French Revolution a History

CARLYLE, Thomas: The French Revolution - A History (New York, Heritage Press, 1956). Introduction by Cecil Brown and illustrations by Bernard Lamotte. Hardcover, folio sized, 629 pp with red slipcase. Book and slip-case condition: Fine / Very Good +. Exterior boards and spine covered with Lamotte's illustratilons. Gold lettering over wine-colored background on upper part of book's spine. Tiny chip… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall (circa 1870s). 8vo. Three volumes. Hatchards red, half morocco binding, with top edge gilt and gilt lettered spine. Leather bright with some staining and sunning to the boards, and minor wear to the joint of the second volume. Some staining to the bottom corner of the leaves of the second volume, not affecting the text. Otherwise… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Hooper Clarke & Co. Imperial Edition, Volume Ii, Imperial Edition The French Revolution, A History Vol. Ii (Only) Book Condition: Fair. Green Cloth Boards Have Rub Wear On Surface And All Edges. Spine Top, Bottom And Corners A Bit Frayed. Gilt Title On Spine. Endsheets And 461 Pages Tanned With Age. Front Endsheet Has Small Tear Where Was Glued To… Read more about this item

New York: A. L. Burt Company. N.D.. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. .

Chapman and Hall. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. London, 1910. Two volumes; grey cloth covered boards with white paper spine; gold titles on covers and spine; discoloration on covers and spine; wear at edges and corners; top edge gilt; rough-cut bottom and fore-edges; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; signed and numbered by illustrator on free front endpapers;… Read more about this item

UK,12mo HB,Vols 1+2,1st thus. [3 volumes in 2 vols.] VG+.No owner inscrptns.Publisher's bright,clean, original plain navy blue cloth boards with double-lined tooled borders to front+rear boards - rear boards with blind-tooled publisher's colophon and bright,crisp, non-oxidised gilt-lettered spines/backstrips; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners and clean plain white endpaper with hinges intact and without any cracking,All corner tips ubiquitously… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Library, no date. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Complete and unabridged Modern Library Giant ML G13.2 Ca. 1953. Green linen covered boards with torchbearer and spine titles on black panel. Orange and black dust jacket. No price on jacket. 372 ML books listed on verso of… Read more about this item

NY: Frederick A Stokes, 1893. 3 volume set, complete. 327, 345 and 391pp. + Index at back of volume 3. Decorated paper boards with red cloth spine and wide panels. Artist's Editon with two hundred new illustrations by Joseph M. Gleeson. Edges of paper boards worn, spne ends worn with small loss. Embossed owner's stamp on front endpaper of each… Read more about this item

L.M. Dent & Sons - E.P. Dutton &., 1909 L.M. Dent & Sons - E.P. Dutton &.Everymans Library 1909 decorative gilt tiltes to red lether covers 351 pages, front cover is detached but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book… Read more about this item

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.

London: George Routledge, 1888. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Routledge's Popular Library of Standard Authors. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, bumped and a little rubbed. Hardcover, 240 pp..

NY: SCRIBNERS, 1900. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/NoNE. B/W ILLUSTRATIONS. BOUNFD IN 3/4 LEATHER MATCHING ENDPAPERS THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE BASTILLE THE CONSTITUTION AND THE GUILLOTINE 804 PAGES 3 VOLUMES IN ONE SPINE HAS 4 RINGS AND STATES NEW YORK 1900 AT BOTTOM LIGHT WEAR AT TOP CORNERS AND 2 SMALL CHIPS AT TOP OF SPINE A… Read more about this item

London: Routledge. 1888. 2 Vols., volumes, original cloth boards, pp 207, 212, 224. Publisher's advertisements on endpapers. Good condn. Carlyle's famous history of the French Revolution, first published in 1837 and very popular. Boards.

London: Chapman Hall Book. G+. Green Morrocco. 3 Vols. In 1; Full green morrocco, marbled eps and edges, 5 raised bands; xi + 412pp; Binding slightly rubbed and bumping to edges andf corners; Gilt tooling to edges and spine and front cover bears gilt stamp; Title to spine has been red morrocco but mostly missing the red morrocco; Prize bookplate… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1897. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Three volume set. The Bastille, The Guillotine, and The Constitution. In 'Temple Classics' series. Edition and printing not known. The three volumes are in good plus olive green calf with decorative owl vignette to front; brown leather spine with gilt titles and… Read more about this item