marbled endpapers and page edges; gilt spines 5 spine bands. Vol. 1 415pp 2 folding maps in rear; vol. 2 425pp folding map in front; vol. 3 433pp folding map front outer hinge dry cracking; vol. 4 410pp folding map front; vol. 5 415pp folding maps front and rear; vol. 6 428pp folding map rear; vol. 7 412pp folding map rear; vol. 8 434pp folding maps front and rear. Condition: Overall excellent. Some volumes appear to have never been opened maps never unfolded. Minor fading of page edges of a few vols.
Gibbon's Works Edition LausanneGibbonGibbon's Works Edition LausanneGibbon Edward THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (New York: Fred De Fau & Co. 1906) 15 volumes #34 of 1 000 sets three-quarter leather over marbled boards with matching endpapers gilt top edge library plate.Chips to the leather; light wear to the covers; internally fine. Overall very good.
Five-Volume Victorian Set, of EdwardFive-Volume Victorian Set, of Edward Gibbon's famed The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published by J. B. Lippencott and Company, Philadelphia, 1874, the black-embossed green cloth bindings in the Reform taste and largely intact, h. 7-3/4", w. 5-3/8", d. 1-5/8".
(CLASSICS) GIBBON EDWARD History of(CLASSICS) GIBBON EDWARD History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: Printed for W. Allason 1818-1820. 12 vols. 8vo contemporary tree calf lettered and decorated in gilt with red leather onlaid scroll leather spine labels marbled endpapers owner's name stamped in gilt to upper boards. Minor scorching to boards on some vols.; corners bumped; scattered brownspotting.
GIBBON EDWARD. "THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINEGIBBON EDWARD. "THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE" London John Murray 1838-39. 8VO 12 volumes. Folding maps; later half calf; gilt decorated spines. Fine set.
SEVENTEEN LEATHERBOUND VOLUMES. IncludesSEVENTEEN LEATHERBOUND VOLUMES. Includes Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Philadelphia: Birch and Small 1804 seven (of eight) volumes in full leather; together with Hume The History of England London: Cadell 1796 five (of eight) volumes in full leather; and Rollin The Ancient History... Philadelphia: Woodward et al 1825 five (of eight) volumes in full leather.