History--World from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

London: Henry Colburn, 1817. Half Leather. Fair binding. Quarto. xx, 368 pp, color plates. First edition. Backed in crushed morocco with corners and marbled paper over boards. Boards detached, spine is detached but present. Containing 27 of 28 plates and with both maps; lacking one plate ("The ruins of the village of Ligny"), else complete. This copy contains… Read more

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xx, 648, [2] pp. First edition, first printing. Publisher's cloth backed boards in dust jacket. A fresh copy and clean but for a previous owner name on the front free endpaper; dust jacket is only a trifle shelfworn; price intact on the… Read more

Dublin: printed for James Williams, 1773. Full Leather. Poor binding. Quarto. viii, 776 pp., folding table. Sixth edition. In contemporary calf. Boards detached but present; heavily edgeworn; spine is desiccated with loss at the head and tail; textblock is solid but with occasional evidence of moisture exposure in the margins. A binding or reference copy. A remarkable amount… Read more

Baltimore: G. Douglas, Bookseller, 1804. Full Leather. Good binding. Octavo. viii, 40, 351, [1] pp. First edition. In contemporary marbled sheep. Binding is rough, but solid; front board has been reattached; spine desiccated with some loss; only a fragment of the morocco title label is present; boards worn; contemporary owner name on the front free endpaper; contents are… Read more

Mindæ ære Pileriano, 1690. Disbound. Very Good binding. Small quarto. [2], 46 pp. First Edition. Bound into modern plain wrappers. Appears to be an inquiry into wars, modern and historical, with information on the contemporary, Nine-Years War including the Seige of Bonn and an abundance of praise for Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg. Additional chapters on historical conflicts… Read more

London: Frederic Norgate, 1875. Half Leather. Good binding. Octavo. 52 pp. Second Edition, inscribed with the author's compliments at the top of the title page. Bound in contemporary red calf with corners and marbled paper over boards. Binding is abraded, but remains solid and attractive in its way. A warm letter (3 pages of a bifolium) dated… Read more

Cork University Press, 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. xii, 328 pp. First Edition. Green cloth with title in gold on the front cover and spine. A fresh copy in somewhat worn publisher issued acetate jacket.

New Delhi: Manohar, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xiv, 376 pp. First Edition. Full cloth binding. A trifle sunned at the board edges and spine; corners bumped; previous owner name on the rear endpaper, else clean. Dust jacket is generally rubbed on the panels and faded on the back panel. Bottom corner of the… Read more

New Delhi: Kalamkar Prakashan, 1972. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. x, [4], 156 pp. First Edition. Green cloth with spine stamped in gold on the spine. Contents clean. Dust jacket is a bit edgeworn with some light foxing.

Colombo, Ceylon: Ceylon Institute of World Affairs, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. viii, 262 pp. First Edition, inscribed by Kodikara on the verso of the half title. As issued in paper over boards with title stamped on the front cover and the spine. Corners and spine ends are softened; previous owner name… Read more

Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1977. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Fair dust jacket. Octavo. xxviii, 414, [2], 10 pp. First Edition. Full cloth binding with title stamped in gold. A bright, fresh copy, clean throughout. Dust jacket is heavily worn with large closed tears taped from behind; presents fairly well, despite this.

Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman Archeology, 2001. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. 245, [1] pp. First Edition. As issued, in cloth with title in red on the front cover and spine. Bottom corner of both boards are bumped with some corresponding creasing to the bottom corner of the textblock, which is fairly mild. Only light soiling to… Read more

Kirkton-Woodham Historical Research Committee, 2002. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Folio. [1], v, 401 pp. As issued, in red imitation leather with title vignette stamped in gold on the front cover. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper, other clean. A wealth of information, profusely illustrated.

London: George G. Harrap and Company, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 288 pp. First Edition. As issued, in decorative paper pastedowns on both covers and red ribbon marker. Covers are rubbed at the extremities; ribbon marker is frayed at the end. Previous owner bookplate on the front free endpaper. Offsetting to the endpapers otherwise, clean.

Ashgate Publishing | Variorum, 2003. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. First Edition, Thus. A reprinting of nearly two dozen journal articles by Bagnall on the topic. As issued, in blue cloth with title stamped on the spine and front cover. Light shelfwear, only. Contents clean.

Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1977. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. xxiv, 368 pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1898 first edition including 32 plates and 5 maps and plans (one is folding), all present as called for. As issued, in red cloth with title in gold on the spine. Uncommon, thus.

University of Virginia, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. xi, 395, [6, (plates)] pp. Bound Dissertation in black buckram. Clean.

Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1978. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xii, 396 pp. Blue cloth binding; contents clean and binding sound. Uncommon.

Limerick: printed by Salesian Press Trust for Treaty Publishers, 1987. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 69 pp. As issued, in pictorial, stiff wrappers. Light rubbing to the edges; a clean copy with bifolium map.

Oxford University Press, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xxii, [2], 589 pp. Reprint. Blue paper over boards; light shelfwear; previous owner name at the top of the title pages else clean.