Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three Volume Set. Full Calf. New leather spines and labels. Good looking with strong bindings bright clean clear print.(modest fox/soil) All three volumes have had the spine redone residue internally showing on the first/last pastedowns. Volumes have owners inked names & bookplates.Vol I with small dot on the title page. Vol. II has water stains through page 2 up 3 inches from the heel. John Wingate Thornton Bookplate in Vol.II. Frank H. Mason Bookplate in all 3 volumes. Caleb Strong owned set also. Size: 8vo Collectable
Seller: Mom and Pop's Book Shop,, Wakefield, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$276.22 + shipping
Description: "Weit verbreitetes Werk des schottischen Geistlichen und Historikers Robertson (1721-1793); es erschien erstmalig 1769 in Dublin und wurde mehrfach auch ins Deutsche übersetzt. "It quickly became, one of Robertson's best-known works and did much to advertise the possibilities of the new Scottish historiography" (siehe Oxford DNB XLVII, S. 276). Dies ist eine kollationsgleiche Titelauflage des Londoner Verlegers Strahan von 1788. ? Deckel berieben und fleckig, ein Rücken mit Wurmspuren im hinteren Gelenk; innen kaum fleckig und gut erhalten. ? Vgl. Graesse VI, S. 138; Germann, WV J. J. Thurneysenes d. J. Nr. 39 (UB Basel); VD18 90089812: Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar. "
Seller: Antiquariat Susanne Koppel, Hamburg, Germany
Price: US$331.47 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4 volumi in-8 (210x140 mm.), pp. XII, 479, (1); pp. (2), 412; pp. 498; pp. (4), 371, (108). Legature coeve in piena pelle con titoli incisi su tassello bianco ai dorsi, numerazione di tomo su tassello nero. Tassellino in carte al piede del dorso. Tagli in rosso, segnacoli serici. Lievi fioriture, ma bell'esemplare conservato in un'elegante legatura.
Seller: AU SOLEIL D'OR Studio Bibliografico, ACQUI TERME, AL, Italy
Price: US$645.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 3 volume set. 22 cm. Bound in contemporary smooth leather. Gilt ruled spine, with red and black leather spine labels. Handsome bindings. Front hinges cracked. Hardcover. Clean, unmarked pages. 3 folding maps. Book plates of Joshua Vanneck and Hintlesham. Vanneck (1745-1816) was a British MP representing Dunwich, Suffolk. Refs: BMC, Vol 21, p. 796 (292); Howes R359. Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 13536.8-4. 5th ed.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1440.00 + shipping
Description: Fifth edition, complete in three volumes. xlvii, [1], 388pp; 499pp; 439, [39]pp + [1]p of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half morocco over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. With four folding maps of Mexico or New Spain (including California); the Gulf of Mexico, the islands and countries adjacent; South America; the countries on the South Sea, from Panama to Guayquil; and one folding plate. In the preface of this edition Robertson replies to criticism of his work by Francesco Saverio Clavigero. A remarkably bright and clean set in fine condition. Graesse VI.138. Howes R358. Sabin 71973. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.