capt hon bingham (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1901 PRINTING. THIS IS VOLUME 2 ONLY of a 2 volume set. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gilt top page edge rubbed. Covers (blue boards with red labels on spine) show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding tight, hinges strong. Volume 12 of Versailles Memoirs. Previous owners name stamped on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Zustand: Fair. 1888. No Edition Remarks. 470 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Two volume set. Vol. I: Blue cl. w. gilt fleurs de lys and black lines, cover sl. spotted. Backstr. gilt lettering, black lines, top edge has tears. Bookplate ffep. Bookplate also on free forematter p., obscuring some writing. Frontis. w. tissue overlay. Illus. 568pp., sl. toned. Vol. II: Blue cl. w. gilt fleurs de lys and black lines, backstr. sl. rubbed at bottom, 1/4" puncture to middle of backstr. Bookplate ffep. Bookplate also on free forematter p., obscuring some writing. Frontis. w. tissue overlay. Illus. 570pp. incl. index, sl. toned.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No dust jacket as issued. 1st Edition. First U. S. Edition, 1901. A beautiful 2 volume set, tightly bound in contemporary 3/4 brown leather with green marbled boards and endpapers. The spine has five raised bands and ornately tooled gold titles. The top text block edges are gilded. Very slight rubbing to the binding edges only. The contents include 34 fine B/W photogravures by Elston and Company, Boston. The previous owner's bookplate is on the front pastedown, otherwise the interior is fine. International shipping may require added postage charges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st American Edition. 12mo [133.35mm x 203.2mm]. Two Volumes. Decorative red cloth binding by Margaret Armstrong [1867-1944], her initials stamped in gilt at foot of front covers. T.e.g. Vol. I: [6] 478 p.p. With [15] plates of illustrations, incl. frontis; Vol II:[2] 498 p.p. With [10] plates of illustrations, incl. frontis. Tissue guards. Bookplate of James Scarlet [1848--1920] to front pastedown in both vols. A prominent lawyer from Pennsylvania and Princeton graduate, who once famously represented the state in the Capitol Graft case. Light rubbing to edges, extremities. Rear corner at foot of volume two slightly bruised. Some fraying at spine ends. Trimming to pages and rough cut edges. Some sporadic smudges, else a very good copy offering a history of the construction and building of the Bastille, one of France's famous prisons as well as a discussion on prisoners, including the Man in the Iron Mask.

Leather. Zustand: Fine. None (illustrator). A superb documentary concerning the siege of the Bastille. First Edition Making reference to much primary source material and replete with index, this excellent history will be of great interest to the student of Revolutionary history. Bound with original publisher's cloth boards and spine (bearing gilt vignette and lettering) mounted on thick leaves to rear of each volume. Rebound in half-calf. Very smart with some shelfwear only. Lovely blue patina with matching paper boards; gilt banding and lettering, and ridged spine. Light wear to extremities. Internally, very firmly bound with new endpapers. Very clean throughout. Fine. book.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Jacket condition is fine also. Binding designed by Margaret Armstrong, with her initials in the bottom right corner of each volume. (illustrator). The Bastille was the most famous of prisons. Only the Tower of London could be compared with it, and while the Tower has attained a greater age, and has harbored kings, princes, and many of England's most famous sons, yet the Bastille appealed more strongly to the imagination. It seemed the visible symbol of tyranny; mystery hung over the fate of those immured within it; many of them were confined without charge, remained without trial, and suffered without record. In its annals, both romance and history have found abundant material. As is the case with many famous institutions, tradition has somewhat exaggerated its importance. Mr. Bingham tells us that when the Bastille was captured by the Parisian mob, it contained only seven prisoners, obscure and unimportant criminals. It had become no more than an ordinary prison; except as marking the beginning of a Revolution, its overthrow was not deserving of long commemoration. Even in the days when the Bastille was reserved for more dignified offenders, its terrors somewhat diminish as we study history. The most of its inmates were persons of social importance, and they usually had all the comforts that were consistent with restraint. During the reign of Louis XV, many persons famous in literature were sent to the Bastille, in order to manifest the government's disapproval of their views. Ribbon marker in volume I is a little frayed at the end but that is about the extent of damage. These two exquisite volumes, now 120 years old are so beautiful and fresh and bright and untarnished. The sturdy decorative dust jackets have preserved them. Dust jackets were rare in 1901. This is an especially fine set indeed. Two 8vo. volumes, each with its own index. But Indices are identical! 478 pp. and 498 pp. 18 illustrations in vol. I and 16 illustrations in vol. II. Red cloth binding stamped in gold. Red ribbon markers. Top edges gilt. Each volume has a stiff red cloth dust jacket with gold stamped spines to match their books.

London 1888, 470/516 pp., wo b&w lithos, half-leather bindings, back of vol. 1 is repaired, Extensive well-written history of what can be considered France's most famous building ever. Blows many myths about the allegedly horrendous circumstances and the lawlessness surrounding it, but in vain, as the myths still continue to dominate general understanding, buttressing the belief that with the fall of the Bastille on 14th July 1789 a new era in human history had begun. Perhaps not accidentally, a book not from France but from abroad. (code N-38).