Search Results: History--World from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

London: R. Edwards, 1806. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 35, [1], 71 [1] pp. Second Edition, printed the same year as the first. Handsomely rebound in modern cloth with stamped leather spine label; textblock untrimmed. Stamps on a half dozen pages from a defunct library; title pages is chipped with some loss at the fore-edge margin, not affecting text; pages are somewhat toned/foxed. A remarkable captivity narrative from the French Revolution in which O'Neill recounts his abusive treatment as a prisoner of war as well as his escape. The narrative concludes with a rousing call to arms for all men to stand against their foe. Uncommon.

London: printed by T. Reynolds, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1730. Disbound. Good binding. Folio. [2], 8 pp. Removed from binding. Title page is nearly detached; margins are closely trimmed with no text loss but for a portion of the price on the title page; contents clean. Includes the votes around the recently signed Treaty of Seville (1729) reaffirming among other things, British control of Gibraltar that was ceded to them in 1713. In addition to the votes there is a nearly 2-page dissent on various aspects. There are several sections related to the Pension and Mutiny bills as well as a vote to cease maintaining a 12,000-soldier Hessian mercenary force because of the expense. This vote is accompanied by a dissenting argument for the value of such a force of foreign troops. ESTC T57735.

New York: The H. K. Fly Company, 1918. Hard Cover. Good+ binding. Octavo. First edition. Bound in scarlet cloth; spine is sunned and title is barely legible; binding a trifle soiled; contents clean and binding sound; uncommon edition; digital images can be made available upon request.

London: Trelawney Saunders, 1850. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xii 164 pp., frontis, 2 plates. First edition. In publisher's blue, embossed cloth; a separately published folding map to accompany this volume is not present and is itself fairly uncommon, otherwise all plates are present. Binding is a trifle shelfworn and has a notable forward lean; corners and spine ends softened; very sensitive conservation work to some to some weak spots in the cloth; additionally, the a few preliminary leaves have been sympathetically reattached and the front hinge mended; all in all, some very discreet and professional work. Contents are largely clean but for some light foxing to the three engravings; a few leaves have been roughly or carelessly opened leaving some tears in the margin. Previous ownership stamp of 20th century American archaeologist Harry Evelyn Dorr Pollock on the front free endpaper; Edmonds & Remnants, London binder's ticket on the rear pastedown. Uncommon. Sabin 2771.

International Churchill Society, 1989. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 64 pp., illus. As issued, in publisher's wrappers. Contents clean. Uncommon.

Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1977. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. xxiv, 368 pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1898 first edition including 32 plates and 5 maps and plans (one is folding), all present as called for. As issued, in red cloth with title in gold on the spine. Uncommon, thus.

London: J. Wilkie, 1764. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. [4], 31, [1] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Deaccessioned copy with periodic rubber stamps and catalog numbers; fairly fragile copy; half title and last leaf (blank) are soiled; chip to the fore-edge margin of the half title; closed tear to the top margin of all leaves, not touching text; generally age toned. "John Wilkes was a constant thorn in the side of the Ministry during the Seven Years' War. Despite efforts to exclude him, Wilkes was overwhelmingly elected to Parliament from Middlesex, and became the embodiment of the Opposition. His stand against the Ministry of George III led him to establish The North Briton. . . . In the guise of being a Scottish Tory periodical, it launched vicious and satirical attacks on the government. Wilkes' authorship, though unstated, was well known, and he was watched closely for a misstep. With issue 45, on Aril 23, 1763, he went too far and called George III a liar. Wilkes was immediately arrested and… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1846. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. Vol I: lvi, 595; III: lxxxiv, 440 pp. First edition. Publisher's brown, embossed cloth; fraying at the spine ends; corners softened; tear in the cloth at the top of the front joint of Volume III that extends onto the backstrip, the binding and cover attachment remains strong; previous owner blindstamp on the title page of Volume I, 2 blanks at the end of this volume have contemporary ink notes, otherwise clean. Uncommon, even as a partial set.

Cambridge: Printed by R. Daniel, for Thomas Buck, 1640. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Folio. [16], 286, [28] pp., map, plate. Second edition. Deaccessioned university library copy in early calf with simple tooling in gold and blind around the perimeter of the board and spine; Durham bookbinder's ticket on the front pastedown; engraved title page as well as folding map are present; lacking the blank leaf (Nn6) between the text and the chronology at the end. Both boards have been discreetly reattached and a recent morocco title label has replaced the original lost label; corners are rubbed and slight frayed; institution bookplates on the front pastedown and front free endpaper (the latter with deaccession stamp; evidence of a pocket and/or slip removed from the rear endpapers; institution stamp on the title page and on page 101 as well as a number stamp on the verso of the title page; occasional spotting or finger soiling to the text but by and large, a fairly clean copy; map has an early and… Read More

London: Epworth Press, 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. First edition. Previous owner name and date on the front free endpaper else a clean copy in gently shelfworn dust jacket.

Mindæ ære Pileriano, 1690. Disbound. Very Good binding. Small quarto. [2], 46 pp. First Edition. Bound into modern plain wrappers. Appears to be an inquiry into wars, modern and historical, with information on the contemporary, Nine-Years War including the Seige of Bonn and an abundance of praise for Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg. Additional chapters on historical conflicts with citations from Herodotus, Thucydides, Pliny, and others. Text in Latin, with some Greek and Fraktur. Uncommon. Grubel was a academic perhaps most known for his contributions to Lutheran writing in post-Reformation era Germany. Grubel was responsible for editing later editions of Georg Dedeken's Lutheran compendium, "Thesauri Consiliorum Et Decisionum" (1623). Benjamin T. G. Mayes, "Counsel and Conscience: Lutheran Casuistry and Moral Reasoning After the Reformation" (2011).

[France], 1800. Unbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 4 pp. First edition, thus. Unbound, bifolium, untrimmed. Light toning first and last page; shelf label on the bottom of the first page; very small hole through lower margins, not touching text. Text in French. First edition, thus, of a speech by Napoleon, clarifying his opinions on the Roman Catholic religion and on the relationship between church and state in France, as well as in Italy and all of Europe: "Cette traduction est tiree du 14e cahier des Annales philosophiques et morales, imprimees chez le Clere. . . . On y trouve le texte italien tel qu'il a ete imrime a Genes, check Andre Frugoni." Anotehr variant, described as being 10 pages, gives different publication information and mentions "auquel on a joint des notes historiques." Uncommon.

London: Fletcher Gyles, 1740. Full Leather. near Good binding. Large quarto. [16], 692, [24] pp., frontis. First edition. Contemporary speckled calf, double-ruled in gilt around the perimeter of the boards; leather title label on the spine. Scuffed and bumped; joints are splitting but holding; minor worming in margins, worsening in the upper margin of one hundred or so leaves, light waterstaining in upper margin of same one hundred or so leaves; very minor foxing in outer margin of a few quires. A history of the reign of Charles II, this is the author's rejoinder to Vol. III of the Complete History of England by White Kennet (1706). "Like the other works of the same author, the Examen is valuable for the many original anecdotes it contains, and the view it presents of party politics, but as an impartial authority it cannot be relied on" (Lowndes 1703). Allibone confirms, "We cannot say we should propose Roger North as a model for the biographer to imitate; but he had the advantage of the strictest… Read More

London: James Ridgway, 1860. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 56 pp. Removed from volume. Library stamp on the title page; minor toning and soiling to the first and last leaf as well as some minor chipping to the fore-edge of the final leaf; original stitching holes in the inner margin; gentle vertical crease from folding; a few dog-eared leaves, but generally, clean. Unattributed pamphlet on Turkey and the problems in the Balkans. Uncommon. OCLC identifies only two institutions in the United States holding copies and only ten worldwide.

Baltimore: G. Douglas, Bookseller, 1804. Full Leather. Good binding. Octavo. viii, 40, 351, [1] pp. First edition. In contemporary marbled sheep. Binding is rough, but solid; front board has been reattached; spine desiccated with some loss; only a fragment of the morocco title label is present; boards worn; contemporary owner name on the front free endpaper; contents are generally foxed/toned. Shaw & Shoemaker 6317.

London: Frederic Norgate, 1875. Half Leather. Good binding. Octavo. 52 pp. Second Edition, inscribed with the author's compliments at the top of the title page. Bound in contemporary red calf with corners and marbled paper over boards. Binding is abraded, but remains solid and attractive in its way. A warm letter (3 pages of a bifolium) dated November 1875 from Barlow to a Doctor Litchfield of Surrey is tipped in. Barlow was a Dante scholar and there is more than passing mention of Dante in the letter. A unique item.

London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Octavo. Volume I: iv, xxxv, [1], 450; II: iv, 463, [1]; III: iv, 571, [1]; IV: iv, 508; V:iv, 546; VI: iv, [2], 631, [1] pp., maps. Third edition. As issued in publisher's cloth; spines sunned with printed paper labels; two folding maps: the large "Map of Hindoostan" in Volume I is hand colored; the folding map of Persia, Afghanistan, etc. is not. A serviceable set, only, with chipped labels, strained joints and hinges; early repair and reinforcement; ex-society library with book plates on the pastedown; blind stamps on the title pages and shelf marking; bindings are generally stained and show evidence of moisture exposure; endpapers are also stained with notable tidelines; this staining is limited to the endpapers, front and rear, and only occasionally does it affect the adjacent leaves; largely a clean set; map in Volume I has an early mend to the verso; the map in Volume II is toned; and despite enumerating all its faults, it is… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1893. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. vi, [2], 256, 4 (ads) pp., frontis., plates, illus. First edition. In publisher's cloth with arrowhead motif in gilt on the front board, all for inserted plates present as called for. Spine a bit sunned; binding is a trifle rubbed but presents fairly well. An adhesive mend to the front hinge has left the front free endpaper unable to lay flat when the front cover is opened; endpaper at the rear hinge is separated, but the hinge remains relatively stable. This is Variant 1 without the publisher's device in blind on the rear board. Payne A7a.

Sindicato dos Trabalhadores nas Industrias Metalurgicas, Mecanicas e de Material Eletrico de Sao Bernardo do Campo e Diadema, 1987. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Quarto. [xvi], 272 pp. Red cloth titled in blind on the front cover; dust jacket is edgeworn but now protected in a mylar cover; inscription on the front pastedown; text is Portuguese and profusely illustrated throughout.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo. 167 pp., frontis. First American edition. In publisher's cloth with title in gold on the spine and front cover. Light soiling to the binding; spine darkened; contents clean and binding solid.