History World by Samuel Maunder, Used (21 results)

Condition: Good. a new edition. Half calf, P. xviii+876pp, printed in double column, lacks frontis, binding split at title page & hanging loose, a reading copy. Basic history of the world. 700 grams.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

FULL DECORATED LEATHER. Condition: VOL 1 NEAR GOOD VOL2 V.G. PRESUMED FIRST EDITIONS. 2 INTERESTING AND MOST PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED OLD HISTORY BOOKS. VOL1 HAS 1/3 OF SPINE COVER MISSING AND SOME TEARING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE O/W VERY GOOD COND. VOL 2 IS IN VERY GOOD COND. SPLENDID MARBELED PAGE EDGES ALL AROUND AND VERY HANDSOME MARBELED ENDPAPERS. SOLID BINDINGS EXCEPT WHAT WAS MENTIONED. NO MARKINGS. VERY CLEAN. VOL 2 HAS 1 ILLUS, THE CITY OF DUBLIN, TORN OFF. 770 & 744 PAGES. VOL 1 HAS A UNIQUE FOLD OUT OF THE BATTLE OF SEBASTOPOL THAT IS A BIT TORN. ENTERED ACCORDING TO THE ACT OF CONGRESS. 1854. CONSIDERABLY OVERSIZE FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES; PLS CONTACT SELLER BEFORE ORDERING IN ORDER TO GET AN ACCURATE SHIPPING COST ACCORDING TO DESTINATION. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.

Leather. Condition: Good+. Hard cover large 8vo in tooled brown leather. red spine medallion w/gold titles. Good+. Leather rubbed and edgeworn, 1" cloth split at crown of sunned spine, smudged page edges, frontis torn in 1/2, scattered foxing and staining throughout, else Fine and unmarked. vi, 760pp; illustrated in woodcuts. Volume I only. Book.

First Edition. Poor copy with wear and tear. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; 1 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Subject; World history. 1 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2 volumes. Pages have age spots. Repaired.; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Maunder, Samuel THE TREASURY OF HISTORY; BEING A HISTORY OF THE WORLD: COMPRISING A GENERAL HISTORY, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN, ALL THE PRINCIPLE NATIONS OF THE GLOVE, THEIR RISE, PROGRESS, PRESENT CONDITION, ETC. VOL I AND VOL II New York, NY: 1850 Fair/NA 8vo. Both volumes: Covers are heavily age worn, rubbed, soiled, stained, and chipped. Corners are rubbed to the board, small surface tears along edges, closed tears at head/tail of spine. Textblock edges are age toned and lightly soiled. Inscription inside front cover. Pages are stained and soiled throughout and wrinkled due to binding in some places. Binding has loosened between some signatures. Vol I: Faint inscription from P/O on front flyleaf. Vol II: Cover has a large spot of wear due to cover material being rubbed off with time. 2 volume set ***Oversized, will require extra shipping***.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Special Edition. There is various spotting and foxing throughout these two books. The maps are missing out of volume I and there is a loose page in the table of contents and heavy edgewear to the rear bottom corner. Volume II the leather on the spine is broken and is starting to peel away where it attaches to the cover down the front of the book. There is a little spotting and foxing in volume II, as well.

First Edition. Poor copy with wear and tear. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; 1 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Subject; World history. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Numerous hand-colored engravings (illustrator). Tight binding, solid black, blind stamped boards, marbled edges and end papers, gilt illustration to spine strip, fold out illustration of "A Central View of the Great Battle of Solferno" intact with cellophane tape repair, foxing to blank pages, unmarked throughout.

kl.-8vo. X, [2], 924 S. (Schnitt marmoriert) Mit zahlreichen Stahlstichen und einigen gef. Karten. Orig.-Leder mit Goldprägung 751 g Sehr gutes Exemplar, Rücken etwas ausgeblichen.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1848 assumed first edition of 766 pages with a fold-out map of the world is tight, and clean. There is a missing piece at the bottom of the map which looses a part of the map. The previous owner's name is written at the top of the fep.There are a few age spots on the margins, but very few considering its age of 176 There is light rubbing at the spine ends+ years. This is volume 1 only. The covers are tooled leather and spine. The leather cover is rubbed along the spine both front and back. The end papers are decorated. The good is good minus.

Hardcover. Early Printing. 6 x 9.5in. 760pp.; 689pp. Publisher's full blind-stamped leather boards. Spine with gilt decoration and morocco labels with gilt titling. Marbled text-block edges and end-papers. "The whole embellished throughout with numerous engravings." Folding color frontispiece. Both volumes are in VERY GOOD condition showing the extremities somewhat shelf rubbed, the spines toned and rubbed, light foxing throughout, frontispiece with several short closed tears and slight edge creasing, otherwise the bindings are strong and tight, the text-blocks are unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two Volumes; 3/4 brown leathner and nubbly brown cloth over boards, gilt spine titles, raised bands, speckled edges, illustrated prelim, black & white frontis illustration, & a few black & white illustrations in the text; A very good clean, solid set with just a whif of foxing; 760 & 719 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2 volume set. Bound in publisher's tooled leather. Red leather spine labels. Wear to spine edge, hinges cracked. Numerous hand-colored plates, some folding. Front fold out torn, v.1. "Embracing a brief account of the Russian War, and a complete history of the United States to the present time, including the War of the Revolution, that of 1812, and the late war with Mexico, the administrations of the presidents, with an appendix containing important public documents, and valuable statistical tables.".

Two vols. Thick 8vo. ix, [1], [19]-760; x, [2], 11-742 pp. Both vols. w/ extra-illustrated woodcut-engraved titles, numerous woodcut-engraved plates. Uniformly bound in embossed polished calf, gilt decorated spines, w/ motifs of helmets, globes on spine vol. II, gilt decorations, gilt & red morocco spine labels, marbled fore-edges, marbled endpapers, from the libaries of Edwin Charles Emmons (1826-1914), prosperous Vermont Farmer & Civil War Veteran, enlisted as Corporal, and eventually discharged as Captain, later Dr. W.J. Sivel, w/ bookplates on 2nd flyleaves. Early printing of this well-written history of the world, with special interest on the added section in Vol. II on the induction of California into the United States in 1850, and extensive section on the California gold rush and mining opportunities. In addition, there is an interesting section on the territory of Utah, the reports composed by Dr. John Bernhisel (1799-1991), original delegate of the Utah Territory in the US Congress, with descriptions of the Great Salt Lake, the Great Basin, Great Salt Lake City, and the development of agriculture and industry in Deseret.

Half leather, large 8vo, 772 / 772 pp, numerous hand coloured prints, some folded plates; -Außenbindungen gebrochen, Kanten berieben, leicht stockfleckig.

Condition: VG. NY 1860 1st Henry Bill. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 772pp., color half title, color frontispiece, 16 full page color plates, large foldout plate of the Siege of Sebastopol, color foldout plate of flags, full embossed leather with two mounted red leather spine labels. VG, split without loss in fold of one map.