The Fifteen Decisive Battles Of the World

London: Richard Bentley, 1851. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original red cloth decorated in blind with spines lettered in gilt, housed in a custom matching slipcase. Very Good with wear to cloth and shallow loss to top of spine of Volume 1, short superficial splits to cloth at joints. Former… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1851. Previous owner's ink signature on title page. original boards embossed in blind with gilt vignette on the front cover. Aged and moderately foxed end papers and textblock. Spine extremities, moderatley worn and faded. Sunned spine, bumped corners. 364p., plus about a dozen pages of ads.. Brown, Blind-Embossed Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

New York: Hurst & Company. Hardcover. Good. 4 1/4 x 6 1/4. 455 clean unmarked pages. The grey cloth boards have a color paste=-on with floral and green lettering on the front; some fraying to the top and base of the spine and edges. No date given but about 1910. GOOD+.

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1854. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Harper & Brothers Publishers,1854. Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has moderate shelfwear, rubbed/chipped edges, pieces missing on spine ends. Slight insect damage on spine edges. Pages are clean and unmarked, moderately foxed. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.

H. M. Caldwell, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 410 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout and to rear hinge, with exposed netting. Heavy tanning to text block edges. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have moderate… Read more about this item

London: Bentley, 1853. hardcover. very good(+). 639 pages, 8vo, 3/4 black morocco, marbled boards, gilt top. London: Richard Bentley, 1853. Fourth Edition. Revised with Additions.<br/><br/>

London: Richard Bentley, 1854. Sixth Edition Revised with Additions. Full Leather. very good. Bound in brown leather. Leather title label to spine. Raised bands. Marble endpapers. 639pp. Binding tight. Rubbing to edges and some light soiling. Previous owners name and date.

T Nelson & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 506 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Heavy tanning to pages and text block edges. Lighter to pastedowns and free endpapers. Light thumb marking present throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has… Read more about this item

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, n.p.. Thirty-Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Small Octavo; G; sunned burgundy spine with gilt text; reprinted; no jacket; cloth has slight rubbing wear to exterior; spine edges have several dings to edges; worn corners; sturdy boards; exterior edges to text block has age toned; slight dented impressions to fore edge to some pages; partially… Read more about this item

n.p. n.d. [c. 1853].. Fourth Edition; 8vo; pp. x, 624; b/w maps, index; rebound with new endpapers, pages uncut, lacks title page, frontispiece, and first contents page, a good copy.

NY: Limited Editions, 1969. 1st Limited, Numbered; in Very Good slipcase . #1098 of 1500 numbered, signed by artist; blue dec c in black slipcase 211 pages.. SIGNED By Illustrator. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Jospeh Dompan. Elephant Folio.

New York: Wm. L. Allison. Good. 1886. Hardcover. A Good edition with aging and other general wear to the volume itself, a previous owner's information stamp on the front pastedown and a starting spine hinge; This book is a history of the fifteen decisive battles that have shaped the course of world history. It provides a … Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1877. Cloth. Good. Slightly smaller book, smooth green cloth with complex embossed design and border to front and back, gilt near fine on spine, 364 browned pages, bottom tips very slightly bumped, light surface wear too, microtears with very slight wear to spine edges, purple ink name and date on first front… Read more about this item

RICHARD BENTLEY, LONDON, 1893 HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19TH CENTURY FULL LEATHER BINDING WITH MARBLED PAGE EDGES & ENDPAPERS, SEVERAL ILLUSTRATIONS AMONG TEXT. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 23 + 639 PAGES. SOME RUBBING TO COVER EDGES WITH A FEW MINOR MARKS TO LEATHER BOARDS, SOME GILT A LITTLE RUBBED TO SPINE, VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO… Read more about this item

H. M. Caldwell Co. 1/2 Leather. Good. 1/2 Leather Hardcover. No date found.....c.pre-1900 (date of 1851 at end of preface). Text unmarked. Gilt top page edge. Light damp stain on pages top edge.....does not go near text. Covers (marbled boards with leather on spine and corners) show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100%… Read more about this item

London: Bentley, 1853. hardcover. very good(+). 639 pages, 8vo, full burgundy pebbled morocco, marbled edges. Bookplate. London: Richard Bentley, 1853. Fourth Edition. Revised with Additions.<br/> <br/>

Royston: Oracle, 1996. 1st ed. thus. Nice Copy. octavo. stiff wrappers xv + 639pp., index, Classic text originally published in 1852

New York: United States Book Company (successor to John W. Lovell), undated (preface date 18510. Hardcover. Very Good. rubbed leather spine and corners; marbled boards; private library label on inside cover, and owner signature and 1892 date on pre title page; otherwise unmarked

London: Richard Bentley, 1876. 22nd ed.. Very Good. small octavo. full leather xix + 407pp., maps, Nice edition of the classic text originally published in 1852. Front hinge broken o/w very good copy in full leather with gilt device of Royal Institution School, Liverpool, on upper board

London: Richard Bentley, 1894. 40th ed.. Very Good. small octavo. orig. cloth xiii + 407pp., maps, Nice edition of the classic text originally published in 1852. With some small stamps & label of the Portland Free Library Museum & Literary Institute on the front paste-down