History from Quercus Rare Books

London: A. Wilson, 1810. An early-19th Century printing of Hume's great work of history, this being Volume III only of ten in the original set. Full smooth-calf leather binding, gilt ruling on the covers; gilt decorations and titling on the spine. Clean text; 366 pages, very bright and clear. Contemporary (assumed) signature on the Title Page. Endpapers are darkened, with… Read more about this item

London & New York: T. Fisher Unwin/G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. Part of the publisher series "The Story of the Nations." This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Decorative green cloth binding, stamped in black, red, and gilt. Clean text; xvi, 340 pages; followed by a twelve-page catalog of "Books for Recreation and Study." This is an Association… Read more about this item

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. Part of the publisher's "Vest-Pocket Series of Standard and Popular Authors," in a small format that could be carried discretely indeed. Decorative green cloth binding, stamped in black.Titling on the front cover in gilt.Clean text; frontis drawing of Cromwell; vi, 111 pages. Blindstamped decration and ruling on the rear cover. Mild rub to… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie De Joel Cherbuliez, 1869. Jean Calas was a Protestant merchant who was tried, tortured, and executed for the supposed murder of his son in 1762. Voltaire campaigned to exonerate Calas, and was successful in 1764; unfortunately, two years after his demise. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Edition [stated] that incorporates new material, in a… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Levis & Weaver, 1810. This is a Very Good copy of Volume Four only of an original four volume set, An early American issue, printed by Thomas L. Plowman. Scarce. Fully bound in diced leather ruled at the edges. Gilt titling within black labels on the spine, along with gilt decorations. Clean text; 460 pages, followed by an… Read more about this item

Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition [full number line]. Light gray cloth binding with a black cloth spine titled in silver.Clean text; 333 pages. Notes, Sources, Indexed. Eight pages of illustrations. The dustjacket is Fine, unclipped. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. The most famous book by C.W. Ceram (pseudonym of Kurt Wilhelm Marek, 1915-1972). First publ;ished in 1951; this is Fine copy of a Later Printing (the 20th). Blue cloth binding with titling on the spine in copper; design of a lion hunter in silver on the front cover. Clean text; xii, 428 pages; following… Read more about this item

Boston: Allen and Ticknor, 1833. The tale of Caspar Hauser (1812-1833), a supposed "wild child" raised outside of normal civilization, has fascinated the world for two centuries now and resulted in at least two motion pictures and several literary treatments. The author, [Paul Johann] Anselm Von [Ritter] Feuerbach (1775-1833) was a famous legal scholar of the time, but his fame… Read more about this item

London: A. Wilson, 1811. The last volume (X) of the original set. Full leather binding with gilt ruling on the covers,titling and decorations in gilt on the spine. Clean text; vi, 376 pages; marbled edges. Textblock generally very bright and clear; toning to title page and endpapers. Rubbed at the margins and the center of the spine; both paste-downs have… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Ernst Bojessens [Text in Danish] This is Volume Two only of a two-volume set, a military chronicle of the wars between Denmark and the German Confederacy of 1848-1850. Marbled paper-covered boards with leather tips and spine; titling and gilt on the spine. Clean text; it begins with page 77 and continues to page 174, folled by a seven-page table… Read more about this item

New York: The Literary Guild of America/Harper & Brothers, 1928. The author's second book, a biography of the revolutionary former slave Henri Christophe (1767-1820) who became Emperor of Haiti. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (stated). Paper-covered boards illustrated in yellow, blue, and black; black cloth spine with a paper title label. Clean text; x, 207… Read more about this item

Boston: The Page Company, 1926. First published in 1917. This is a Very Good copy of the Third Impression (stated) from August of 1926. Not a common title. Dark blue cloth binding, with decorative illustrations stamped in black and orange; titling in gilt on front cover and spine. Clean text; xi, contents, list of illustrations, 322 pages. Frontis illustration and… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Orange paper-covered boards with a black cloth spine titled in gilt. Clean text; 554 pages. Indexed. Photographic plates. Bumping to the tips; else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is Fine, unclipped. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.… Read more about this item

New York: McClure, Phillips and Company, 1900. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First American Edition, of a book that Doyle revised several times. Not common. Dark blue cloth binding with tipped paper label with the flags of the antagonists in colour (orange, blue, green and white); titling in gilt on the spine.… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 1967. One of the better modern biographies of the famous Victorian polymath/explorer. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Printing of the First Edition. Red cloth binding with fancy gilt decorations and titling on the spine. Clean text; 390 pages, Notes, bibliography, list of Burton's works, index. This is an ex-libris… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First American Edition. Blue cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; frontis portrait of the Count, 241 pages, with a 12-page publisher catalog of "Some Popular Novels" in the rear. Introduction by William Dean Howells. Spine has darkened but gilt remains… Read more about this item

London: William Clowes and Sons, 2002. This is a Fine copy of a facsimile edition published by Pierway in an edition LIMITED to 750 copies. "Bayonet Exercise" was originally published in 1853 and is one of the high spots for the Burton collector. Considered an influential work of militaria quite separately from Burton's later fame as a Victorian polymath. Extremely… Read more about this item

London: E.P. Publishing Limited, 1972. Polymath/explorer Captain Sir Richard F. Burton was always fascinated with the history of the sword. First published in 1884, he had planned it to eventually consist of three volumes. The original issue is a high spot for Burton collectors and quite pricey if found. This is a Near Fine copy of a facsimile edition that… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. Doyle's report on the South African war eventually went to sixteen editions by 1902, when it ended. This is a Very Good copy of the First Printing of the First Edition. Dark blue ribbed cloth binding, ruled; with titling and ruling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; 552 pages; Appendix and fold-out map;… Read more about this item

London: A. Wilson, 1810. An early-19th Century printing of Hume's great work of history, this being Volume VI only of ten in the original set. Full leather binding, gilt ruling on the covers; gilt decorations and titling on the spine. Clean text; 400 pages with marbled edges. While the book is titly bound, there are some condition issues. Corners are… Read more about this item