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Robertson, William. The History of America, Volume I [of 2]. E & E Hosford, Albany, 1822.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xvi, 17-448. Volume I only. Well worn, front board held by cords only, complete, light foxing. No names or marks but from the Augustine Washington library [bookplate removed for my collection].
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Robertson, William. The History of America. 2 volume set. E. & E. Hosford, 1822.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 volume set; full leather (original); significant foxing; some wear; light chipping to head and heel of spine
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Later American edition. Volume II only. Good with some water stains to the first 50 to 60 pages with a little rubbing to the leather on the head and tail of the spine and some rubbing to the corners.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 3 vols. Engraved frontispiece portraits in Vols I and III. 8vo, contemporary full brown speckled calf; gilt spines. From the Latest London Edition. Foxing / age toning to text throughout; the volumes tight and sound and attractively bound.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
ROBERTSON, William. The Works of William Robertson, D.D. F.R.S.E.,. , 1822.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Description: Principal of the University of Edinburgh, and Historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland. With an Account of his Life and Writings by The Right Rev. George Gleig. 12 vols. 2 plates & 6 fldg.maps London 1822. *Includes History of Scotland (3 vols.), History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V (3 vols.), History of America (4 vols.) & Historical Disquisition concerning Ancient India (1 vol.). Calf boards very worn, 5 detached. 4 vols. rebacked otherwise spines very worn. Contents very good.
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Description: weight: 2.5 lb. Good, hinges splitting, ink name to endpapers, pages foxed throughout. Portrait frontis, 2 additional engraved plates. 8vo., 22.7x14 cm. xvi, 445; 420 pp. Contemporary full brown leather, red and black spine labels, gilt spine titles.
Seller: Zephyr Books, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$139.00 + shipping
Description: 330pp/engravings/folding map. 11 p (index), The author's last literary effort. His historical outlook shaped in some respects by views shared with Hume and Adam Smith, the author William Robertson was already regarded by his contemporaries as an immensely successful historical writer by the time the present work was published. Encouraged by Gibbon, he brought his 'Historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the Ancients had of India É'. The book concluded with a wise hope that the account "of the early and high civilisation of India, and of the wonderful progress of its inhabitants in elegant arts and useful science, may have some influence upon the behaviour of Europeans towards that people"' Corners bumped and cover beginning to separate. Light foxing.
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$143.75 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Volume 8 of Robertson's Works. 330 pages plus xiii pages of Index. Pages are heavily stained and foxed, but readable. Two folding maps at the back have several tears. Two library labels on the fep, signature on the ffep. Top 1" of the ffep missing. Full leather binding with gilt titles on spine labels. Spine and edges faded and stained, small tears at head of spine. Corners bumped, boards scuffed. Binding tight. FAIR
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM. HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.. , 1822.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: ROBERTSON, William. THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V. In three volumes. From the latest London edition. Albany: E. and E. Horsford, 1822. 3 volumes. 8vo., full calf gilt, rather rubbed. Endpapers and edges foxed, Vol. III ffep. detached. Still very good in all.
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Half calf and marbled boards. Books rubbed but a tight sound set in original bindings with gilt decorated spines. Heavy set - will require extra postage.
Seller: Scarthin Books ABA, ILAB., Cromford, United Kingdom
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: .included, The Posthumous Volume, History of Virginia, to the year 1688; and of New England, to the year 1652. Pro. rebound black pebbled black leather, gold title on spine "later printing of Howes R 358". Consistent internal browning but very sound. Photo of the before and after included.
Seller: A Casperson Books, Niles, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Albany: E. and E. Hosford, 1822. "With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century." First American Edition. Three volume set. 8vo. Very good. Full brown leather covered boards with gilt title to red title label on spine. Seven gilt rules to spines. Minor rubbing to exterior. Small chip to title label on volume III. Foxing and browning throughout though text remains bright. Illustrated frontispiece to volumes I and III. Overall a lovely set. EURHIS/030222
Seller: Under the Covers Antique Books, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Complete two volume set. THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D. . . . FROM THE LATEST LONDON EDITION: IN WHICH IS INCLUDED, THE POSTHUMOUS VOLUME, CONTAINING THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, TO THE YEAR 1688; AND OF NEW ENGLAND, TO THE YEAR 1652. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I and VOL. II. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 13.75cm. Original full calf leather bindings; some rubbing and scuffing to boards with light wear along edges and spine ends, spine's decorated with red title labels retaining bright gilt lettering "Robertson's America" with thin double-ruled horizontal gilt bars delineating compartments, fourth compartments from top have gilt volume numbers "1" and "2" respectively but with latter have some surface abrasion causing slight loss to number and to gilt bars immediately above. Past bookseller's pencil notations on Volume I front pastedown; both volumes with two-line antiquarian ink inscriptions "Jos. Merriam | 1825" at tops of front free endpaper rectos; early and late blank leaves have strong foxing/toning but mostly mild to moderate foxing to interior pages. Volume I with b/w frontispiece with tissue guard; other b/w plates to both volumes also retaining tissue guards. Bindings are firm. Still a handsome set. Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 3.25 pounds (1.47 kg) and may require additional postage and insurance for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: "8vo., (8 5/8 x 5 4/8 inches). 2 folding engraved maps of southeast Asia (some offsetting, some minor spotting). Contemporary tree calf (hinges weak, extremities worn with minor loss). First American edition, first published in London in 1791. The last historical work of Robertson, prolific writer and Church of Scotland minister, who also wrote a history of America. "During the 1780s his attention gradually turned to India. He had broached the question of India's contact with the West in the opening chapter of the "History of America", and various personal contacts reinforced that interest. In the early years of the decade he was intent on securing military commissions for his sons James and David, and by 1783 both were serving in India. In addition, Robertson had contact with India hands such as Robert Orme, James Rennell, William Fullarton, and Sir John Macpherson. These personal connections, coupled with the opening of the trial of Warren Hastings in 1788 and the publication of John Logan's "Dissertation on the Government of Asia" (1787) and James Rennell's "Memoir of the Map of Hindoostan" (the latter, first published in 1783, was greatly admired by Robertson, who used its new 1788 edition), led him to write "An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India" [as here], which Strahan, Cadell, and Balfour published in a single volume on 4 June 1791. The "Disquisition" falls into two main parts: the first two-thirds is a narrative of the commercial contacts India had with the outside world from ancient times to the sixteenth century; the remainder is a long appendix describing Indian culture. The narrative portion documents, gathers, and summarizes familiar but scattered material; the appendix is broadly descriptive and more innovative, following the pattern developed in the descriptive chapters of the "History of America". Robertson is especially intrigued by the apparent degree of cultural sophistication achieved by the Indians and its relation to the stadial theory of history with which he had been working. Although he concludes that Indian culture is in general not as sophisticated as it appears, he nevertheless closes his historical career with a typically liberal appeal: 'If I might presume to hope that the description which I have given of the manner and institutions of the people of India could contribute in the smallest degree, and with the most remote influence, to render their character more respectable, and their condition more happy, I shall close my literary labours with the satisfaction of thinking that I have not lived or written in vain' (Works, 11.334)" (Jeffrey R. Smitten for DNB online)."
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Later American edition, originally published in England in 1769. Three volumes, octavo, frontispiece illustrations in Vol. I and II, full brown morocco with gilt-decorated spines. Ownership signature, foxing, covers with some light wear, joints splitting, but still a handsome set in a nice American binding.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: E. and E. Hosford; Albany, 1822. Hardcover. Complete 8 Volume Set. A Very Good, full leather binding with gilt ornate design and gilt lettering on spine, leather a bit dry and brittle, starting and partially cracked hinges, rubbing along board edges, splitting to joints, age toning to pages, specked text block edges, exposed board corners, some discoloration/foxing to front and back matters, text block edges a bit pulpy, some handling/scuffing to boards, couple of chips rear free endpaper Volume 1, few dog-eared pages, bit of loss to spine top and bottom edges. A nice, overall clean and unmarked set. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. (Vol.1) 452pp., (Vol.2) 441pp., (Vol.3) 332pp., (Vol.4) 389pp., (Vol.5) 359pp., (Vol.6) 448pp., (Vol.7) 420pp., (Vol.8) 330pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.