philip commines (14 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.48.

Zustand: Good. 1892. No edition remarks. 399 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white portrait frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Cracking to front hinge with netting exposed. Binding loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Book has slight forward lean.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Fair. 1894. No Edition Stated. 444 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Vol. II. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are notably bowed. Book has a prominent forward lean. Moderate water marks to boards and spine.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. vii 399p burgundy cloth, fresh and tight copy, very good, full title: "The Memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton. Containing the Histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France, and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, To Which is Added the Scandalous Chronicle. Language: English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition thus. VG : in Very good condition without dust jacket. Cover edge-worn and scratched. 220mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xl, 327pp; xii, 383pp. Danett 1596 translation. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Red/gilt hardback cloth spine over red boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Xliii, 397, (Vii); (Vii), 444, (Vii). Original Elaborately Blind Stamped Blue Cloth, Spine Lettered In Gilt. First Edition Thus. An Almost Impossibly Fresh Set, Bright And Clean, Gilt Brilliant, Slight Bumping To Spine Ends, Pencil Notations That Books Are From The Library Of Sir J. Gladstone, Books Entirely Unopened (Leaves Still Attached Along Upper And Fore Edges. ). "Philip De Commines Has Been Called The Father Of Modern History". (Scoble, In The Introduction). "His Memoirs Almost Make An Epoch In Historical Literature. He Is The First Modern Writer Who In Any Degree Has Displayed Sagacity In Reasoning On The Characters Of Men And The Consequences Of Their Actions, Or Who Has Been Able To Generalize His Observations By Comnparison And Reflection" (Hallam).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Later edition. 2 vol. 8vo. [5], vi-xlvii, [2], 2-399, [1], [3], 4-10, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements); [3], iv-vii, [2], 2-444, [3], 4-10, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Publisher's maroon cloth with the Bohn's device on each front board, gilt lettering and publisher's devices in gilt on the spines. Coated yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece. A contemporary bookplate on each front pastedown and an ink name from 1955 on the free front endpaper.

Zustand: Very Good. 3rd English Edition. Third Edition from, Philip De Commines (1447-1511), considered the first truly modern writing and the first significant historian since classical times. The author spent time in multiple French courts including that of Louis XI and Charles VIII. His Histories was written with exceptional details about court life, intrigue, and attempts to instruct on statecraft. Nineteenth century binding in marbled boards with calf spine and corners. Some rubbing and bumping to covers. Armorial bookplate on front pastdown with some pencil notes to same and on ffep. Endpaper added likely at time of binding. Pages are trimmed with minimal impacts to geneology tables at back. Complete with all indicated geneological tables. Title page illustrated. Multiple illustrative capitals. Pages are generally toned, pages 1-2 has small tear at corner, and some ink staining with minimal to no text impact. Translated by Thomas Danett. Pages:(16) 366 Dimensions:10â x 7½ x 1â . Nineteenth century binding in marbled boards with calf spine and corners.