Edited john foster kirk (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Undated edition. Firmly bound, green cloth boards, red cloth spine without a jacket. The front cover is heavily damp affected with staining and bubbling, this also affects the first few pages until the title page with marks on those pages, otherwise good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. HARDBACK blue cloth with gilt lettering and device on spine blind embossed rules and device on front cover black end-papers pages: xxiv 713 some illus. incl. maps 133mm x 216mm (5.25 x 8.5") former owner's name and address on verso of front free end-paper head and tail bumped with small splits corners rubbed covers slightly bubbled otherwise fine. This is a heavy item and may incur additional postage.…

Hardback. New and Revised Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Good Condition. paper cracked at hinges but binding otherwise solid. Light rubbing to book edges and some scattered spots to spine. Gilt to top edge. Previous owner's details to reverse of front free end paper. Black & white maps. 713 pages. New and revised edition with the Author's latest Corrections and Editions. Edited by John Foster Kirk. Includes two Appendices: I: Origin of the Mexican Civilization - Analogies with the Old World. II: Original Documents. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No D/J. 2 VOLUME SET. Front paste downs marked where bookplate has been removed. Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards and spines.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No D/J. 2 VOLUME SET. Navy cloth with gilt to spine. Front paste downs marked with slight damage from bookplates being removed. Slight rubbing to boards and spines.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No D/J. 2 VOLUME SET. Front paste downs marked where bookplates have been removed.Slight wear to corners and edges of boards and spine.

Zustand: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original dark green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains [xxiv] 459; 302 printed pages of text with monochrome plates and one map. Front free end paper missing, name inside, foxing to the end papers and in Good sound and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PERU.…

hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Philadelphia, 1886. Volume II only. Three quarter leather with marbled boards; leather is worn and scuffed; edges worn with boards exposed at corners; external hinges broken; front board loose; 4to, 9 3/4" to 12" tall; title page detached but present; interior is unmarked; 368 pages. Additional shipping charges will be requested for international or expedited orders. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No D/J. 3 VOLUME SET. Front paste downs marked where bookplates have been removed.Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards and spines.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Hbk,459p.+ 302p., raised bands and decoration in gilt, with Coat of Arms (Crest) of Marlborough College in gilt on front cover. Frontispiece ill. of Pedro de Gasca. Some wear to edges, spine and corners. Marbled paper end-papers and edges. Inscription of 'Norman Douglas Stuart Lockhart, Lower Fifth Form Prize, Marlborough' dated 1910 on ffep [Possibly killed in the Battle of Loos 1915?]. A clean copy in good condition. f1494 / m9669. Joseph Brown (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic by William H. Prescott is a landmark work of nineteenth-century historical writing, first published in 1837 and widely regarded as one of the great narrative histories of its age. Focusing on the unification of Spain under Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, Prescott combines scholarly research with a vivid and engaging style, charting the political, religious and cultural transformation of Spain at the close of the medieval period. This revised edition, incorporating the author's final corrections and additions and edited by John Foster Kirk, reflects the enduring authority and popularity of the work throughout the nineteenth century. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, by William H. Prescott. New and Revised Edition, with the author's latest corrections and additions. Edited by John Foster Kirk. Published by Bickers & Son, London, 1885. Also bound by Bickers. A very good full calf leather hardback with gilt ruled borders to covers and gilt tooled spine with raised bands and tan morocco title label. Covers with some scuffing and bumping. Joints are rubbed, with some wear to head and tail of spine. Covers with some discoloured areas due to sunning. Gilt decoration to board edges. All soundly bound. With feathered marble design endpapers. Text is generally very good throughout - endpapers have some foxing and there are occasional scattered spots. There is some darkening to the marginal edges of Plates, but on the whole these are in better state than is often found. Soundly bound. With illustrations in text, as well as Plates. One 1.5cm closed marginal edge tear to advertisement page at the end of volume I. Endpapers are marbled and matched to text block edges. First free endpaper with remains of previous bookplate. Endpapers and the last few pages of the rear index with some spotting, but text overall is very good indeed - bright and clean throughout. Text in English. xxviii + (2) facsimile signatures + (1) Map + 765pp.  Dimensions: approx 223mm high x 153mm wide x 48mm deep.  Weight: approximately 1170g (unpacked).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. William Hickling Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico is one of the great nineteenth-century narrative histories of the Americas, tracing the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire under Hernando Cortés while also providing an extensive preliminary account of Aztec civilisation, government, religion and society before the arrival of the Europeans. First published in 1843, the work established Prescott as one of the foremost American historians of his generation and became his best-known work. Written with the dramatic narrative style for which Prescott was celebrated, it draws extensively upon Spanish chronicles and documentary sources while recounting the encounters between Cortés, Montezuma and the peoples of Mexico. This New and Revised Edition incorporates Prescott's later corrections and additions and was edited after his death by the American historian and diplomat John Foster Kirk. This copy is in an attractive contemporary full polished calf armorial binding, with gilt borders to the covers and the arms of Magdalen College, Oxford, prominently displayed in gilt on both boards. Although no presentation label or inscription survives to establish its original recipient, the binding was probably produced as a Magdalen College prize binding. Combined with the exceptionally clean and bright contents, marbled endpapers and matching marbled text-block edges, it makes a particularly appealing example of this important nineteenth-century history of Mexico. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the conqueror, Hernando Cortés. By William H. Prescott. New and revised Edition., with the Author's Latest Corrections and Additions. Edited by John Foster Kirk. Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London. Undated, c. 1890. New and Revised Edition, with the author's latest corrections and additions, edited by John Foster Kirk.  A good (plus) hardback bound in contemporary full polished black calf leather, with gilt armorial to covers with lined gilt and blind stamped borders . Spine with tooled gilt decoration and raised bands. With red morocco title label. The author's label is missing, with blind stamped 'Prescott' wording still visible. Covers with scuffing and wear. With marbled endpapers and marbled edges to text block. Soundly bound. Text is beautifully clean and bright throughout, with just the occasional light usage mark. Previous owner's name "G. Wyatt" to first blank free endpaper. A handsome volume. Text in English. xxiv + (1) Map of the Country traversed by the Spaniards on their march to Mexico + 713pp + (1) Facsimile signature of Cortés + (1) Map of the Valley of Mexico at the point of Conquest. Weight approximately 1010g. Dimensions: Approximately 220mm high x 153mm wide x 40mm deep.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. William Hickling Prescott's History of the Conquest of Peru is one of the great nineteenth-century narrative histories of the Americas. First published in 1847, it traces the civilisation of the Inca Empire and its dramatic overthrow following the arrival of Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish conquistadors, before continuing through the struggles and civil wars that followed the conquest. Prescott (1796-1859), the distinguished American historian also celebrated for his History of the Conquest of Mexico, drew extensively upon Spanish chronicles, manuscripts and contemporary accounts, combining substantial historical scholarship with the vivid narrative style for which his works became famous. This New and Revised Edition was edited by John Foster Kirk and incorporates Prescott's later corrections and additions. This copy is in an attractive contemporary full polished calf armorial binding, with gilt borders to the covers and the arms of Magdalen College, Oxford, prominently displayed in gilt on both boards. Although no presentation label or inscription survives to establish its original recipient, the binding was probably produced as a Magdalen College prize binding. Combined with the exceptionally clean and bright contents, marbled endpapers and matching marbled text-block edges, it makes a particularly appealing example of this important nineteenth-century history of Peru. History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. By William H. Prescott. New and revised Edition, with the Author's Latest Corrections and Additions. Edited by John Foster Kirk. Published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co., London. Undated, [1893]. New and Revised Edition, with the author's latest corrections and additions, edited by John Foster Kirk.  A good (plus) black leather hardback with gilt armorial to covers with lined gilt and blind stamped borders . Spine with tooled gilt decoration and raised bands. With red morocco author's label. Title label is missing, with blind stamped title wording still visible. Covers with scuffing and wear. With marbled endpapers and marbled edges to text block. Soundly bound. Text is beautifully clean and bright throughout, with just the occasional light usage mark. Previous owner's name "G. Wyatt" to first blank free endpaper. A handsome volume. Text in English. xxiv + 510pp. Weight approximately 1050g. Dimensions: Approximately 220mm high x 151mm wide x 39mm deep.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Boards rubbed. Some staining and marks to boards. Moderate foxing. Hinges weak. Binding a little loose. Split to gutter between preliminary leaves vi and vii.; A single volume of Prescott's works. "New and Revised Edition". Spine title: "Prescott's Works edited by John Foster Kirk Conquest of Peru and Miscellanies". This volume has the complete History of the Conquest of Peru, followed by the separately paginated Miscellanies. xxi, [1], 459 pages + frontispiece + plates + full page map + 302 pages + frontispiece. Green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 202 x 134mm.; 8vo. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good+ condition, three volumes, octavo, in full leather binding by Maclehose, Glasgow. all edges gilt, gilt rules to fronts and backs and continued in leather margins of end papers 5 raised bands across spines with gilt decoration and titles, for each volume: gift inscription dated 1914 on front free end papers which marbled on the verso and marbling continued on to next blank, three further blank pages which show foxing all other pages clean and bright, xxxi plus 477 pages; xix plus 465 pages; xviii plus 522 pages including index. A handsome example of the binder's craft. [This is a heavy set (2.1 kg net weight) and may require additional for shipping/ postage. [QH] [QP].…

Hardcover. Zustand: g to vg. New and Revised edition. Large octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). XXIV, [2], 713, [1]pp. Contemporary full calf school binding, with gold lettering and tooling to spine, and seal of the Bedford School in gilt on front cover. Raised bands. Blind-stamped dentelles. Marbled endpapers and paper edges. Publisher's device on title page. Originally published in 1843, "The History of the Conquest of Mexico" is universally considered the author's magnum opus. Indeed, William H. Prescott's sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people has endured as a landmark work of scholarship and dramatic storytelling. This new and revised edition of the pioneering study presents a compelling view of the clash of civilizations that reverberates in Latin America to this day. All the chief actors of Prescott's great historic drama not only live and breathe, but they are as distinctly differentiated as they must have been in life. After a preliminary view of ancient Mexican civilization, Prescott takes the reader in 1519, the year Cortes embarks from Cuba with the aim of claiming Mexico for Spain. Arriving in the capital, he is made welcome by the divine ruler, Montezuma, and the two men become friends. Montezuma comes to believe that Cortes is, in fact, the ancient Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl. Cortes' attempts to convert Montezuma to Christianity fail. He takes his counterpart prisoner, but within chivalrous limits. The arrival of a new body of Spaniards, seeking to overthrow Cortes, whom they see as a vainglorious rebel, revives the tension. Eventually, Montezuma dies and a fierce, bloody battle ensues. Moderate and sporadic rubbing along edges of binding. Binding in overall good to good+, interior in very good condition.…

Quarter Leather/Boards. Zustand: Very Good. New and Revised Edition. Hardback. Old school prize sticker to inside cover dated 1900. Light wear to top edge, spine and corners. Sunned back cover. 510 p. : port ; 18 cm. Notes: Half-title: History of the conquest of Peru, and, Biographical and critical Miscellanies. With: Biographical and critical miscellanies / by William H. Prescott includes bibliographical references and index. Subject: Incas. Peru - History - Conquest, 1522-1548. Very good copy in the original full aniline calf. Gilt cross-bands / raised bands with gilt-blocked titling and spine compartments uniformly and elaborately tooled in gilt. Marbled edges. Contents: Book I - Introduction - View of the Civilization of The Incas. Book II - Discovery of Peru. Book III - Conquest of Peru. Book IV - Civil Wars of the Conquerors. Book V - Settlement of the Country. Appendix - Original Documents. Index. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Twelve brown cloth hard cover volumes with gilt lettering and coat of arms on spine - some fading on covers of a few volumes, otherwise Good+. No date. These volumes will be heavy to ship so price will be given on request/order as price will depend on destination.