History from Zephyr Books

Paris.: Archives du XIXe Siecle., 1843. Publisher’s printed boards, bound upside down.. Good, moderate wear to covers, contents very good.. 8vo., 21.3x13.3 cm.. French text. An annual almanac and who’s who. Bindery error -bound upside down. weight: 0.9 lb.

No place [Paris?].: No publisher., 1790. Old quarter brown leather over marbled boards, red spine label, gilt bands.. Very good, ragged foredge on half-title page.. 8vo., 19.5x12.5 cm.. French text. weight: 0.9 lb.

Philadelphia.: National Publishing Company., 1877. 1st Edition.. Full brown leather, embossed covers,black spine label with gilt title, marbled endpapers. . Good, hinges split but covers still attached, contents very good. 8vo., 22x14.5 cm.. An uncommon well illustrated contemporary account of the great labor uprising of 1877. weight: 2.7 lb. Numerous engraved plates, some fold-out, and… Read more about this item

Paris.: Pillet: F. Bechet: Rosa., 1816 : 1817 : 1816. Contemporary quarter brown leather over marbled boards, red spine label, gilt bands,. Very good, tight and bright.. 8vo., 20.5x12.5 cm.. French text. All three books signed by the publishers. weight: 1.2 lb.

Paris.: Gallimard, Bibliotheque de la Pleiade.,, 1956 - 1957. Dark green leatherette, gilt spine titles, gilt ruled spines, top edges stained blue.. Very good in very good dust jackets and tape-repaired plain card stock slipcases.. 17.5x10.5 cm.. French text. weight: 2.5 lb.

Edinburgh.: John Donald., 1982. Black cloth, gilt pine title.. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.. 23.8x15.5x2.6 cm.. Essays on the subject by various authors. weight: 1.3 lb.

Binghampton.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies., 1991. 1st Edition.. Black cloth, gilt titles.. Very good, ink name to ffep, no dust jacket as issued. 23.5x15.2 cm.. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.1 lb.

London.: Printed for the author by Abel Roper., 1698. Rebacked with with the original spine label in brown leather over the original boards.. Good, modern leather spine, original boards worn at corners, pages moderately toned.. 8vo., 18x11 cm.. An account of political intrigue and revolution at the time of the 9 Years War. weight: 0.8 lb.

Paris.: Louvet., [ 1795 ]. 1st Edition.. Contemporary quarter brown calf over brown boards,. Very good, ink name to pastedown, ink date to title page, lacks ffep, light foxing.. 8vo., 18.5x12 cm.. French text. Roland’s memoirs, written in prison during the terror. weight: 1.0 lb.

Paris.: Lebigre-Duquesne Frères, 1856. Quarter green leather over green marbled board, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt spine titles.. Very good, light wear to corners, folding plates in volume one torn and taped, light marginal dampstain in volume three, light widely scattered foxing.. 8vo., 24x16 cm.. An ambitious attempt at a complete world history, well illustrated. Heavy set, will… Read more about this item

Paris.: Regnard., 1767. 1st Edition.. Old brown mottled boards.. Good plus, covers worn, very good contents.. 8, 21.5x13.5 cm.. French text. Two anti-war speeches. The first and second prize winners at a competition sponsored by the French Academy. weight: 0.4 lb.

Geneve., 1775. Contemporary brown mottled leather, raised bands,faded gilt spine decorations, marbled endpapers, marbled edges.. Good, moderate wear to cover extremities, hinges split but boards are still attached, lacks the free endpaper, first title page tattered and detached.. 12mo.,16.8x10 cm.. French text. A scarce periodical featuring current events in the principal cities of Europe. The reports from London… Read more about this item

Boston.: Charles C. Little and James Brown., 1851. 1st Edition.. Publisher’s brown blindstamped cloth, gilt spine title.. Very good, moderate wear to cover extremities, maps lightly foxed.. 8vo., 23.8x15.5 cm.. A nice copy of this early work by one of America’s most noted historians. weight: 2.5 lb. 4 maps, 2 of which are double-page.

Paris.: Buisson., L'an 4 [1796]. Contemporary half speckled calf over mottled boards.. Very good, some worming to foot of spine not affecting text block, contents near fine.. 8vo., 20x12.5 cm.. French text. Scarce.

Paris.: Maison Quantin., 1890. Contemporary quarter black morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine titles, marbled endpapers.. Fine, tight and unmarked. 12mo., 18.2x12 cm.. Heavy set, will require extra shipping. weight: 7.0 lb. Illustrated with maps, plates and vignettes.

Mobile, Al.: Allston, Myatt., 1842. Full brown leather, gilt ruled raised bands, gilt spine title, marbled endpapers.. Very good, light wear to spine ends,very light foxing to preliminaries. . 8vo., 23x14.5x4.2 cm.. Volume 2 only of a 3-volume edition. weight: 2.4 lb.

New York.: Johnson, Wilson & Company., Circa 1876. Contemporary half brown morocco over black textured cloth, gilt ruled raised bands, decorative gilt cover titles with an eagle illustration, gilt spine title, marbled endpapers. . Very good, light wear to extremities, pages lightly toned. . 4to., 27.5x19 cm.. A nice set of this popular history covering the first century… Read more about this item

London.: John Lane, The Bodley Head., 1904.. 1st Edition.. Red cloth, gilt spine title, decorated border.. Good, light wear to covers, spine sunned, lower corner bumped, owner’s stamp to pastedown, contents very good. . 8vo., 22.5x14.5x3 cm.. weight: 1.9 lb. Illustrated with plates and vignettes.

London: Methuen., 1908. 1st Edition with later Methuen catalog.. Red cloth, gilt titles, gilt ruled border, gilt coat-of-arms on cover.. Very good, pages toned.. 22.5x14 cm.. weight: 1.7 lb. 20 full-page lithograph plates.

London.: Adam and Charles Black., 1893. Limited edition large paper artist’s proof, number 48 of 50 copies.. Contemporary half red leather over parchment boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt, floral patterned endpapers.. Dark mottling to parchment cover, light marginal rippling to plates, otherwise very good. . Large 4to., 36.5x29x5.5 cm.. Illustrations by William… Read more about this item