Beacon Lights Of History

Fords, Howard, & Hulbert. Very Good-. 1883. Leather. First six volumes of Beacon Lights of History (1883, but not including later-issued volumes) , plus Old Pagan Civilizations (1888) and Jewish Heroes and Prophets (1988). Three-quarters brown leather, with marbled paper over boards. Also marbled endpages and marbled design on page edges. On all volumes, binding is… Read more about this item

This First Edition of 10 volumes collects the history lectures of John Lord (1810-1894). He was a popular public lecturer in the US and England from 1840 to 1866. At Dartmouth College he was a history lecturer from 1866 to 1876. In 1881 he began preparing his lectures for publication in a multivolume set. The volumes appeared individually from 1883… Read more about this item

Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Five volume 8vo in burgundy cloth, titles in gilt, illustrations in black. Bindings tight, hinges firm, very minor shelf wear, p.o. name in each volume.

Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Very Good set of 4 hardcovers. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly tanned. Bindings are intact. Covers show light edge wear and rubbed corners.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Wise & Co New York 1921 VG+/none. Beige hard boards adorned with hand held light beacons. Volume IV Great Women, Great Rulers. Light shelf wear, clean no marks.

New York: Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, 1883. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his bookplate on endpapers, and ink name and date on front flyleaf of each volume (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by… Read more about this item

Fords, Howard, and Hulbert. Good with no dust jacket. 1888. No Edition Stated. Pictorial Cloth. Red covers w/gilt lettering and Statue of Liberty on front cover, gilt top page ends; covers have rubbing to edges w/small tears, spine lightly faded, front interior hinge cracking, pages lightly toning, owner's name/date inked on flyleaf, tiny chip to fore-edge of… Read more about this item

An 8-volume set of all the history you'll even need (as long as it happened before the 20th century). The first seven volumes were written by John Lord and first published between 1883 and 1896, the year Lord died. The eighth volume, edited by George Spencer Hulbert, was published in 1924. The first seven volumes in this collection were most… Read more about this item

Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc, 1921. Hardcover. Good. Eight volumes in brown textured boards. Edgewear on boards, light rubbing. Previous owner's name on front paste-down of each volume. Pages yellowed on edges but clean inside with little writing. Vol. VIII has small water-stain on side edge of pages. Vol. V and Vol.… Read more about this item

Fords , Howard , & Hulbert, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Vol. VI : MODERN EUROPEAN STATESMEN . Covers Metternich , Congress Of Vienna , Chateaubriand , Talleyrand , George IV , Duke of Wellington , Greece and Turkey , Louis Phillippe , William IV , Sir Robert Peel , Cobden , and Bright. Name of previous owner… Read more about this item

New York : Wm. H. Wise & Co, Copyright 1883, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. THREE VOLUMES ONLY. Volumes cover the old pagan civilizations through to the Renaissance and Reformation. Hardbound tan publishers cloth with embossed cover design, black title on spines. Volume I: Part I-The Old Pagan Civilizations; Part II-Jewish Heroes and Prophets. Introduction, Contents, 453 pp.… Read more about this item

Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, 1891. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. COVERS WITH LIGHT RUBBING TO CORNERS AND EDGES. CLEAN INTERIOR IN SOLID BINDING. Secure packaging for safe… Read more about this item

New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1915 The cover is lightly shelf worn and the colour on the spine is faded. There are a couple of private library stamps on various pages and an inscription on the front endpage. There are some neatly cut out newspaper clippings apparently circa 1919 carefully glued to the front endpage that give the book… Read more about this item

Fords,Howard, & Hulbert, 1883-1894. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. 7 Volume Set. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good copy with clean pages. First edition. This copy is First Series, Jewish Heroes and Prophets. Name in ink on front free end paper. 8vo. Published in New York, 1888. 524 pages.

New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. 1886. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Top corner piece of copyright pages clipped off. (a tiny piece) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Fords, Howard and Hubert, 1885. Hardcover. Good. 1x1x1. 5 volume set (lacks Volume 2) Bound in 3/4 black leather. Marbled boards. Gilt spine. Page ends washed red. Good bindings and covers. Wear to extremities. Scuffing/chipping to spines with minor loss. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international… Read more about this item

Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, (1885), 1885-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert. Very Good. 1886. Hardcover. John Lord (1810-1894) was an American historian and lecturer, compiled many of his lectures into the Beacon Lights of History series (14 volumes plus index volume in total issued over 13 years). This is Volume 5 and is devoted to his lectures on famous women in… Read more about this item

New York: Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, 1886. BG3 - A hardcover book in very good condition that has some cover edgewear, some rubbing, some stain on the top page edges, tanning, and light shelf wear with no dust jacket. Lord's Lectures. Beacon Lights of History: Vol. IV - Warriors and Statesmen. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read more about this item