Works of Thomas Carlyle
de Thomas Carlyle
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- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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EUR 797.10EUR 717.39
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1893-4. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5" . None . The works of Thomas Carlyle in seventeen bright uniform volumes. Comprising thirty-seven volumes in seventeen of the historical works by Thomas Carlyle, influential Scottish essayist and historian, leading author in the Victorian era. He was names a "secular prophet" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.Featuring the following works: A History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great. Copyright edition of 1894 complete with ten volumes in five, illustrated with numerous maps in text and sixteen folding. Collated, complete. History of Frederick the Great, self-proclaimed King of Prussia from 1740 until his death, being the longer reigning monarch of the Hohenzollern. Under his rule, Prussia became a military power in Europe. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations by Thomas Carlyle, five volumes in three. Copyright edition off 1894. The letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell, noted English general and statesman who led the armies of the Parliament of England against King Charles I during the English Civil War. He acted simultaneously as head of state and head of government of the new republican commonwealth. Illustrated with a frontispiece to vol. I. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, eight volumes in four, edition of 1893. Concerning early Kings of Norway, and essays on the portraits of John Knox. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, translated from the German of Goethe by Thomas Carlyle, three volumes in two, bound in one volume with the 1894 edition featuring books I-VIII and his travels.Sartor Resartus and Letter-Day Pamphlets, 1893 edition in one volume; featuring separate title pages. The Life of John Sterling and the Life of Frederick Schiller, with Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter, translated from the German by Thomas Carlyle, complete with two volumes in one. With two frontispieces. Past and Present and Hero and Hero-Worship, 1893 edition, two volumes in one.The French Revolution, 1894 edition complete with three volumes in one. Rebound in uniform half calf over marbled boards, gilt to top edge, titles in gilt on morocco spine label, light fading to spine, marbled endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, back strip lightly faded, minor rubbing to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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- Librería
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 835A17
- Título
- Works of Thomas Carlyle
- Autor
- Thomas Carlyle
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Chapman and Hall
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1893-4
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- thomas carlyle leather history europe leather
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...