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London: The Folio Society, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. Elegant Folio Society edition comprising of Macaulay's various writings on the history and politics of the from the reigns of Henry VII and VIII up until Charles II; including biographical chapters on Milton, Bunyan etc. Compiled and arranged by Rowland into a cohesive account of England during that period. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Clean and bright. Very good.

Cambridge: Riverside Press. 7 volumes. Missing Volume I. Lightly worn cloth covers, paper title plates edge worn with some chipping - mostly missing off volume 3, page edges browned, pages just beginning to tan, few spots of foxing, pages uncut, else pages very good+. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1866.

London: Longmans Green, And Co., 1895. Hardcover. Good. Pleasant Popular edition of Macaulay's great History of England. Complete in two volumes. Textured cloth. Marbling to page edges and matching end-papers. Previous owner's name to half-title. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good.

Folio Society, 1987. 1st Printing. hardcover. Like New. 6x5x1. 1985 Folio Society 2 volume set in slipcase - 1st printing - both volumes in fine clean like new unread condition - slipcase tiniest of wear - an overall terrific set - enjoy

Easton Press, 1993. Leather Bound. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2004-06-17. Paperback. Used:Good.

Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1886. 2 volumes. 8vo. Marbled hardcover with leather spine and corners & gilt decs to spine. Vol. I - Partial detachment of front board and spine. Spine crack to rear board with rfep detached. Vol. II - Wear and rubbing to boards. Binding firm.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7"). xvi, 838pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped full calf, with gold lettering and tooling to spine. Raised bands. Dentelles. School binding. St. Edmund's seal in gilt to front cover. Marbled endpapers and paper edges. Originally published in 1848, "The History of England from the Accession of James the Second" (1848) covers the 17-year period from 1685 to 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the Glorious Revolution, the coregency of William III and Mary II, and up to William III's death. Head and tail of spine rubbed, with some minor abrasion to leather. Prize bookplate on inside of front cover. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition.

Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874. Book. Good. Hardcover. 551/540/620/678/(104/335) Clean, with frontis maps in each volume, tight binding. Starting to fray on corners/edges, some spots on covers/spine Size: 12mo.

Folio Society, 1987. Hardcover. New. 2 volume set in slip case. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. Ships daily. (ENG)

London: Longmans, Green and Co. , 1889. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. Lord Macaulay's famous historical work. The popular edition, complete in two volumes. This work is famed for its well written prose and its confident emphasis on a progressive model of British history. It is quite the Whig interpretation of history. The work covers from 1685-1702 and encompasses the reigns of James II, the Glorious Revolution, the co-regency of William and Mary until William III's death. In uniform half calf bindings. Rebacked, with original boards and backstrips preserved. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the spines and some loss to the original backstrip at spine labels. Further patches of light rubbing to the extremities and to the paper covered boards. Evidence of a sticker being removed to the front board of volume II. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, dated 1894. Binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper, Mudie. Internally, both volumes are firmly bound. Pages… Read More

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. Undated, ca. 1880. Popular history of England. Three quarter tan calf over marbled boards, slightly raised spine bands, gilt decorated compartments, marbled edges and endpapers. Some light shelfwear and rubbing, spine labels nearly or completely chipped off of each volume, good hinges, sound text blocks, clean pages free from names or other markings. A clean set, quite attractive even with the label chipping.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1889 . Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A two volume 'popular edition' of Thomas Babington Macaulay's popular historical work, in smart tree calf prize bindings. 'A History of England' was first published in 1848. It begins in 1685 and covers the history of England until 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the Glorious Revolution, the coregency of William and Mary, and concludes at William III's death.Macaulay's approach to this work was considered innovative. He utilised the dramatic style of classic historians whilst incorporating the factual approach of his eighteenth century precursors, such as Hume.Retaining the original half titles.In tree calf prize bindings, with the prize bookplate of Hartlepool's Henry Smith School, dated 1895, to each front pastedown. In full tree calf prize bindings, with gilt detailing. Light rubbing to back strips - most concentrated to volume I - otherwise externally lovely. Front hinge of volume I strained, but holding firm.… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1877. [English History] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xxiv; 776 [2]; pp.xii; 820 [2]. Contemporary black full morocco for King's College London, with gilt titles and decoration to spines, and a large gilt college crest to upper of each volume. All edges gilt; yellow-coated endpapers. Prize plate to front pastedown of volume I, dated 1879. Spotting to endpapers and preliminaries. Black ink ownership to first blank of volume II. Some wear to binding extremities, carefully re-coloured. Very good.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. [English History] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[2] xxiv; 776 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 820 [2]. Contemporary tan full calf for Hurstpierpoint College, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting brown and green labels, further gilt decoration to spines, and and the College motto stamped in gilt to boards. All edges gilt, and marbled endpapers with gilt dentelle to turn-ins. Prize plate to front pastedown of each volume, dated 1888. Lovely clean copies internally, though rather small print. Toning to spines, with much colour lost from the labels. Light general wear to bindings. Very good.

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1883. Revised Edition. 1. Leather. Publisher's full tree calf, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments on red and green labels, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt scroll borders on covers, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxiv, 776; xi, 820 pp .

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1880. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine. Frontispiece. Macaulay's Popular History, In Eight Volumes, Complete. Three Quarter Tan Calf, Five Bands, Black Morocco Spine Labels, Gilt On All Compartments, Marbled Boards And Matching Marbled Edges And Marbled Endpapers. Engraved Bookplate Of C. L. S., Signed And Dated 1900 In Plate "C. L. S.", Engraving Of A Scholarly Monk Playing An Organ. Slight Rubbing, Gilt Brilliant, Clean And A Very Attractive Set.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1870. Unstated, 1st-1848 . Gilt Dec. black leather. VG for age. 14.5 Cm x 22 Cm. Vol.1 has f/piece Macualay protrait with tissue guard, fr. pastedown has large gift plate of The Law Society of the United Kingdom dated Trinity Term 1873, facing endpaper has 1936 dated gift letter to 'Mary' 'from her loving grandfather', but sig.illegible; all endpapers marbled with gelt dec. borders, all edges gilt, all have small binder's label 'J.Low, 29 Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane' (to bottom fr. pastedowns except in Vol.1 which has it at back), all vols have some scattered tanning to inner sides of endpapers and end blank fly leaves, otherwise all internally clean, tight and unmarked; attractive gilt decorated black leather bindings with round gilt Law Society logo centre front, all however have varying degrees of rubbing to extremeties (occ. a little heavy), also to a number of spine panel ridges, again to varying degrees (heaviest to Vol.2), small… Read More