Product Type
Condition
Binding
Collectible Attributes
Free Shipping
Seller Location
Seller Rating
Published by Kraus Reprint Co., New York, 1969
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex Library - Facsimile of the 1885 Edition.
Published by Edward Arnold, London, 1906
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Octavo; G-; hardcover; bound in dark green cloth, gilt lettering; boards slight bowed, general shelfwear, significant edgewear, rubbing and bumping on fore corners and spine edges, fraying on spine head edge, soiling on rear, tearing on rear and along edges, bumping on tail edges, interiors age toned, foxing in interiors, erased penciling on front end paper, penciling on rear end paper, protected by plastic; text block age toned, gutter occasionally visible, closed and open tears on tissue paper, occasional light soiling, occasional pencil marks, foxing on first few and last few pages, minor soiling on exterior edges; xi, 296pp NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #7. 1296974. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by Kraus Reprint Co., 1969
Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Modern reprint of the 1885 fourth edition. No markings. Facsimile letters and map included.
Published by Kraus Reprint Company, New York, 1969
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Fourth edition. Contains a foldout photographic facsimile of one of Colonel Gordon's letters and a "Sketch Map of the Soudan" Very good with gently rubbed corners and a couple faint spots Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. 8vo.
Published by Kraus Reprint Co., New York, 1969
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Originally published in 1885 Very good with spine slightly askew and flattened near head. Contains fold-out manuscript and map in immaculate condition Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 8vo.
Published by Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc. ca. 1900, New York, 1900
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Edition De Luxe. Dark blue cloth with original paper spine label, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, top page edge gilt, light wear to binding, frontispiece, xix., 604 clean pp., tight.
Published by Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc. ca. 1900, New York, 1900
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Edition De Luxe. Dark blue cloth with original paper spine label, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, top page edge gilt, light wear to binding, frontispiece, 514 clean pp., tight.
Published by Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc. ca. 1900, New York, 1900
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Edition De Luxe. Dark blue cloth with original paper spine label, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, top page edge gilt, light wear to binding, frontispiece, 524 clean pp., tight.
Published by Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc. ca. 1900, New York, 1900
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Edition De Luxe. Dark blue cloth with original paper spine label, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, top page edge gilt, light wear to binding, frontispiece, 551 clean pp., tight.
Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1931
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. (UK) Later printing, 1931; first published in this edition in 1887. Owner's name and bookplate to inside front cover, no other markings, Very Good; no dust jacket.Olive green cloth, 203pp, no illus. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia was supposedly written in order for Johnson to finance his mother s funeral. He wrote it in only one week s time, and earned between 75 and 100 pounds when he published it in 1759. Johnson was perhaps influenced by The Voyage to Abyssinia by Jerónimo Lobo, which he translated in 1735. The main point of Rasselas is to question whether or not humanity is capable of finding happiness. The book was first published in April 1759 in England. Early readers considered Rasselas to be a work of philosophical and practical importance and critics often remark on the difficulty of classifying it as a novel (1.33 JM HOQ 100/a2 Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1892
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: G. 1st Edition. rough edges, ex-library, 8vo. HB. Book.
Published by Kraus Reprint Co., 1969
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. black cloth binding.
Published by Methuen & Co., 1900
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good copy in half-leather with gilt titles and raised bands on spine. Original blue leather has faded to a brown on spine and fore-edges. Marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Bookplate on first pastedown. Blind-stamped on half-title page. British History.
Published by Kraus Reprint Company, 1969
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardback book (456 pages) titled COLONEL GORDON IN CENTRAL AFRICA 1874-1879. Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Published by Kraus Reprint Co. in 1969. Originally published in 1885. Included are fold-out map and facsimile letter. Light rubbing to boards. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-8-TS-L) Language: eng.
Published by Methuen & Co, 1900
Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Very good. Original 1900 edition/printing. Small green hardcover with gold lettering on spine, 360pp. Slight cover wear; bookplate inside front cover, small 3 digit number in old ink on first page, pencil price won't quite erase; no other marks or writing; light foxing on pages toward end of book. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging. FREE TRACKING ON ALL SHIPMENTS WITHIN USA.
Published by Harp & Brothers, New York, 1897
Seller: Attic Treasures Book Shop, Mt. Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 517 pages wIth index in rear; Pages tight; slight yellowing; no markings; page edges rough cut and darkened; minor smudges and foxing on end papes; Dark blue hard cover with gild lettering on spine. Several smudges on covers; minor bumping on corners; slight wear on spine ends and edges. Contains anecdotes from various memoirs of Johnson along with his biography and letters from several friends and acquaintances; Addenda, index, and dica philosophi in rear. VERY RARE VINAGE VOLUME.
Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1929
Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly marked rear board, darkened spine and no bumping to corners. 203pp. A novel first published in 1759 by Samuel Johnson. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 6.75 x 4.5 inches.
Published by Oxford: Clarendon Press., 1898
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 8vo., 203 pp., Good, Blue Cloth, water damage warping boards and staining text on lower corner, rubbing, edge wear & minor tears along spine and cover, shelf-wear.
Published by Thomas de la Rue and Company, London, UK, 1881
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, title page dated 1881 with no additional printings listed. Tightly bound in maroon cloth with gilded titles and designs. A Fair+ to Good copy only.The spine is rocked and the spine ends and corners show wear. The contents include a folding map tipped-in the back which has been paper taped on the back. Some spotting to the text and several pages are roughly opened. This copy is from a 19th Century private lending institution, the Mercantile Library of New York City. There are no external indications of the library's ownership. A handwritten number and Mercantile Library stamp are on the title page and some of the internal pages. A Good only copy. International shipping may require added postage charges.
Published by Oxford, 1934
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. 1934. Oxford. Book-Good, spine sunned, edges rubbed, extremities worn, gilt titles to spine. 9x6. 556pp. 3 b/w illus including frontis.
Published by Oxford, 1934
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. 1934. Oxford. Book-Good, spine sunned, edges rubbed, extremities worn, gilt titles to spine. 9x6. 542pp. 3 b/w illus including frontis.
Published by Oxford, 1934
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. 1934. Oxford. Book-Good, spine sunned, edges rubbed, extremities worn, fep missing, gilt titles to spine. 9x6. 541pp. 3 b/w illus including frontis.
Published by Oxford, 1934
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. 1934. Oxford. Book-Good, spine sunned, edges rubbed, extremities worn, fep missing, gilt titles to spine. 9x6. 557pp. 4 b/w illus including frontis.
Published by Oxford
Seller: GridFreed, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition with minor cover wear. Minor age wear to a few pages. Ex-library.
Published by Constable & Company Ltd, 1966
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Reprint. 2 vols. [xx] + 488pp. + [iv] + [viii] + 517pp. + [iii]. Good in original white lettered brick coloured cloth with black and gilt ruling to upper boards and spines, some very minor soiling and rubbing. US$35.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1897
Seller: Attic Treasures Book Shop, Mt. Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 488 pages; 4 sections in Volume 1; Pages yellowed; moderate page wear;; no markings; page edges cut rough and darkened. Black faded hard covers with gild lettering on spine. Corners bumped; Slight wear and fraying on spine ends, corners, and edges. Volume I sections include: Prayers and Meditations, composed by Samuel Johnson,; Annals: An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, from his Birth to his Eleventy, Year, written by himself; Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL>D during the Last Twenty Years of his Life, by Hesther Lynch Piozzi; and An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, LL>D, by Arthur Murphy. RARE VINTAGE COPY.
Condition: Fair. NY: Bigelow Brown. No date, preface is dated 1887. Circa late 1800s -1900. 6 volume set. 3rd edition or later. Hardcovers 8vo 500 to 600 pgs in each. Ex library. Good. Original leather spines have been laid down over a newer brown cloth spine, leather is quite worn and missing some pieces. New endpapers. Covers re-bound with beige cloth and pebbled burgundy leather. Covers edgeworn. Black squares painted on spines with white letters, Juniata College library bookplates to front pastedowns, pocket and due date paper to rear of all volumes, some pencil writings to contents pages. Interiors are clean and bindings are sound. (samuel johnson biography) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Published by HENRY FROWDE /OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, LONDON, 1887
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Drab Green Roan Leather Quarter binding ,gilt blocked titles , decoration and publisher's device to spine with green cloth boards, 235 x 160 mm approx. Top edge gilt. All illustrations and facsimiles as called for.First Printing 1887 Edited by George Birkbeck Hill. Please see our images of the actual set offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair ( Heavy shelf wear to leather with chips/ loss head and tail of spines and some vols with amateur repairs to splits at spine hinges. Book blocks clean, no previous owner names or insc. and all fold outs in VG condition. The Set is offered and priced as binding/ reading copies). Postage and packing for overseas shipping will need be charged at cost which will be significantly more than displayed.
Published by Barnes & Noble, 1966
Seller: Mythos Center Books, Frontenac, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. 2nd printing. Cloth, 488pp, 509pp, two volumes, signature on frt ep, of v II.
Published by Bigelow, Brown & Company, New York, 1900
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Spines show rubbing and darkening -- spine titles barely legible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 604 pages.