Duruy george ed (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1895. No Edition Remarks. 424 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Volume 1. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.Strong tanning to spine and edges.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Presumed First. 8vo. school lib plate to fpd, interior hinges split revealling webbing. foxing to feps and pds. roughcut & uncut pages. lib number to base of backstrip, moderate shelf wear with rubbing to extremeties, some surface scuffing, slight bend to corners Dark brown. Book.…

Zustand: Please see description. Recased in fitting older early 19th. century halfleather bindings. Bindings slightly chafed, but a very good and decorative set.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Four volumes. Vol 1: 424 pp. Vol 2: 610 pp. Vol 3: 591 pp. Vol 4: 617 pp. Previous owner's bookplate on each front paste-down endpaper. Beige cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Corners lightly bumped, small stains. VG. Book.

hardcover. Zustand: very good(-). 7 portratis in photogravure, lettered tissue guards, 2 facsimiles & 2 plans. 4 volumes, tall thick 8vo, cream cloth soiled, internally fine. New York: Harper & Bros., 1895. Very good.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A first edition copy of this fascinating english translation of the memoirs of Paul Barras, the renowned French politician, and one of the most powerful members of the Directory during the French Revolution. This work was original edited, with a general introduction, prefaces and appendices by the renowned French historian author George Duruy, translated in this set by Charles E. Roche. This work is complete in four volumes: Volume I: The Ancien Regime - The Revolution Volume II: The Directorate Up To The 18th Fructidor Volume III: The Directorate From The 18th Fructidor To The 18th Brumaire Volume IV: The Consulate - The Empire - The Restoration - Analytical Index. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of volume I. Collated, complete with: Four plates to volume I, one of which is folding. Two plates to volume II. Two plates to volume III. Three plates to volume IV, one of which is folding. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt crest to front boards. Externally slightly bumped to extremities and head and tail of spine. Bumping to head and tail of spine resulting in small splits and slight loss to head of spine volume I. Slight rubbing to boards and spine. Front hinge tender after frontispiece, and rear hinge split and tender, volume I. Hinges slightly split and strained volume IV, but reasonably firm. Internally firmly bound, slightly strained in places. Pages age toned to edges but bright and clean, with the odd spot to the occasional page. Light scattered spots only to endpapers. Tissue guard to frontispiece plate volume II partially detached to gutter but present. Very Good. Various (illustrator). book.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First American Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full cream cloth, gilt lettering and vicomte coronet decoration, gilt, on spine, gilt lettering and coat-of-arms medallion, gilt and blue, on covers, t.e.g., fore-edges deckle. cii, 424; xxi, 610; xlii, 591; xxxix, 617 pp. Illustrated with seven portraits in photogravure, two facsimiles, and two Plans. Edited, with a general Introduction, Prefaces and Appendices by George Duruy. Translated from the French by C. E. Roche. Volume One: The Ancient Regime and The Revolution; Volume Two: The Directorate up to the 18th Fructidor; Volume Three: The Directorate from the 18th Fructidor to the 18th Brumaire; Volume Four: The Consulate, The Empire, The Restoration, and Analytical Index. Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras (1755 1829) was a leader of the French Revolution, the main executive officer during the Directorate, and the man largely responsible for the rise of Napoleon, as well as for his marriage to Josephine. . Spines uniformely sunned, boards moderately soiled, slightly cocked, former owner's name neatly stamped on fep of volume one only, otherwise unmarked, tight and clean. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …