a v williams jackson ed (3 Ergebnisse)

Leather. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A complete limited edition nine volume set of this profusely illustrated comprehensive historical account of India, from the sixth century to present time. Complete in nine volumes. A limited edition set, with these being No.671/1000 copies for England and America, the 'Edition de Luxe'. In the original half red morocco bindings. A set of works edited by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, an American specialist on Indo-European languages. Including: Volume I: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century, B.C. By Romesh Chunder Dutt. With a coloured frontispiece, 17 monochrome plates, and in text illustrations. Volume II: From the Sixth Century B.C, to the Mohammedan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great. By Vincent A. Smith. With a coloured frontispiece, 18 monochrome plates, and in text illustrations. Volume III: Medieval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar thr Great. By Stanley Lane-Poole. With a coloured frontispiece, 16 monochrme plates, and in text illustrations. Volume IV: From the Reign of Akbar the Great to the Fall of the Moghul Empire. By Stanley Lane-Poole. With a coloured frontispiece, 20 monochrome plates, and in text illustrations. Volume V: The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians. By Sir Henry Mers Elliot. With a coloured frontispiece, 22 moochrome plates, and in text illustrations. Volume VI: From the first Europea Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company. By Sir William Wilson Hunter. With a coloured frontispiece, 19 monochrome plates, and in text illustrations. Volume VII: The European Struggle for Indian Supremecy in the Seventeenth Century. By Sir William Wilson Hunter. With a coloured frontispiece, 21 monochrome plates, and in text illustrations. Volume VIII: From the Close of the Seventeenth Century to the Present Time. By Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall. With a coloured frontispiece, 24 monochrome plates, and in text illustrations. Volume IX: Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers Classic, Oriental, and Ovvidental. Collected and arraged by the editor. With a coloured frontispiece, 23 monochrome plates, and in text illustrations. All volumes collated, complete. In the original half morocco bindings. Externally, fading to spines, with bumping to the heads and tails. Fading to head of boards. Rubbing to joints, boards and extremities. Loss to head of spine of Vol II, with rear hinge starting. Crack to rear joint of Vol VI, with morocco lifting to the rear of the spine. Crack to head and tail of rear joint of Vol III, Crack to head of joints of Vol VIII. Marks to rear of Vol VII. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear, and light tide mark to bottom edges. Occasional page uncut throughout the set. Good. book.

The Connoisseur Edition, number 137 of 200 sets, a handsome set, attractively printed and illustrated, offering a comprehensive history of the subcontinent through to the beginning of the 20th century. The editor, A. V. Williams Jackson, was a leading American authority on Indo-European languages, which he taught at Columbia, and eventually became director of the American Oriental Society. Each volume is written by a specialist: Vol. I, to the sixth century BC, by Romesh Chunder Dutt; Vol. II, to the Mohammedan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great, by Vincent A. Smith; Vols. III-IV, mediaeval India to the reign of Akbar the Great, by Stanley Lane-Poole; Vol. V, the Mohammedan period as described by its own historians, selected by Sir Henry Meirs Elliot; Vols. VI-VII, from the first European settlements to the founding of the East India Company, by Sir William Wilson Hunter; Vol. VIII, from the close of the 17th century to the present time, by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall; and Vol. IX, historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, collected by the editor. The Grolier Society was founded by publisher Walter M. Jackson and specialized in fine limited editions, borrowing the name of the bibliophilic Grolier Club, which in turn took its name from the great French 16th-century collector Jean Grolier. 9 vols, tall octavo. Original dark brown half morocco, spines gilt with bold vertical leaf design, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut. Illustrated with over 900 portraits, views, maps and facsimiles, frontispieces in 2 states, captioned tissue guards. Spines a little sunned, minor worming to morocco, some light rubbing to extremities, rear inner hinge of Vol. IX split: a good set.

The Connoisseur Edition, number 38 of 200 sets, a handsome set, attractively printed and illustrated, and offering a comprehensive history of the subcontinent through to the beginning of the 20th century. The editor, A. V. Williams Jackson, was a leading American authority on Indo-European languages, which he taught at Columbia, and eventually became director of the American Oriental Society. Each volume is written by a specialist: Vol. I, to the sixth century BC, by Romesh Chunder Dutt; Vol. II, to the Mohammedan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great, by Vincent A. Smith; Vols. III-IV, mediaeval India to the reign of Akbar the Great, by Stanley Lane-Poole; Vol. V, the Mohammedan period as described by its own historians, selected by Sir Henry Meirs Elliot; Vols. VI-VII, from the first European settlements to the founding of the East India Company, by Sir William Wilson Hunter; Vol. VIII, from the close of the 17th century to the present time, by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall; and Vol. IX, historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, collected by the editor. The Grolier Society was founded by publisher Walter M. Jackson and specialized in fine limited editions, borrowing the name of the bibliophilic Grolier Club, which in turn took its name from the great French 16th-century collector Jean Grolier. 9 vols, tall octavo. Original dark brown half morocco, spines gilt with bold vertical leaf design, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut. Illustrated with over 900 portraits, views, maps and facsimiles, frontispieces in 2 states, captioned tissue guards. Head of spine of vol. VII discreetly restored, spines a little sunned, in all other respects a fine set.