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Illustrated Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 931 p. : maps (incl. fronts.) ; 20 cm. Subjects; Great Britain History. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Illustrated Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 931 p. : maps (incl. fronts.) ; 20 cm. Subjects; Great Britain History. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket - as issued. 6.75 x 10"; 1906pp over 4 vols.; red cloth with gilt titles and decorations; nice clean bright tight copies; 6.5k shipping weight Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Half-Leather. Condizione: NEAR FINE (ABOVE AVERAGE). No Jacket. Numerous Colour and Black and White Illustrations (illustratore). 1907 / 1908. Published 1907 / 08 Volumes One thru Four in Matching Brown Half Leather with marbled fore edges ALL illustrations present including LONDON bridge pullout, .Bookplate of Former Deputy High Commissioner, Sri Lanka 1000+pp NO EXTRA CHARGES FOR UK SHIPPING (heavy books) Size: 8vo - 9¾" Large. Bookplate of Previous Owner.

London: George Newnes Limited, 1907-8, Illustrated Edition in Four Volumes. Half green calf binding (unsigned), raised bands, gilt titles and lined compartments. Illustrated with 9 colour maps and 19 full colour illustrations. Pagination: Volume I - 1907, lv, 468pp. Frontispiece colour map of England, 3 other maps and 9 colour illustrations. Volume II - 1908, [vii], lvi-lxxxiv, 469-931pp, 2 colour maps and 7 colour illustrations. Volume III - 1908, [viii], lxxxv-cxi, [ii], 933-1409, [1410]pp. Foldout colour frontispiece of the 'Old London Bridge', with 2 other colour plates and 1 colour map. Volume IV - 1908, [vii], cxii-cxxxv, [i], 1411-1906pp, 2 colour maps. Illustrated edition of Green's influential Short History in elegant half leather bindings. Green cloth boards. Raised bands and gilt titles to the spine. Tanned page edges with a gilt top edge. Complete in Four Volumes. With a selection of plates and maps. John Richard Green, 1837-1883, was an English historian. A Short History of the English People, a book that was extremely influential in the United States as well as throughout the British empire. . . Green's vivid story telling powers, as well as his facility in evoking places and characters, made his radical methodology and views palatable to his readers. Informed by a disdain for traditional political and military narratives and a reverence for the common people, the Short History was an important milestone in the development of social and cultural history - DNB. Provenance: no bookplates or inscriptions. Size: Approximately 10 inches (25.5cm) tall. Condition Report Externally Spine - good condition - faded, gilt titles, five raised bands, plain, gilt lined compartments, gently marked and rubbed. Joints - good condition - gently rubbed. Corners - good condition - gently bumped. Boards - good condition - green calf quarters, minor scratches and marks, green cloth covered boards. Page edges - good condition - top edge gilt, others tanned. Binding - good condition - attractive. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - good condition - secure. Paste downs - good condition - marbled. End papers - good condition - marbled. Title - good condition - tanned. Pages - good condition - maps and tables throughout, tanned with sporadic foxing throughout. See photos.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardback Reprint Four volumes. A handsome set with blue cloth covers with gilt decorations and top page edges. A uniform set. Covers are slightly marked. Page edges are slightly marked. Light sprinkling of foxing on a few pages. Illustrated with many line drawings in text, colour and B & W plates and a fold out illustration of London Bridge in volume III. A very heavy set and there would be a substantial additional cost for international postage. 7 Kg Good.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Mrs. J.R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate (illustratore). 1st Edition. 4 vols. cvi, 1906 (4) pp, Paginated continuously; Clean text, amply illustratedin black and white with several color plates having tissue guards. Amopng these are manuscript facsimiles in color and gold; maps, portraits. Folding panorama of London Bridge. Marginalia. Maroon cloth with titling and Coat of Arms of England in gilt. T.E.G. Some small spots on covers, rubbing to extremities, several 1/4" nicks to spine ends.Deckled foredge. A beautiful set, worth the extra postage required.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Edition. - In four volumes. Red boards with gold lettering to the spine and decoration to the front. Spines faded Spotting to the closed page edges. Bumping to the top and bottom of the spine and minor shelf wear to the board edges. No inscriptions, clean and bright pages and highly illustrated throughout. Please note this is a heavy set and an additional postal charge will apply. (Any digital image available on request).

Illustrated Edition. In 4 Volumes Very good condition. Cloth-bound with gilded ensign and title embossed on front cover and spine. Spines slightly faded. Volume 4 slightly more faded and some smudging on the spine. Hardback.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 4 Volume Set, 4to. Illustrated Edition: Reissue in 40 parts, 4 volumes, 1902. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, London and Bungay. Edited by Mrs. J.R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate. Includes a preface to the Illustrated Edition. Dark blue cloth boards with gold-stampted titles along spine and front covers. Shelfwear: scuffing along edges and covers, some light staining on covers, heavy staining along spine edges of volume 4, heavy foxing on page leafs of all four volumes, light tanning. Otherwise, volumes are tighlty bound with clean and crisp pages. Volumes are in Fair condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1904 printing of the first illustrated Macmillan Edition complete in four volumes. The books are half-bound in green morocco over gorgeous rose pink and green marbled boards with two raised bands on the spine. Sun-toned and faded leather has changed to tan on most surfaces. Top edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers. With the exception of Vol.III the books are in very good condition with very light shelf wear. In Vol.III the front hinge is cracked, but the sewn text block is tight.The first free endpaper and the next leaf have come free from the binding and there are no missing pages. The large folding color map of London is intact, smooth and flat. Period bookplate of the previous owners on the front paste-downs in all volumes. Otherwise, pages are ivoried, clean, and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white plates. Vol.IV includes the foldout map of "English Britain" intact and in fine condition. Too lage ot ship outside of the United States.

Cloth. Condizione: Good. Not Stated (illustratore). A smart illustrated edition of J. R. Green's detailed history of the English people, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Originally published in 1874, without illustrations, historian John Richard Green began work in 1869, having been given a diagnosis of six months to live. Intended to be an account 'not of English Kings or English Conquests, but of the English People', Green was criticised at the time for the omission of major historical events such as battles.Illustrated with thirteen colour plates, included maps, to volume I. With nine plates to volume II, eight of which are in colour. Volume III illustrated with a folding colour frontispiece and five plates. Volume IV illustrated with three colour maps and one folding plate.Collated, complete, but with one plate detached and loosely inserted to volume IV, and lacking part of the folding plate to volume IV.With the armorial bookplate of Ernest A Taylor to each front pastedown, alongside the binder's label of G. Pulman & Sons.With an inscription to a front blank of each volume. In signed cloth bindings. Bumping to spine heads and tails. Damp staining to front board of volume I. Residue to head of volume IV front board. Front hinge of volume II strained. Bookplates and binders labels to front pastedowns. Inscriptions to a front endpaper of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Light tide marks to page heads and tails throughout each volume. Damp staining resulting in discolouration to tail of pages 732-749 of volume II. Central leaves of volumes II and IV wrinkled throughout, due to damp. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Complete in 4 volumes. All in half leather bindings. Each volume has some defects on the spine leather, either missing sections or tears. Ex-library books, usual markings. Internally some aging and foxing but still good and clean. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

4 volumes 8vo. cxii+ 1410pp. ( continuous through the four volumes ). Index. Colour plates; Black and white plates and sketches; Maps. Finely bound in navy morocco over marbled boards by Bayntun of Bath. All edges gilt; some very minor rubbing but an excellent set. Heavy book. Please contact seller direct for accurate overseas shipping charge. First edition thus.

Leather. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Mrs. J. R. Green; Miss Kate Norgate (illustratore). A lovely illustrated edition of J. R. Green's extensive and thorough history of the English people, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. Complete in four volumes.Bound by Ramage.A revised illustrated edition, edited by Mrs J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate.'A Short History of the English People' is a history of the inhabitants of England, focusing solely on the people, and not on Kings or conquests. This decision of the author's to ignore the battles meant that his work was criticised by other historians, who viewed those battles to be of great significance to the history of the people.Volume I illustrated with a colour map to the frontispiece, eleven colour plates, one monochrome plate, and many monochrome in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.Volume II illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nine colour plates, and many monochrome in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.Volume III illustrated with a colour folding frontispiece, three colour plates, one monochrome plate, and many monochrome in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.Volume IV illustrated with three colour plates, and many monochrome in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.Written by John Richard Green. Green started work on this history in 1869, after being told he had only six months to live.Bookplate of Elise Isabel Bond to the front paste down of Volume I. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Spines are faded. Light rubbing and a few minor marks to the boards and spines. Mark a little heavier to the front board of Volume III. Minor bumping to the extremities. Rear board of Volumes I, III, and IV are faded. Light spots to the fore edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. Various (illustratore). A finely bound set of the Illustrated Edition of Green's influential history of England. Each volume has a bookbinder's stamp for Pearse, Warrington, to the verso of the front free-endpaper. Featuring numerous illustrations, including tissue guarded coloured plates. With tissue guarded frontispiece maps to Volumes I and IV, and a fold out frontispiece of Old London Bridge to Volume III. Each front pastedown has an armorial bookplate above the nameplate of W. Ernest Atkin. Each front free-endpaper has the pictorial bookplate of Ronald Cuttell. A photograph of the gravestone of John Richard Green, labelled 'Menton, Cote d'Azur' in ink, has been pasted to the front blank of Volume I. Complete in four volumes. In uniform half morocco bindings, with gilt top edges. Externally, some shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound and bright, with light marginal foxing. Small marginal marks to pages xxvi-50 of Volume I and p1483-1553 of Volume IV. A pleasing set. Very Good. book.

Leather. Condizione: Fine. Not Stated (illustratore). A fine Bayntun half morocco illustrated edition of J. R. Green's extensive and thorough history of the English people, beautifully illustrated in colour throughout. In Bayntun half morocco bindings, complete in four volumes.'A Short History of the English People' is a history of the inhabitants of England, focusing solely on the people, and not on Kings or conquests. This decision of the author's to ignore the battles meant that his work was criticised by other historians, who viewed those battles to be of great significance to the history of the people.Volume I illustrated with a colour map to frontispiece, eleven colour plates, one monochrome plates, and many monochrome in-text illustrations.Volume II illustrated with eight colour plates, one monochrome plate, and many monochrome in-text illustrations.Volume III illustrated with a colour folding frontispiece, two colour plates, two monochrome plates, and many monochrome in-text illustrations.Volume IV illustrated with a colour map to the frontispiece, three colour plates, and many monochrome in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.Historian John Richard Green began this work in 1869, having been given a diagnosis of six months to live. Intended to be an account 'not of English Kings or English Conquests, but of the English People', Green was criticised at the time for the omission of major historical events such as battles.With the publisher's original front wrap bound to the rear of each volume. In half morocco signed bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Publisher's original front wraps bound to the rear of each volume. Fine. book.

Vellum. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket, As Issued. Illustrated Edition. Inscribed at front end page to "John V. MacMillan from his tutor C. L (?), Eton Election 1895". Sumptuously bound in full vellum, backs with red and brown morocco labels, gilt lettering, ornate floral gilt tooled decorations, double gilt rules to covers, marbled end papers, all edges stained red, a glorious set befitting the occasion and the recipient, a scion of this set's publisher. John V. MacMillan ( 1877-1950) was the son of Alexander MacMillan, the co-founder in 1843 of MacMillan Publishing. John did not enter the publishing business, instead deciding on an ecclesiastical career and eventually becoming the Bishop of Dover, the fifth in the modern era. Profusely decorated throughout with vignettes and full page illustrations, many in color. Four volumes, Near Fine, slight toning to end pages, a few pages small top corner creases, boards light soiling, fold-out of London Bridge Vol. III Near Fine with a few small creases, top edges a bit dulled, a few small corner bumps. A heavy set, please inquire before ordering for additional shipping charges, particularly outside the US. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. An extremely rare set, (probably unique) in an extremely beautiful binding by G. P. Putnam's and Sons. Printed by The Knickerbocker Press. Dark blue full leather with gilt bordered covers. Raised bands with gilt bordered compartments and lettering. Dentrile borders on inside brown leather covers with brown silk endpapers. T. E. G. Tissued guarded plates that are magnificent. Includes colored maps, engravings and illustrations depicting and emphasizing the culture of the English People. Images sent on request. Shipping and insurance charges at cost. ; Vol. 12VOL; Color Plates; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall.