The French Revolution - A History by Carlyle, Thomas - 1956

J.M.Dent & Co, 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1909. Reprint. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Volume I. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages are loose. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Creasing to rear board.

Age toned text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. Binding is slightly faded. Illustrations included. Previous owner's name is on the top inside of the front binding. A solid copy.

Little wear to the cover other than the soiling of over a century. One small hole in the fabric on the spine, where there also is a little fading of the red cloth. Edges and corners are in good shape, with intact fabric. Internally, the pages are clean and unmarked and mostly tightly bound. One small binding blemish occurs at pages 2-3, as shown in photo #4. Nothing is in danger of falling out. There is no date in the book, but the former owner, Gertrude Pritchard, very helpfully dated it when she added her name inside the front cover. Therefore, this book was published at some point prior to 1906. Other books from Gertrude can be found in my "Pritchard Library" catalogue. I have volume two as well, but there was no sign of the first volume.

Other than the soil of more than a century, this book shows little wear. Red cloth cover is not worn through at any point, and the corners and edges look pretty good. Pages are tight and unmarked, although there is a small stain that runs through the bottom edge of the first 20 pages or so. No impact on reading. There is no date in the book, but the former owner, Gertrude Pritchard, helpfully dated it when she put her name inside the from cover. This is the second of three volumes. I have listed volume three as well, but there was no sign of volume one. You can see all of the books I acquired from Gertrude's library under the "Pritchard Library" catalogue.

New York: Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Circa 1950. (30)748pp. Index. Occasional pencil underlining. Sems to be lacking a front blank flyleaf page.

New York: A. L. Burt. Good with no dust jacket. No pub date. Hardback. Slightly worn and soiled with wear at top spine .

New York: A.L. Burt Co. Red Cloth. Very Good. 1 St. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. One Volume Some yellowing to endpages, owner's name, otherwise good+ condition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Charles Scribner's Sons. At the beginning, there is a page which says Centenary Edition, The Works of Thomas Carlyle in Thirty Volumes, Volume II The French Revolution. There are no dates after the second title page for The French Revolution but after the Centenary Edition page, the next page says Originally published 1837. These are Parts I and II (Vols. I and II) of the 3 vol., Vol. II The French Revolution. Vol. I has several pages unopened, inner hinge slightly cracked, tissue overlays browned, corners slightly rubbed and light soiling on front of dark maroon cover, has 289 pages and is in very good condition. Vol. II is moderately stained on covers and a little lighter on spine and part of rear cover from dampstaining, some inner photo pages have dark damp stains, several pages unopened, has 308 pages and is only in good condition.. In both volumes, the text pages are very good+. . Centenary Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/No Jackets. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

lovell, coryell & company, New York, NY. Good. Two Volume Set, Gilt top edge, no dust jackets, water stain bottom rear Volume 2, 420 and 461 unmarked pages. No copyright date circa 1920.

Ward, Lock & Co, Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 624 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Book has a noticeably dusty odour. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges and free endpapers. Pen inscription to half title page and front free endpaper. Light cracking and noticeable staining to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild rubbing, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.