The History of England, from the Britons, Romans & Saxons to 1821 and George IV. by Hume and Smollett, and Miller

H. Washbourne, 1844. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1844. No Edition Remarks. 351 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Volume V. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. Frontispiece and title page detached but still present. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Top corner of front free endpaper cut out. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Sticker to rear board. Wear marks overall.

Leather Bound. Very Good. VOL> VII only volume 7 only, London, 1794. Original full calf leather binding, rubbed and worn, internally good with some browning on the end papers and title page, foxing in places, states "embellished with engravings" but there is only one full page engraving and plus two small vignette designs, one on the title page and one at the end of the dedication, no publisher's date printed but the engraving is dated 1794 in very small print and has "Cooke's Pocket Edition". . Our pics

London: S Crowder, 1780. 3rd. . Hardcover. Poor. 12mo. A good copy for its age but LACKS ffep and title page, cover worn and has tears bookplate of Alexander Annand. Amazingly not in British Library so unusually rare. Probably a school textbook which was destroyed as it became out of date. PO bookplate Alexander Annand on front pastedown. Contains several engraved plates. A few old brown ink marginal notes.

London.: A. J. Valpy., 1834. First printings all. . Hard. Fair+. 12mo. 7".. With historical illustrations and portraits.. Fair+. A shabby set. Publishers faded and worn plum coloured moire. Spines chipped and spine covers missing from a couple of volumes. Some joints and hinges are cracked and some boards have been re-adhered after having become detached. There is some superficial damage to leaves. Vol. I is missing half of the first leaf of publishers ads' to the rear (after last text leaf) and the next couple of leaves are creased and a little torn. Foxed to outermost leaves.

London: J & F Tallis. Decorative Cloth. Good+. Undated Edition, Late 19th C. 12 Divisions, from the Ancient Britons to 1790 (George III). Original Red Cloth covers with embossed decoration and gilt Battle Standards to front and back. Gilt arms, standards, wreath and lettering to spines. Each Volume has 12 Engraved Plates, protected by Tissue Guards. Frontis of Vol 1 is an Engraving of Queen Victoria in her wedding dress. Illustrated Title Page to Vol 1 depicts the death of William Rufus, engraved by J. Rogers. Text pages in very nice, clean condition. Only a little marginal foxing to Plates. Binding of a few volumes is a little fragile, a few plates a little loose, most are tight. Some edgewear to covers, mostly at spine ends and corners. Some spine ends have small tears. Attractive set. Weighs 11 Kilos so Postage will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more pictures or information or a Shipping Quote Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London, Edinburgh and Dublin: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited / J. & F. Tallis. Full-Leather. Good+. Smirke, R; Ryall H. T. and Others. Signed by Publisher. Signed by Publisher Volumes II and III only (a full set would be of 4 Volumes). Undated Edition, circa 1850s or '60s. Well Illustrated with many fine engraved B&W Plates. Vol II commences with Chapter XXXIX, Elizabeth 1562 and continues to James II 1689. Frontispiece has engraved Illustration of Elizabeth I opposite Illustrated Title Page engraved with Mary Queen of Scots escape. followed by Printed Title Page. 848 Pages + Notes. Vol III Commences with Chapter I, William and Mary 1689 and finishes with George II 1757. 648 Pages. Frontispiece Illustrated with William and Mary being presented with the Bill of Rights. In contemprary Tree Full-Leather Bindings with Gilt decorative Borders to front and rear boards. Gilt Decoration, Lines & Vol. Nos on spines with Gilt titles on red grounds in 2nd compartments. All… Read More

3 Acton Place, Kingsland Road, London: Jones and Company, 1828. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. (Rogers) Engravings. Complete set in 3 Volumes. Contemporary Brown Full Leather Bindings, with gilt Decoration, Lines & Lettering to spines. Decorative Gilt Linear Borders to front and rear covers. Each Volume has a printed Title Page dated 1828. Vol I has an engraved Frontispiece of a portrait of David Hume, after Reynolds. Then an Illustrated Title Page (showing Richard I leaving Cyprus), followed by the printed one. 11 Further Full Page Plates in this volume. Vol II has an engraved frontispiece with a portrait of Tobias Smollett, opposite a Title Page Illustrated with "the death of General Wolfe". 4 Further Full page Plates. Vol. III has an engraved Frontis portrait of George III. 1 other Plate with a portrait of George IV. Some Foxing to some pages and plates, most text pages are clear. (see photos) 8 1/2" Tall. Vol III has 2 closed tears to leather at top of spine. Vol I has a closed… Read More

97 St. John Street, London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited / J. & F. Tallis. Half-Leather. Near Very Good. Smirke, R; Ryall H. T. and Others. Near complete set of Volumes I, II and III (a full set would be of 4 Volumes). Undated Edition, circa 1850s or '60s. Well Illustrated with many fine engraved B&W Plates. Text arranged in Double Columns with Marginal Notes and Footnotes. Vol I Frontis illustrated with portrait of David Hume opposite a Title page illustrated with the Death of William Rufus in the forest, followed by Printed title Page. Fold-Out Map of England opposite first text page. Text begins with the Ancient Britons and continues to 1562. 834 pages + 12 pages of notes. Vol II Frontis illustrated with "The Horse Guards". text continues to 1812. 864 Pages. Vol III Frontispiece Illustrated with The duke of Wellington. Text continues to 1837. 824 Pages. In contemprary Half-Leather Bindings with Marbles paper-covered boards and Leather Corners. Gilt… Read More

London: James S. Virtue. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1860. Unknown. Hardcover. In 3 Volumes. In 3 Uniform and ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY green cloth/bright gilt bindings. Identical Gilt illustrations on front boards and to spines. Corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Decorative embossing on boards. No date shown, probably 1860 as the third volume ends with Victoria in 1859. Fully illustrated throughout each volume with fine steel engravings. Some light scattered foxing. Black and white frontispiece portrait of David Hume in Volume 1; Portrait of Marlborough in Volume 2 and Queen Victoria in Volume 3. Some foxing in each volume - various, otherwise generally clean tight and bright. LOOKS MARVELLOUS on the SHELF! 3 Very Thick volumes. A VERY Heavy Set - will require extra postage for International customers depending on your location. See Images. ; 001600; Each Volume THICK 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .