Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's. A Five Volume Set. by Plutarch. Corrected from the Greek and Revised by A. H. Clough with Dr. William Smith's Historical Notes - 0

New York, New York: Abradale Press. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. 3656 pages: 7.5 x 9.75 in.: 33.4: KB#006434: No Jacket as Issued. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. LCCN# 76-166507 and SBN 810902869. Set Consists of Twenty Volumes. Spines and front board of books are slightly tanned due to age. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, brightly colored, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Set contains over 2,000 clear, informative photographs and drawings, many in full color. This is a heavy book set, but price INCLUDES FULL EXTRA COST of Media Delivery; however USPS Priority would incur additional charge due to weight. "There are seven easy keys to finding information. All entries are arranged alphabetically. Each volume has a Table of Contents. Volume 1 has a Table of Contents for all 20 volumes. Volume 20 has a Complete Index to all volumes. Volume 19 contains a Glossary. Cross references are listed under major entries. A complete… Read More

London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Hardcover. Good +. The Third Edition. "Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals now in her Possession." 4 volumes (xvi, 352 p.; [4], 355, [1] p.; [4], 376 p.; [4], 364 p.); 22 cm. Half 19th-century? blue calf with marbled paper over boards. Five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled volumed numbers in third compartments. Marbled endpapers matching boards. Without the frontispiece portrait found in some editions of this popular work. In Good+ Condition: the leather author-title labels are lacking almost entirely from the second and fourth spine compartments; vol. 2 leather splitting from head of back joint; lacking leather from head of vol. 3 spine and from first compartment of vol. 4; the blue calf has darkened and begun to crack on the spines; boards are rubbed; a few leaves are browning and foxing; otherwise, clean and solid.

Fourteen volumes in original hardcovers. Series 1: volumes 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26. 1896-1914. Generally condition runs from Good to Very Good plus. These are heavy volumes that are prone to binding failures when handled improperly. Some of these volumes are sound, some strengthened with new endpapers, some where binding is starting. None have failed bindings. The earlier volumes show more general wear to the boards than later volumes. I have prepared a more complete condition report on each volume so feel free to inquire. Shipping will be actual cost to me not more (weight of this is about 44 pounds). Please see images of the books you will receive. Notes: a quite interesting set with maps, charts and images of warships in every volume. An incredible feat of research that took 33 years to complete. (Civil War)

The Easton Press, 1989. 2 vols. The Leather-Bound Library of American History. First thus; Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Issued without dust jackets. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Bindings and text blocks are tight, bright, crisp, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appear unopened / unread. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spines. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints and permanent satin ribbon markers. Notes from History sheet laid in. Photo is of the set we have at Barbed Wire Books. A beautiful gift!

London and New York, Hogarth, 2012. Limited edition promotional kit, number 985 of 1500, issued to mark the 2012 re-launch of the Hogarth imprint first created by Virginia and Leonard Woolf in their dining room at Hogarth House in 1917. Included are four specially-bound advance reading copies: The Dead Do Not Improve by Jay Caspian King, I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits, The Kissing List by Stephanie Reents, and Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya's The Watch, each in Hogarth Launch promotional wrappers. Also included are two color-printed cards: title card hand-numbered 985 of 1500, and mission statement card. As an added bonus we are pleased to include the original promotional back cloth tote bag measuring 13" x 11" x 5.5" that was included in the launch package featuring sturdy cloth handles and a 7" x 9" Hogarth logo in bright, bold orange. All items are in new condition, books and cards still packaged in publisher's original shrink wrap, top edges lightly tanned, tote bag unused. Shipping weight will… Read More

London: Charles & Henry Baldwin, later volumes Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy, 1820-1828. 16 volumes, engraved titles. 8vo, contemporary half tan calf , spines floral gilt and with black lettering and numbering pieces; a little rubbed, a few headbands slightly chipped, lower joint of vol. 16 cracked and with chip to backstrip; attractive on the shelf however.

Internally exceptionally clean: no foxing, watermarks, underlining. Contact seller for full description.

The Complete Burton Translation with the Complete Burton Notes, The Terminal Essay, a Complete Index and 1001 Decorations by Valenti Angelo "The Special Contents of this Edition are Copyright, 1934, by the Limited Editions Club, Inc. from whom Special Permission Has Been Obtained for the Production of this Reprint." Publication date is not given, but this is likely a 1961 reprint. Three Volumes each with black slipcases. 8vo size pictorial hardcovers (front and back cover) with decorated spine Volumes I and II: ends with page 1375. Tanned spine, small spot near bottom of exterior spine; light crease on spine, bumped bottom of spine and small spot on bottom of book. Black slipcase has wear and chipping. Volumes III and IV: ends with page 2650. Tanned spine. The bottom panel of this slipcase is damaged. Volumes V & VI: ends with page 3,975. Back hinge cracked; spot on back cover and tanned spine. Page 3661/3662 was properly cut but the publisher and overhangs. Page 3663/3664… Read More

Set of 25 Volumes. Impressed to look like leather, In remarkable condition considering there are. Printing very good. Photography throughout some in color. He traveled all over Europe and made talks lectures on what he had experienced and seen.Vol I Norway, Switzerland, Athens, Venice Vol II Japan I, Japan II, ChinaVol IV India I, India II, The Passion PlayVol V Paris, La Belle France, SpainVol VI Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, MoscowVol VII The Rhine, Belgium, Holland, MexicoVol VIII Florence, Naples, RomeVol IX Scotland, England, LondonVol X Southern California, Grand Canyon, Conon of the Colorado River, Yellowstone National ParkVol XI IrelandI, Ireland II, Denmark, SwedenVol XII Canada I, Canada II, Malta & GibraltarVol XIII South Tyrol, Around Lake Garda, The DolomiteVol XIV Sicily, Genoa, A drive through the EngadineVol XV Lake Como, The Upper Danube, Bohemia

This is Number 653 of a Limited Edition of 999 copies of a Two Volume Boxed Set. It is bound in pictorial boards depicting an old manuscript.The slipcase is also pictorial, depicting and old city. The book contains a former owner's pictorial bookplate on the front endsheet, and is in otherwise Fine Condition. The text is in German.
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