John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton First (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 180 pages. 10.00x8.00x0.41 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp.vii, 379 pages, a very good plus hardback, publisher's original maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Former owner's details neatly written on the ffep.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Rebound ex library book with usual stamps and stickers. No dust jacket. Some small marks and annotations made in pencil to a few pages, otherwise good condition.

Condition: see description. large 8vo, vii,379pp, spotted on top and fore-edge cut edges, some spots here and there but mainly not encroaching on the margins except at the extreme edge, original cloth, title gilt on spine, dw a little shaded over spine but intact, good.

Hardcover. Condition: Used Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket with Mylar. Some foxing.

reprint hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo. xix + 362pp., appends., index, 19 lectures inc. Luther, The Huguenots & the League, 30 Years War, War of Spanish Succession, Peter the Great, & Frederick the Great. Chipping to front paste-down o/w a very good copy.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. Octavo. 716pp. Trifle worn else fine in wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint of 1907 first edition, in a very nice school prize full leather binding by Bickers & Son of Leicester Square. Endpapers and edges marbled, contents very clean and sound. School crest of the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne on the front board and school prize label to front pastedown. Lord Acton (1834-1902) was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer, best remembered for the phrase "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.".

reprint hardback with dust jacket Very Good octavo. xix + 362pp., appends., index,

2nd printing. orig. cloth Nice copy octavo. lxvi + 452pp., appendix, bibliog., index, Minor annotations to prelims. o/w a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1906 First edition, second printing. Ex-Library. Text is clean, binding is strong. Dark red cloth cover with gold lettering is very lightly rubbed at corners and top & base of spine.

Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardback. Heavy wear and tear to jacket. Moderate wear to boards. Storage odor. Text is clean, unmarked. (Shelf: H4) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof mailers and then boxed to prevent damage during transit.

rear cover has 6" blind indentation, spine ends & corners bumped. 8vo xxxix,638pp one leaf publisher's ads, notes, index. top edge bit foxed, else a good+ copy, clean & unmarked. Lord Acton (1834-1902), Regis Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, was known for his passionate defense of freedom of conscience. Illustrated by portrait frontis. Binding is maroon cloth.

Edited with an Introduction by John Neville Figgis and Reginald Vere Laurence. Macmillan, London 1907. First edition. XL+634 pages. Publisher's cloth. A few marginal markings in soft pencil. Very good with a bit of edgewear.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 379. Appendix, index. Dark red cloth, stamped in gilt. Owners' bookplates on endpapers, cover little worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w VG. Lectures given at Cambridge from 1895 to 1899, plus portions of class discussions on the literature of the Revolution.