History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (54 results)

Hardcover. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. 6 volumes complete 1787, printed by J J Tourneisen. 1st revised edition. Printed for sale by Pissot in Paris. Fine typography, English textFine leather binding, with raised spines and gold emboss decoration. Pages generally clean with light foxing throughout all volumes. Bindings all tight, boards have bumps to corners. Volume 2 missing front cover, and volume five separated front cover, and partial separation to rear cover. Leather still supple and smooth to touch. Pages generally clean with light Fine leather binding, with raise.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. ~DATE RANGE: 1782-1788 ~FULL PAGINATION: vii, (13), 704 + (8), 640 + (8), 640 + viii, (8), 620 + (8), 684 + (10), 646, (52)pp ~First edition of vols IV-VI; new edition of vols I-III. Vol. I is 1782, ESTC T78359, Norton 26. Vols II & III are 1787, ESTC N36543, Norton 27. Vols IV-VI are 1788, ESTC T78365, Norton 29. Frontis portrait to vol. I by Hall after Joshua Reynolds. 3 maps (1 to vol. II; 2 folding, to rear of vol. V). Half titles to vols II-VI. Index and errata page to vol. VI. Early full tan calf boards, framed in double gilt fillets. Ornate gilt decor to board edges and turn-ins. Rebacked in near-matching tan calf. Raised bands and brown gilt label per spine. 4tos (22 x 27.3cm). Mild wear to board corners and edges. Hinges just starting to crack in vol.6 only, other hinges sound. All edges marbled in Stormont pattern, reinforced at gutters with old repair, probably when rebacked. Hinges sound. Early replacement blank endpages (some with 1819 watermark). All vols signed to top t.p. by G. Kinnear, perhaps George Kinnear (1751-1823) of the Edinburgh-based banking family. Old repair to fore-edge of map of the Western Roman Empire, with minor loss to edge of image. Small (1cm) single tear to edge of each folding map. Old repairs / reinforcements to fore-edges of sigs a-a3 in vol. I, with a little damp-rippling to edges of these same pages but no loss to text. Mild occasional foxing, severe on a few pages. A very few old annotations to margins in some vols. Gibbon''s masterpiece, first published between 1776 and 1788, ''occupies the summit of European Enlightenment historiography''; ''remarkable for the way Gibbon pushed at the edges of received opinions, and found fresh and fruitful ways of linking approaches and subjects which elsewhere lay unconnected'' (ODNB). A handsome solid square set. ~Robust packaging. Overseas orders trackable on request. Size: c. 700pp. per vol.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Second edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine; in original green dustjacket, black lettering on spine. Frontispiece folding map and reproduction of b/w portrait painting in volume I, all others but volume 3 with frontispieces. Publisher's device on title pages. Marginalia. Authoritative work by English historian and Member of Parliament, Edward Gibbon. Published in seven volumes between 1925 and 1929, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is known for the quality and irony of its prose as well as its open denigration of organized religion. Illustrated with twelve color maps, some folding, two plans and numerous b/w offset reproductions of ancient architecture and artwork. "This is a completely new issue of Professor Bury's famous edition. All the notes have been revised, many new ones added, and the edition is equipped with a new set of maps. It has also been fully illustrated under the direction of the Editor." (Publisher) Light wear along edges of dustjackets. Some foxing of foredges of block with occasional light foxing of some pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Six volumes in the typical extravagant Easton treatment. Each volume had the Easton bookplate affixed to the front pastedown, all of which have been removed leaving a very light shadow. Across the six volumes only two very small pin pricks to the page edge gilt. Obviously a bit heavier than normal postal charges would allow. Please request a shipping quote before ordering.

Leather Spines. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia, 1879, A new edition, to which is added a complete index of the whole work, in six volumes, six _x_; leather spines on marbled boards; extra shipping; scans available; vg condition; bx AN.

Full Leather. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. Edition and Printing Not Stated. 11 volume set - complete. Bound in full dark brown calf lether with darker brown leather spine labels. Edition and Printing Not Stated. Good to very good, several of the spine labels are cracking but complete, bottom spine label on vol. 10 is missing the top right corner, several of the volumes have darkened along the front edges of both covers. Still a very attractive set, protected in clear, archival quality protectors. Glass35 Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾". Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete 7 books. Excellent condition. Sold with a paperback abridged book as a plus. Very handsome pocket edition. May require a little extra charge for shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Hardcover 3 Volume set in new dust jackets. Black cloth to boards with silver lettering to spine. 4to. (? 6.5 x 6 x 10.25 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes appendices [8], list of abbreviations, selected further readings, bibliographical index and a general index. 3360 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is the most celebrated historical work in the English language. First published in three instalments between 1776 and 1788, it covers a period of thirteen centuries. The first installment traces the Empire from the Age of the Antonines to the growth and establishment of Christianity and the persecution its followers received in the reigns preceding Constantine; the second begins with the reign of Julian the Apostate and continues up to the conquest of the Roman territories in the West by the Goths, Huns and Vandals; the last installment follows the Empire from Justinian to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks. Throughout its length, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is never routine, always alert with humanity and intelligence and often surprising in its sympathies. Gibbon's genius as a prose stylist, his breadth of knowledge, his wit and energy combine to make the Decline and Fall one of the greatest narratives in European literature. This new edition provides the reader with the most accurate text of the Decline and Fall, complete and unmodernized, and illuminates it with an unrivalled wealth of related material. David Womersley's Introduction describes the development of the Decline and Fall as it moved from instalment to instalment and locates it in relation both to the events of Gibbon's life and to the Enlightenment culture within which it was written. The most substantial variants, and the comments and notes Gibbon made in his own copies of the work, are given in appendices. Also reprinted as an appendix is the famous Vindication (1779), in which Gibbon replied to the attacks on his treatment of Christianity. For the first time since Gibbon's death, two hundred years ago, a critical edition has been established. This third volume reprints the fifth and sixth volumes of Gibbon's work. The former is particularly concerned with the encounters between the dwindling and enfeebled Byzantine Empire and the vigorous new religion of Islam. The latter - perhaps the most varied and colourful of all - includes the Crusades, the fall of Constantinople to the Turks and an overview of the medieval papacy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 THICK VOLS COMPLETE, HBDJ, VOL 1 #G8 , STATED 1ST MODERN LIBRARY ON COPYRIGHT PG 1932 , VG/VG- , SOLD AS-IS, , SMALL EDGE TEARS CHIPS ON DJ SPINE WEAR EXTREMITIES & SCUFFING & TINY HOLE NEAR DJ SPINE DJ & MENDED TEARS, BACK OF DJ SAYS 215 BOOKS SO FAR, GIVES 8 POINTS SAYS AIM & SCOPE OF ML GIANTS, VERSO OF DJ SAYS COMPLETE LIST OF TITLES OF ML ONE DOLLAR A COPY, book is 1476 pages and otherwise in great shape. SCUFF MARK BACK DJ, THICK BLUE CLOTH HARDBACK WITH BRITE GOLD GILT STREAMER MAN ON FRONT & SLIGHTLY FADED TITLE ON CVR SPINE, VOL 2 #G7 , VG-/VG- ,STATED 1ST MODERN LIBRARY ON COPYRIGHT PG 1932, SMALL EDGE TEARS WEAR EXTREMITIES & SCUFFING & TINY HOLE NEAR DJ SPINE , BACK OF DJ GIVES 8 POINTS SAYS 220 BOOKS SO FAR SAYS AIM & SCOPE OF ML GIANTS, VERSO OF DJ SAYS COMPLETE LIST OF TITLES OF ML ONE DOLLAR A COPY, book is 1476 pages and otherwise in great shape .& MENDED DJ TEARS & SCUFF MARKS, THICK BLUE CLOTH HARDBACK WITH SMALL CHIPS TOP COVER SPINE WITH BRITE GOLD GILT STREAMER MAN ON FRONT & VERY LIGHTLY FADED TITLE ON CVR SPINE, Yellow DJ with Black Lines top & btm front of DJ, Volume 2 History of empire from a.d. 476 to fall of Constintine OR covers 1,000 yrs ended with acquisition of absolute dominion of Rome by the Popes in 1500.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

hardcover. Condition: 8 volume set 9th printing. Dust Jacket Condition: No slipcase boxes. 1998 9th printing hardbacks no marks in any of the volumes and all are in great condition No slipcase boxesAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing. PLEASE NOTE OVER SEAS BUYERS if the book extra large or heavy there will be additional postage due to the new US Postage rates.

Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Strahan and Cadell, London, 1781, Vol. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. These Volumes are smaller (5.5" x 8.5") than the earlier edition. Nice leather boards.most are loose and some volumes have parts of spine mixing.some foxing.fair condition.Box 1581. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustwrappers. First edition. ~Date range: 1897 - 1900. Original red cloth, stickers traces to each lower spine. Gilt crest of Exeter College, Oxford, to each front board. Bookplate St. Peter's Hall Oxford to inside of each front board. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Size: c. 550pp per volume. Folding Maps.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. An eight volume boxed set of Gibbons History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. First published in 1776 and completed in 1788. The text used is reproduced from the Everyman Edition, 1910, published by J M Dent and Son. First published by the Folio Society in 1983. ***This boxed set weighs nearly 8kg and will require additional postage if sent out of Australia***.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, #G7 , VOLUME 2 ONLY , UNDATED 1932, 1ST EDITION THUS, , 1476 PGS , INDEX, VG+/GOOD , AS-IS. SLIGHTLY TATTERED DUSTJACKET WITH MENDED REPAIRED TEARS EXTREMITIES CHIPS ETC Publishers Light blue TOPSTAIN to top outer pgs edge, ,THICK Blue cloth hardcover lightly rubbed & LIGHT SUN TITLES, . Interior in nice condition, clean, bindings tight. ENDS DJ SPINE HAS SMALL CHIPS & thin chip across front top of DJ, 215 BOOKS ON BACK OF DJ , tiny tears , Small chips wear to spine ends. some rubbing, no owner marks ,THICK Blue cloth hardcover lightly rubbed & LIGHT SUN EDGES, . Interior in nice condition, clean, bindings tight. Jacket IS rubbed and worn, edges chipped with tears and creases & Slight Scuffing. Publishers Light blue TOPSTAIN to top outer pgs edge, Gilt Rubbed on spine cvr, Light Wear, Fox Interior, Top edge DJ haS small THIN chips across top edge.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Allen Lane History, 3 Volume Set; 6.5 X 6 X 10.25 inches; 1000 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustwrappers. 2nd printing. ~No ownership marks. 8 volumes in 2 slipcases. With near fine slipcases. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Size: many illus 27 x 17 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustwrappers. 8th printing. ~No ownership marks. 8 volumes in 2 slipcases. With near fine slipcases, scuffed to bases. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Size: many illus 27 x 17 cm.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket, black cloth covered boards, silver lettering on spine; vol. 1, 1114 pages, corners sharp, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight; vol. 2, 1008 pages, smudge on top edge, corners sharp, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight; vol. 3, 1348 pages, corners sharp, no owner's mark or annotations, binding tight. No slip-case. ; 6.5 X 6 X 10.25 inches; 3360 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + slipcases. Folio Society edition. 8 volume set, complete. A Fine set in Very Good + slipcases. 8vos., each volume approximately 400 pages, illustrated with map end papers and reproduced steel engravings. Bound in a faux vellum boards, with gilt titles on red and blue spine labels; housed in the publisher's 2 red slipcases. The slipcase for volume 1-4 has 2 small tears at the opening. Both slipcases with light shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3 Vols. Uniform black boards and black and white dust jackets. Pink staining to small area of front panel of jacket to Volume 1. Six phrases/words underlined in red on jacket flap of Volume 3. No staining or underlining inernally. Edited, with an introduction and appendices by David Womersley. No slipcase. Dust jackets crisp and intact, pages clean and unmarked. 8vo.

Condition: Used - Very Good. 1994. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. In slipcase. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Books and dust jackets have minor wear. Slip case has a split on top right. Elsewhere, minor wear. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Near fine/VGC.BCA,1999.Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,two small dents on the edges of the cover) in near fine condition, with Dj(a couple of creases,scratches and nicks on the Dj cover) in VGC.Illustrated with b/w maps.Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks and colour mark on the outer edges,a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.1117pp including Glossary,list of maps,chronological list of emperors,list of chapter titles.Please note: This is very heavy book (approx 1.7 Kg).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase: Very Good. Four volumes in slipcase. I: The Turn of the Tide, II: Constantine and the Christian Empire, III: The Revival and Collapse of Paganism, IV: The End of the Western Empire. First edition 1989, reissued with new binding 1995, this is the seventh printing. Books in very good condition only. All covers slightly soiled and scuffed, same to many of the text blocks. Texts themselves clean. Slipcase also very good with signs of wear and a faint water stain to front. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase: Very Good. Four volumes in slipcase. I: The Turn of the Tide, II: Constantine and the Christian Empire, III: The Revival and Collapse of Paganism, IV: The End of the Western Empire. First edition 1989, reissued with new binding 1995, this is the seventh printing. Books in very good condition only. All covers slightly soiled and scuffed, same to many of the text blocks. Texts themselves clean. Slipcase also very good with signs of wear and a faint water stain to front. Book.

Full Leather. Condition: Reading Copy. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Sixth American, from Last London. 421 pages. Front and rear covers present but deattached. Leather has started to decay. Pages are foxed and toned, but free of marks and still firm. This item is suitable for rebinding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. no date given (circa 1977?); dj w/clipped price, in mylar; solid brown c w/gilt spine titles; 956 clean, unmarked pages; "This edition was prepared by Oliphant Smeaton, who reprinted all of Gibbon's own notes and added to them the material set off in brackets and signed with initials O.S. ".

Condition: As New. Like New condition. Like New dust jacket. Volume 3. (Roman Empire, Ancient Rome, Roman History) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Second Printing. Not price-clipped ($8.95 price intact). Published by Arlington, 1974. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.