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Hume, David. A HISTORY OF ENGLAND. JOHN MURRAY LTD. LONDON 1880, LONDON, 1880.
Price: US$8.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG- BOARDS LIGHTLY WORN; SOME PAGES FOXED
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hume, David. A HISTORY OF ENGLAND. JOHN MURRAY LTD. LONDON 1880, LONDON, 1880.
Price: US$8.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG- BOARDS LIGHTLY WORN; SOME PAGES FOXED
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hume, David. The History Of England (Volume III). Ward Lock & Tyler, London, 1880.
Price: US$11.79 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: [No date], but ca. 1880] Revised and Corrected Ed., reprint of the edition of 1786 w/Author's "last Corrections and Improvements". Hard cover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall in green cloth w/ stamped black dec. and titles, gold spine medallion, "Standard Histories". Poor/No Jacket (as issued). Partially disbound, spine and front board attached at exposed rear hinge, corners curled, beautiful owner notation (1880) front endpaper, which is chipped; boards bright, interior clean and unmarked. Includes "A short account of his life, written by himself." 815pp inc. Bibliography, Index. Volume III only, a rebind candidate?
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
David Hume. A History of England From Earliest Times to the Revolution in 1688. John Murray, 1880.
Price: US$17.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown boards with gilt to spine, blind stamp to front board. Minor expected shelfwear. Spine gently nibbles top and bottom. Contents very clean bright and tight. Great example. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details – only too pleased to help!
Seller: A Book Is Forever, Pershore, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Red cloth, paste-on title, rubbed, cracked inside at spine. Vol. III England; Vol. 3
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Date uncertain. Complete in 5 vols; previous owner's label to front endpaper; corners bumped. Published in the 1880's, with a life of Hume by himself, notes to each volume and a general index of the five volumes at the end of volume five. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. A reprint of the six volume set. From Wikipedia: "David Hume 1711 1776 was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism.Hume published The History of England, a 6-volume work, which extends, says its subtitle, "From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688". Inspired by Voltaire's sense of the breadth of history, Hume widened the focus of the field away from merely kings, parliaments, and armies, to literature and science as well. He argued that the quest for liberty was the highest standard for judging the past, and concluded that after considerable fluctuation, England at the time of his writing had achieved "the most entire system of liberty that was ever known amongst mankind".The History became a best-seller and made Hume a wealthy man who no longer had to take up salaried work for others. It was influential for nearly a century." Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.
Seller: The Book Shed, Benson, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$87.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good 3/4 calf marbled bds & eps gilt spines slight edgwear brief inscription dtd 1885. A nice looking set.
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
David Hume; Thomas Smollett. Illustrations for The History of England. London : James Virtue, 1880.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. 100 plates to illustrate the Virtue edition of the History of England, Contemporary 3/4 red leather over red pebbled cloth. Raised bands, gilt ruled, marbled endpapers. Foxing to a few plates, but majority are clean. No text. A collection of plates excised and rebound from the set issued by Virtue in the Victorian period.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$117.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcovers. No DJ's. 5 VOLUME SET. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding loosening slightly in 2 volumes but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With previous owner's name, otherwise a VG unmarked 3 volume set in decorative green cloth bindings with black and gold stamping. A nice tight set. Photos on request. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$186.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Six volume complete set. no date but continued up to the reign of Queen Victoria in 1880. Half-leather bindings are tight and supple, with clear gilt spine decorations and keylines. The dark blue/black morrocco leather is not powdery or splitting, with general edgewear and a few small flaps to the surface at the edges. The raised bands of the spines have moderate wear in places which would be improved with a bit of leather cream or such but will certainly not need the book doctor. The inner hinges are tight with beautiful marbled endpapers. Volume one has an impressive chromo-lithograph double colour frontis/title plate. There are numerous steel engraved plates throughout, one or two also coloured. The pages are generally very clean and free of foxing or wear, all edges gilt. Although six volumes, the pagination continues between v1-2, 3-4 & 5-6, hence intended to be suitable for a 3 volume binding. The six volume treatment is much more manageable. 724pp-in-2, 740-in-2, 789-in-2. Size: 4to
Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom