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HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

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Nabu Press, 2010-01-12. Paperback. Good.

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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

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B. Blake, 1837. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1837. No Edition Remarks. 848 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Rear hinge is cracked. Pen inscription to front free end paper. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

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B. Blake, 1837. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1837. No Edition Remarks. 848 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt lettering to spine. Ex libris plate to front. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Pages are heavily tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to hinges with exposed netting. Binding loose. A torn page repaired and fixed to a support. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and rubbing to corners and crushing to spine ends. Spine heavily worn. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Heavy rubbing to surfaces.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-06-02. Hardcover. Used:Good.

AMS Pr., 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 5 books in total

London: B. Blake, 1837. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A nicely bound collection of miscellaneous works writing by the important historian Edward Gibbon, with a memoir of his life. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of miscellaneous works by Edward Gibbon. This work contains 'Account and Anecdotes of His Family', 'The Author's Account of the Books He Read, and of the Course of Study He Pursued', 'The Author's Manner of Passing His Time in the Hampshire Militia', 'Mr Gibbon Makes the Tour of Switzerland', and more. Also containing over two hundred letters written to a variety of correspondence, including Mr Gesner, Mrs Porten, Mr Holroyd, Dr. Watson, Dr Priestley, and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Edward Gibbons was a historian and Member of Parliament, his poor health was consistently under threat during his childhood, which led to him becoming widely read. He never married, after a failed love affair with Suzanne Curchod in his youth, Suzanne later… Leer más

LONDON. JOHN MURRAY. 1814. FIVE VOLUMES. SECOND EDITION. THE WORK IS ILLUSTRATED FROM HIS LETTERS, WITH OCCASIONAL NOTES AND NARRATIVE BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN, LORD SHEFFIELD. BOUND IN HALF BLACK LEATHER OVER BLUE CLOTH, RAISED BANDS. FRONT BOARD TO VOL. 1 DETACHED, OTHERWISE A VERY NICE SET, CLEAN AND TIGHT, SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER. NEAT BOOKPLATE OF MR HUGH RENTON ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. VOLUME 1, MEMOIRS AND LETTERS, pp530; VOLUME 2, LETTERS, pp 502; VOLUME 3, HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL, pp612; VOLUME 4, MISCELLANEOUS, pp600; VOLUME 5, CLASSICAL AND CRITICAL, pp648, THE LAST VOLUME HAVING SOME MATERIAL WRITTEN IN FRENCH.