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Thomas Carlyle. The French Revolution: A History in Three Volumes.. James Fraser, London, 1837.
Price: US$1537.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of this classic work on the French Revolution. A very good set in leather, rebacked with original spines laid down and new labels, corners bumped and boards show some minor wear. Collated to Dyer Page 85 although volume II lacks the advert leaf. All half titles present. Printing and the Mind of Man #304. Volume I inscribed "T. C. Arnold fr. JRB. May 30/1840.", Volume III inscribed "C. T. Arnold. Oxford. 1840. Rugby. 1841" in a different hand - see photos. Volume I has some minor pencil annotation to rear endpaper.
Seller: Chris Phillips, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
CARLYLE, THOMAS. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY. James Fraser, London, 1837.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: THREE VOLUMES uniformly bound. Inner dentelles, red endpapers. A SIGNED BINDING by Riviere and Sons. French fillet borders with corner rondelles. Spine decorated in gilt. Gilt lettering has faded but can still be read. Top corners just a bit worn, several lightly bumped. Please see photos. All three half-titles are present. Volume 1 is subtitled, "The Bastille", Volume 2, "The Constitution', and Volume 3, "The Guillotine". One of the greatest treatises written on the french Revolution. See "Printing and the Mind of Man", #304. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish historian, essayist, philosopher in the Victorian era. Size: Crown Octavo
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY. IN THREE VOLUMES. James Fraser, London, 1837.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: Three volumes. vii,404; vii,422,[2]; vii,448pp. Uniform half brown patterned cloth and drab paper-covered boards, printed paper labels. Edges and corners rubbed, front joint of second and third volumes partially split, labels worn and darkened. Bindings somewhat shaken, with all hinges cracked but cords holding strong; occasional gatherings standing proud. Bookplate on each front pastedown, minor scattered foxing to first few and last few leaves of each volume. Withal, a very good set in contemporary bindings. Untrimmed. In a red half morocco clamshell case, spine gilt. The first edition of Carlyle's classic study of the French Revolution, complete with all half titles and the integral advertisement leaf in the second volume, in its original, contemporary binding, and with all edges untrimmed. Carlyle arranged his work in three parts, the first subtitled "The Bastille," the second part "The Constitution," and the final part "The Guillotine." "Of the three great political upheavals which have altered the face of the earth - the American, French and Russian Revolutions - only the French has stimulated literary masterpieces which, in turn, have made their impact, direct and indirect, upon millions of readers who would have, and have, left unread the productions of dispassionate scholarship. They are Carlyle's book and the 'History of the French Revolution' by Michelet. Carlyle wrote his French Revolution as a secular 'tract for the times' and as a warning for his compatriots of the frightful consequences of materialism, utilitarianism and democracy. Scottish puritanism and German romanticism were his lodestars; 'History is the essence of innumerable biographies' was his historical creed. The result is not a work of scholarship but a prose epic, teeming with colorful scenes of dramatic events and imaginative portraits of the leading revolutionaries. The book at once captured the English-speaking world, and has, outside France, moulded popular conceptions of the French Revolution down to the present day" - PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN. Copies of Carlyle's work rarely appear in original condition, as here. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 304. DYER, p.85. TARR A8.1.
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Description: Of the three great political upheavals which have altered the face of the world É. only the French Revolution has stimulated literary masterpieces which, in turn, have made their impact, direct and indirect, upon millions of readers É They are Carlyle's book and the History of the French Revolution by Michelet. Three volumes, octavo. vii, [1], 404; vii, [1], 422, [2]; vii, [1], 448 pp., including the half-titles. Late nineteenth-century polished tan calf. Covers and spine ruled in gilt, top edges gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Binding by Bickers & Sons, with their stamp in each volume. A fine set. First edition. Carlyle wrote his French Revolution as a secular 'tract for the times' and as a warning for his compatriots of the frightful consequences of materialism, utilitarianism and democracy. Scottish Puritanism and German romanticism were his lodestars; 'History is the essence of innumerable biographies' was his historical creed. The result is not a work of scholarship but a prose epic, teeming with colourful scenes of dramatic events and imaginative portraits of leading revolutionaries" (Printing and the Mind of Man, 304).
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Carlyle, Thomas. The French Revolution: A History. Three Volumes. James Fraser, London, 1837.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Red morocco ex libris bookplate of important American collector and founder of the Grolier Club Robert Hoe (1839-1911) front pastedown of each volume. A handsome set in custom cut mylar covers. A few surface nicks to boards, some marginal foxing, a uniformly fine set. 8vos. Red crushed morocco., teg, marbled endpapers, french fillet border front panels, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with floral centerpieces inside floral spray borders, lavish inner dentelles. A Club Bindery production and stamped by them on the inside lower front dentelle
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.