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Published by John Murray
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. This Listing Only Contains Three Volumes. This Listing is for Volumes III, V, and VIII. Largely good condition hardcovers, some wear and dust marks to cloth boards. No jackets. Foxing to text block edges. Pages uncut. Contents clear. A nice set.
Published by Harper & Brothers
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Tight bindings, solid brown boards, white spine labels with Gibbon's name in blue and title and volume number in black, gilt top edges, previous owner's name blacked out on front end papers, otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. 0.
Published by John Murray
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. This Listing Contains Seven Volumes of the Eight Only. This Listing Does Not Include Volume I. Largely good condition hardcovers in uniform bindings, wear and rubbing to edges, dust marks and some small marks to boards. No jackets. Foxing to text block edges, some pulling, uncut edges. Some pulling to binding in some volumes. Tearing to spine hinge of cloth boards of Volume VIII. Contents clear. A suitable reading set.
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1880
Seller: Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Brown boards with paper spine labels. Corners edgeworn. Fraying and chipping to spine ends with some loss. Ex-library copy with usual stamps. Inner hinges cracked. Some hole to Vol 3 textblock with small waterstain. Faint waterstaining to lower corners of Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 ; Heavy set. ; 6 Volume Set COMPLETE. ; Vol. 1/6/2024; Extra shipping charges may apply.
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1880
Seller: Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Brown boards with paper spine labels (loss of spine labels of V3, 5, 6). Corners edgeworn. Fraying and chipping to spine ends. Some loss to cloth at base of V3 and to V4. Light pencilling to vol. 2. Vol. 1 has waterstaining to upper edges of most pages. ; Heavy set. ; 6 Volume Set COMPLETE. ; Vol. 1/6/2024; Extra shipping charges may apply.
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1880
Seller: Ancient World Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Rebound in decorative 1/2 leather binding with marbled boards. Gilt tooled designs to spines. Red leather spine labels with gilt lettering - some loss to spine labels of V1, 3, 4, 5, 6) Corners and spine ends edgeworn along with boards. Marbled endpapers. V2 front endpaper torn at gutter but still holding. Still an attractive set. Set varies from Good + to VG. ; Heavy set. ; 6 Volume Set COMPLETE. ; Vol. 1/6/2024; Extra shipping charges may apply.
Published by John Murray,, 1903
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. The Complete new impression of 1903 in 8 volumes, all in G/VG condition, boards rubbed, some corners bumped, spine ends pushed and frayed in places, text generally clean, bright and unmarked although portrait frontiis in Vol 1 is spotted, PO name dated 1907 to fep, All maps present as called for and in vg condition.a nice set.
Published by London: John Murray,, 1862
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated Edition. 8 vols, 8vo (8¾ x 5½ ), steel engraved frontispiece portrait, 14 maps including 12 folding, some hand-colored. Half calf & marbled boards, backs in six gilt paneled compartments, gilt lettering pieces in the second & fourth, gilt corner & center ornaments in the rest, matching marbled edges & end papers. Very good, complete with all maps. Sheets & maps unusually clean & fresh, unmarked, complete. Calf with some wear to edges & extremities, head-cap of vol 1 repaired, no names or bookplates. H8295.
Leather. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smart complete set of the new edition of Gibbon's renowned work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete in eight volumes. New edition. An account from the year 98 to 1590, witnessing the peak of the Roman Empire, the history of early Christianity, the emergence of the Roman State Church, the rise of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, the decline of the Roman Empire and the fall of Byzantium, as well as discussions on the ruins of Ancient Rome. According to Gibbon, the Roman Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions in large part due to the gradual loss of civic virtue among its citizens, though he also began an ongoing controversy about the role of Christianity in this history. Written by Edward Gibbon, an English essayist, historian, and politician best known for this work. With notes by Henry Hart Milman, an English historian and ecclesiastic, François Guizot, a French historian, orator, and statesman, and Sir William Smith, an English lexicographer. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and two folding maps to the rear. Volume two is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and two maps to the rear. Volume three is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece. Volume four is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece. Volume five is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and a folding map to the rear. Volume six is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and a folding map to the rear. Volume seven is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece. Volume eight is illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. In the original half red cloth with marbled boards. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Cracks to the joints of volumes one, two, and five. Minor loss to the head of the spine to some volumes. Front hinge starting but firm to volume one. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the first and last few pages. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. The odd pencil note to the pages. Very Good. book.
Published by John Murray, London, 1854
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo, 8 volumes (complete), illustrated with several folding maps, most hand-colored. A very good set in contemporary full polished calf, with morocco spine labels, gilt compartments all edges gilt, and marbled endpapers. Outer joints neatly repaired in volume 5, some other joints with thin partial cracks, and a notable chip to the top of volume 8. Other minor edgewear, and occasinoal foxing to prelims, but a clean, sound, handsome set. Occasional tiny stress tears to maps at their hinges, but no foxing, and the color fresh. An appealing mid-19th century edition of Gibbon's masterwork, uncommon in this elaborate binding.