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Robertson, William. The History of the Reign of the Emporer Charles V. Volume IV. W Strahan; T Cadell; J Balfour, London, 1777.

Price: US$38.22 + shipping

Description: 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 371pp + 84pp index. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed with cracks to spine. Marginal stain to prelims

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

William Robertson. THE HISTORY OF AMERICA VOL 2 (INCOMPLETE SET). London/Edinburgh: W. Strahan, T. Cadell/J. Balfour, 1777.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 8 1/2 x 11 in. Full brown calf with raised bands on spine. Condition is FAIR - front cover missing. Rear cover detached but present. Spine worn with cracking. Binding remains strong. Fold-out plate present, no map, if there ever was one. Text is clean with endpapers, half title and title pgs, some minor foxing to text. Contemporary owner's name in fine copperplate on title pg. Gift message at upper right, presenting the book to Horace Binney Hare, a judge in the Philadelphia court system circa 1860's.

Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.

Robertson, William.. THE HISTORY OF AMERICA [AND] THE HISTORY OF AMERICA BOOKS IX AND X. Containing The History of Virginia, to the Year 1688; and The History of New England, to the Year 1652.. W. Strahan, 1777 and 1796., 1777.

Price: US$107.27 + shipping

Description: 1st edition. 2 volumes. 4to. [xxiii] + 488pp. + 535pp. + 143pp. + index. Folding plate. Some occasional foxing, a few pencil markings to margins of pages. First gathering of volume I detached, with ownership inscription to front f.e.p. and bookplate to front pastedown. Rubbed and worn half calf with marbled boards, spines with red leather title label and gilt ruling, boards detached. Please note that additional postage charges may be necesary. US$104

Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom

Robertson, William. The History of America Volume II. W. Strahan, T. Cadell, J. Balfour, London, 1777, First Edition, 1777.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG/NO DJ, HB, 4to., 535 pgs. + Index. More properly this is an odd volume of the two volume set covering the early history of New Spain, in the First Edition. By the 4th Edition of 1796 third and fourth volumes had appeared which brought the history, in the final volume to include the History of Virginia to 1688. This volume presents Books 5-8 from about 1518 to about 1774 in New Spain. Bound in the original brown calf with gilt titles to maroon and black Morocco labels. Front joint is cracked at top but still holding well. some surface cracking of the spine but this is not very obtrusive. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper is dated 1799. Some sets of this history call for two maps to each volume but this copy may have originally been bound by its owner with all the maps to Vol. 1 as I cannot detect where they would have been placed in this volume. There is a single fold copper engraving of Mayan glyphs opposite p. 481. This is a nice looking copy in a mellowed origianl state.

Seller: Albion Books, Irvine, CA, U.S.A.

Robertson, William. The History of America - Two Volume Set. W. Strahan; T. Cadell; J. Balfour, 1777.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Two volumes, complete. Missing maps. Bookplate of the Countess of Albemarle at front paste down of each volume; "Countess of Albemarle B. S." penned at half title of the first volume, and at title page of the second. This could be the signature of Elizabeth Southwell Keppel, first wife of William Charles Keppel, fourth Earl of Albemarle; however, the bookplate may be hers or that of Charlotte Susannah Keppel, William's second wife, as each paste down also includes the signature of Lady Philippa Sidney, to whom Charlotte left some number of her possessions following her death in 1862 (The Illustrated London News, February 7, 1863). Brown leather with elaborate gilt tooling at spine, vining gilt borders tooled at front and back panels. Heavy shelf-wear, scuffed and scratched, with frayed corners and notable loss to spine tips, as well as a large chip from the leather of volume two just above the titles. Hinges cracked through with exposed thread binding. Threads appear strong; binding is intact through textblocks. Additional prior owner's name penciled unobtrusively at front paste down of both volumes, and moderate to heavy foxing throughout, but the interiors are else clean. Texts are otherwise unmarked. Due to the size and weight of this set, it may require additional postage to ship. Photographs available upon request.

Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Robertson, William. The History of the Reign of the Emporer Charles V. A New Edition. Volumes I-IV, complete. Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh, London, 1777.

Price: US$440.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A New Edition in octavo, each volume with engraved frontispiece, bound in full polished calf of the period, spines in 6 compartments, each spine with 2 spine labels; bindings square and tight, spines somewhat dry and mildly rubbed so that the volume numbers are somewhat indistinct; internally clean and unmarked with occasional light age toning, still a tight and attractive set in convenient format

Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.

William Robertson. The History of America.. , 1777.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: William Robertson. The History of America. London: Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh. MDCCLXXVII. First edition. Two volumes large (28 x 23 cm) quarto. Volume I: VI+xvii++[7]+488. Volume II: [2]+ 535 pages +[blank]+ [20 pages index and errata]. Verso of title pages have crossed-out Cambridge University stamps. No other library markings. Four fold-out maps in very good condition, all dated 1777 and specified as for Robertson’s History of America. Fold-out chart of Aztec symbols in Volume II. Large margins, clean paper with little foxing. Bindings full calf, both front hinges weak, with cords solid but leather splitting. Volume label of Volume I missing. More photos available.

Seller: South Willington Book Cartel, WILLINGTON, CT, U.S.A.