Malcolm Sir John Colonel (3 results)
More imagesPublished by Printed for John Murray, London 1815
- Hardcover
Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United KingdomGeorge Jeffery Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 1,500.00
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Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measure 31.5x25. Collation, xxii,[2],644pp, vii,[1],715,[1]pp, complete with 22 plates, folding map. Bound in full leather. Both volumes have been rebacked, retaining the original diced boards, raised bands, gilt lines, leather labels, boards have outer dentells, f…ull gilt edges, marble endpapers. Boards rubbed, with some wear on edges, and corner. Both bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, school library bookplate. A couple of pages have a single letter/number stamp, [ probably a shelve number], map has a short closed split on folds, repair to edges, some occasional spotting, mainly to plates. Pages and plates in good ondition. A nice well bound set. Size: Quarto.
Published by London; Printed for John Murray 1815
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, , United KingdomFrancis Edwards ABA ILAB
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£ 1,650.00
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1st Ed. 2 vols. 4to. [Without half titles]. xxii + [ii] + 644pp. + vii + 715pp. + [i] Errata. Folding frontis. map (offset), 22 plates. Light browning, plates foxed, contemporary calf boards with gilt tooled edges, some wear and marking, professional restoration to corners, rebacked in modern calf with gilt ruling and gilt lette…red labels to spines. Brunet III: 244;Sir John Malcolm (17691833). '. his classic History of Persia, which appeared in 1815, brought him an honorary doctorate of laws from Oxford. Translated into French (1821), German (1830), and Persian (n.d.), the history was particularly valuable for contextualizing events surrounding his own time in Persia, and served as the standard western work for about a century .' US$2228.
More imagesPublished by Printed for John Murray and Longman & Co, London 1815
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mull Books, Ledbury, , United KingdomMull Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 4,500.00
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Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition in two volumes. Complete with folding map on facing title page, 16 plates as listed at beginning of volume 1, errata page at beginning of volume 1, errata page to vol 2 is after the index. Original full marbled calf binding, gold tooled spine with title label, joints cracke…d, corners rubbed. Text block in fine unmarked condition with wide margins, plates foxed. Plain end paper with owner's book plate 'John Grove Ferne'. Sir Walter John Grove 2nd Baronet (1852 1932) of Ferne House Vol 1 Booksellers label 'DM Beach, Salisbury' and pencil markings to end paper. Loose end paper Vol 1.' Book based John Malcolm's three diplomatic visits to Persia. This is a heavy item so may incur higher postage rates. Further details and images are available on request. Book.
