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The Works of Lord Macaulay
by Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€831.57€748.41
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co. , 1898-1906. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None . Complete group of twelve volumes containing the collected works of Lord Macaulay, in charming uniform Hatchards binding. Twelve volumes from the Albany edition of the works of Lord Macaulay. A miscellany of impressions: new impressions vols I-VII, IX-X (1905-7), first thus vols. VIII, XI-XII (1898). Comprising Thomas Babington Macaulay's complete works, including his commended work The History of England in six volumes, as well as essays and biographies in four volumes, and miscellanies in two volumes. A delightful group rebound in uniform half calf signed Hatchards. Each volume complete with half title and frontispiece portrait of the author. Lord Macaulay was a British historian and prominent Whig politician. From the library of Sir William Eden, Bart. Rebound in half calf over cloth covered boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, light rubbing to back strip, joints, front joint only starting to vol. 12, boards holding firm. Sir William Eden's armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Occasional minor spotting to endpapers, otherwise pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 834A16
- Title
- The Works of Lord Macaulay
- Author
- Lord Macaulay [Thomas Babington Macaulay]
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898-1906
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- lord macaulay complete works histories essays complete works
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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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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- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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