Universal Biographical Dictionary Containing by Baldwin (62 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Full title: A UNIVERSAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, CONTAINING THE LIVES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED CHARACTERS OF EVERY AGE AND NATION, EMBRACING WARRIORS, HEROES, POETS, PHILOSOPHERS, HISTORIANS, POLITICIANS, STATESMEN, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, DIVINES, DISCOVERERS, INVENTORS, AND GENERALLY, ALL SUCH INDIVIDUALS, AS FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS OF HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME, HAVE BEEN DISTINGUISHED AMONG MANKIND; TO WHICH IS ADDED A DICTIONARY OF THE PRINCIPAL DIVINITIES AND HEROES OF GRECIAN AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY, AND A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF EMINENT LIVING CHARACTERS. 444 pages. Hardcover: H 20cm x L 11.75cm. Original dark brown boards with stamped borders; spine cloth completely lacking but with backstrip mostly intact save for a very slender vertical split between pages 216-217 and associated quire accordingly pulled; otherwise binding remains solid with boards firmly attached; boards rubbed with corners worn; some moisture staining at right corner of front board. Antiquarian ownership signatures on front pastedown, front free endpaper recto, and on blank verso opposite title page; pencil notes on several blank terminal leaves; some interior leaves have top corners creased. Should be rebacked as a minimum. {Antiq-Shelf#1}.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. pp. 448.

Condition: New. pp. 448.

18x11 cm. Contemporary full calf with gilt-stamped spine. Spine is well worn and torn at the bottom. Joints are gone, with boards attached only by string in the binding. 444 pp., frontis plate. Foxed. Published for the Subscribers. S&S 19502.

Hardcover. A leatherbound book with gilt text on the spine and an embossed floral pattern on the front cover. 444 pages. VG: Exlibrary book. Wear to the edges and covers; crack along the front cover edge of the spine. Fading to the spine. Plates on the front pasted end page; due date card pocket on the back pasted end page. Tanning and foxing to the pages.…

Condition: New. pp. 448.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in the publisher's original full brown leather; text fore-edges marbled. Covers show rubbed wear, light chipping to the spine, old repair to the upper spine with a tanned piece of leather, shelf edges and along the spine are a bit worn; outer front hinge has been repaired at some point, inner front hinge cracked but holding, heavy to light foxing throughout (with very light foxing to the text margins). A good copy with the text generally quite tight. Octavo. 444 pages. Frontispiece portrait of George Washington.…

1825 Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt-titled spine, gilted-raised bands, and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 444 pages; Description: 444 p. Front. (20 port. ) 19 cm. Subjects: Biography--Dictionaries. 1 Kg. …

1825 Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt-titled spine, gilted-raised bands, and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 444 pages; Description: 444 p. Front. (20 port. ) 19 cm. Subjects: Biography--Dictionaries. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Scattered marginal foxing. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans &c. On request. ; 444 pages; Physical desc. : 444 p : front. (20 port. ) ; 19 cm. Subject: Biography - Dictionaries. Other names: Crapo, Henry Howland, 1804-1869. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Scattered marginal foxing. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans &c. On request. ; 444 pages; Physical desc. : 444 p : front. (20 port. ) ; 19 cm. Subject: Biography - Dictionaries. Other names: Crapo, Henry Howland, 1804-1869. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. POS to title page. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 444 pages; Physical description: 444 p. : front. (ports. ) ; 21 cm. Subjects: Biography - Encyclopedias and dictionaries. Text in double columns. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a red morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. POS to title page. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 444 pages; Physical description: 444 p. : front. (ports. ) ; 21 cm. Subjects: Biography - Encyclopedias and dictionaries. Text in double columns. 1 Kg. …

Original full calf with gilt spine. Very good condition, first signature somewhat loose, front board lightly warped. 444 pp., lacks frontispiece of 20 small portraits. Appears to be similar to American Imprints 23580, though it collates somewhat differently. It is also different from, though similar to American Imprints 25087. The author is taken from the copyright notice on the verso of the title page. Abridged from Lempriere which was one of the earliest systematic efforts to provide a reference work on world biographies.…