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The Barbarian invasions of the Roman Empire, Volumes. 1 thru 3 of 8.

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2000

Seller ID: 1130

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Includes: Vol. 1 The Visigothic Invasion. Vol. 2 The Huns and The Vandals, and Vol. 3 The Ostro Goths. All books in fine condition with little to no wear. Slipcases show very light shelf wear.
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the History of North America (20 volumes

By: N/A

Price: $325.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, George Barrie & Sons: 1903

Seller ID: 1458

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

#309 of 1000. 3/4 bound in black leather with blue/white marble board covers. All volumes show light to moderate edge wear. All bindings tight though a few volumes show cracking to hinges (internal and external).
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The Story of the British People: a Reader for Pupils in Form III of the Public Schools , Revised Edition, Recommended by the Minister of Education for Use in the Public Schools of Ontario

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, Canada, Thomas Nelson Publishers: 1923

Seller ID: 3755

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Average wear to cover corners and spine ends. Binding slightly loose though hinges and sewing remain sound. Slight toning to page edges and endpages.
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The Middle Ages [3 Volumes]

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The Colonial Press: 1899

Seller ID: 7260

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Complete in 3 volumes. Covers show light wear, mostly at corners and spine ends. The text is fairly clean, unmarked. The binding of volume 1 is very slightly loose, but undamaged. The binding of the other two volumes remain tight. ; The World's Great Classics; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Morsels of History

By: Aunt Laura

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Buffalo, NY, Breed, Butler & Co.: 1863

Seller ID: 6288

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Tiny book is just over 2" tall. Heavily worn with weak hinges and a couple of loose pages. Former owner's signature on title page. A tiny (grain of rice size) piece of the spine cover is missing. Otherwise, the book remains complete and and readable. ; Miniature Less than 3" tall; 64 pages
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The Early Tudor Theory of Kingship

By: Baumer, Franklin Le Van

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Haven, CT, Yale University Press: 1940

Seller ID: 5682

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Cover edges moderately worn. Scattered soiling to covers. Front and rear internal paper hinges broken though binding is still held soundly by mull. Former owner's info and a few notes on ffep. Light underlining in this review copy formerly owned by academic book reviewer, Prof. Richard Schoeck on about 20-30 pages with a few notes scattered and a typed addendum pasted in at page 142/3. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Literary History of the Middle Ages: Comprehending an Account of the State of Learning, from the Close of the Reign of Augustus, to its Revival in the Fifteenth Century

By: Berington, Rev. Joseph

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, David Bogue: 1846

Seller ID: 2948

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Covers show light wear at edges with slightly more wear at spine ends and to raised spine bands. Spine slightly toned. Binding sound. Very clean internally. ; Period fine bound in 3/4 green leather with raised bands and gilt decoration on spine. Green buckram cloth covered boards, marbled block edge, and marbled endpapers also add to this books appeal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 469 pages
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A Popular History of the United States from the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere...

By: Bryant, William Cullen; Gay, Sydney Howard

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company: 1878

Seller ID: 3057

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled paper covered boards and marbled end pages. Covers show moderate rubbing to edges. Former owner's name stamped on title page. Otherwise clean and tight for the grade. Includes only volume 2 of 4 volume set. ; Vol. 2; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 634 pages
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Chambers's Historical Questions with Answers Embracing Ancient and Modern History

By: Chambers, W.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: London & Edinburgh, William And Robert Chambers: 1865

Seller ID: 4998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Bound in full brown leather with tooling and gilt to cover. Spine faded and spine label missing. Though worn at edges, leather remains supple. Binding sound. A small amount of writing is present on both sets of end pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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Mediaevalia Et Humanistica: New Series, Number 3, Social Dimensions in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Studies in Mediaeval and Renaissance Culture)

By: Clogan, Paul Maurice (Ed. )

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University: 1972

Seller ID: 6866

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Light wear to cover corners and spine ends. Unmarked, clean and tightly bound. Jacket has a note in pen on the rear flap and creasing and rubbing along the top edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages
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When James Gordon Bennett Was Caliph of Bagdad

By: Crockett, Albert Stevens

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls: 1926

Seller ID: 6143

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Covers faded and worn at edges. Spine sun toned. There is a mark across the bottom of the block in black ink. In a tight binding and appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 414 pages
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Augustine to Galileo. the History of Science A. D. 400 - 1650

By: Crombie, A. C.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd.: 1957

Seller ID: 5085

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Light wear to cover edges, mostly at corners. Former owner's info penned on ffep. Jaket worn at all edges and folds with several small tears and a couple small pieces missing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Army Royal; Henry Viii's Invasion of France 1513

By: Cruickshank, C. G.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press/Oxford: 1969

Seller ID: 4877

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Former owner's info stamped on ffep, otherwise text is free from marks and tightly bound. Covers show very little wear. Jacket worn at corners and along edges with some creasing at spine head. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages
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America and the Secularization of Modern Culture. the Smith History Lecture (1960) under the Auspices of the History Department, University of Saint Thomas

By: Dawson, Christopher

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Houston, University Of Saint Thomas: 1960

Seller ID: 5483

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light soiling to paper covers. Former owner's info stamped on front cover and at the front of the text along with owner's signature. Otherwise, only light wear at edges.
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Black History: a Reappraisal

By: Drimmer, Melvin (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1968

Seller ID: 6384

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

Light general wear with slight soiling to the bottom fore corner of the text block. Half inch closed tear from bottom edge of DJ over rear cover as well as light general wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 553 pages
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The Customs of Mankind: with Notes on Modern Etiquette and the Newest Trend in Entertainment

By: Eichler, Lillian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Nelson Doubleday, Inc.: 1924

Seller ID: 6985

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Gilt lettering and decoration on covers is just a little ubbed; Front hinge (Internal) is cracked, with a little separation between the first blank page following end leaf, and half title page; Volume remains tight and very clean; DJ shows scuffs, some affecting lettering, though lettering and images remains very clear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 753 pages
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Rome

By: Fowler, W. Warde

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1912

Seller ID: 6571

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Light general wear. Former owner's name penned on ffep. ; Home University Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 256 pages
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Conrad Gessner's Historia Animalium: an Inventory of Renaissance Zoology

By: Gessner, Conrad. Gmelig-Nijboer, C. A.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Meppel: 1977

Seller ID: 6333

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light wear to cover corners. Former owner's info penned on ffep, otherwise free from marks and appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumes 1 & 2

By: Gibbon, Edward

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: N.D.

Seller ID: 2687

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Both volumes show light to moderate wear. Both volumes have sound bindings with no internal markings and slightly toned pages. ; Earlier 2 volume printing with volume 1 covering the years 180 to 476 and volume 2 covering the years 476 to 1461. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [COMPLETE in SIX (6) VOLUMES]

By: Gibbon, Edward

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: N.D.

Seller ID: 6876

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Later (1880s) printing of the 1845 edition. All volumes are worn at cover edges with spine ends and corners fraying and some loss at spine ends. Ownership marks, dog eared pages, and a few smudges throughout. All bindings remain sound. Remains attractive on the shelf and readable. Extra postage will be required. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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