Past and Present

London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Octavo. A very good- copy bound in original brown cloth with pale yellow endpapers. Rear inner hinge cracked. Wear, slight loss to spine tips. Scattered foxing. vi, 399 pp.

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1919. Hardcover. A 1919 reprint of the 1912 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition presenting the 1843 collection of essays by Scotland's Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881). In this work, the author reshapes a medieval chronicle… Read more about this item

New York: A.L. Burt, Publisher Hardcover. (Dark maroon cloth). 12mo. Tight. Intruductory note by Robert Thorne. Top edge gilt. Bright gilt titles.370pp. A few passages bracketed in soft pencil. Name & date in ink front endpaper.(dated 1902), .A volume in Burt's "Library of World's Best Books". V.Good+ copy.

London / New York: J. M. Dent & Sons; E. P. Dutton & Co, 1941. Hardcover. Fine. xv, [1], 304 p.; 18 cm. Orange cloth with gilt spine title; series emblem blind-stamped on front cover. Decorated endpapers. This is no. 608 of Everyman's Library. The Introduction is by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Contents: Proem… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Octavo (8 x 4 3/4"). VI, [2], 399, [1]pp. Contemporary gilt-stamped full vellum, with gold lettering to spine. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Composed in only seven weeks as a 'respite' from the harassing labor of writing "Cromwell," Thomas Carlyle's "Past and Present" was written as… Read more about this item

London.: Chapman and Hall., 1843. First printing. . Hard. Good. 8vo.. Good. Publishers brown cloth, slightly frayed around spine. Armorial bookplate of Andrew Jackson Dun to front pastedown, his name penned to half-title page also. Rear hinge cracked. Front endpapers darkened.

London & Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover. . Spine faded with a 1" tear along front hinge, and covers lightly soiled, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD.. … Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall , 1853. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5" . None . A later printing of Thomas Carlyle's noted commentary of British society. A social commentary by Thomas Carlyle in respond to the economic crises in Britain 1840s, with much criticism of nineteenth century British society by comparison of the monks' devotion to work… Read more about this item

Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. First American Edition. BAL 5194. Emerson edited the work and contributed a short note. Publisher’s paper covered boards with paper spine label some splitting and chipping; owner’s inscription; very good.

Oxford, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. Reprinted. 331 pages. Red and black dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers.Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and pastedown. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Clipped jacket has light edge… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. No Edition Remarks. 386 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and visible tanning to text block edges. Pencil annotation and tears to pages throughout. Boards have minor rubbing and light bumping to corners.… Read more about this item

Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company. Hardcover. Good. 418p. Ex-library. A small hardcover book bound in decorated cloth. Good condition, considering its age. Cloth is lightly soiled all over; more conspicuous stain on the back cover. Small notation near bottom of spine, as this copy was part of a seminary library. Seminary stamps inside and ink notation on front pastedown.… Read more about this item

Chapman and Hall, London, 1896. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 268 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Chapman and Hall, London, 1896. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have mild soiling. Spine has slight fading. Edges of pages are mildly foxed. Pages are lightly… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1965. No Edition Remarks. 294 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth with decorations. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil marks and underlining to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. First English Edition, Early Printing. Full calf. Near fine. An early printing of the first English edition of Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle, finely bound by Mudie.. Octavo, iv, 299pp, [1]. Full calf, wavy border stamped in blind to covers, with thin gilt trim. Five raised bands, title in gilt over brown… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover Octavo;G+; Tan indented leather spine with gilt text on black card; Boards strong, major chipping and rubbing on corners, edges and spine; Text block age toned, foxing throughout, two closed tears on inner spine near paste down, pages durable, text legible. pp 399. Shelve Front Case or Below Counter. 1272039. Shelved… Read more about this item

J. M. Dent and Co; London, 1902. Reprint. . Hard. Fair. 12mo; 400pp. Black and white frontispiece photograph.. Fair. Olive green calf covers with gilt vignette to front board and gilt titles to faded spine. Covers are very rubbed around the edges with peeling to the leather. Front board and prelims are detached. Hinges cracked.

London: Oxford University Press, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Reprint. 16mo. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. 331pp. Near fine with some page toning in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with chips, tears, and creasing. Number 153 of the Oxford World's Classics Series.

New York: Scribner, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Later. Very good. Book has light wear to the spine ends and cover corners, light spotting covers, a few light pen markings in text.

Home Book Co. , 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book shows very light wear to covers only with blue cloth hardback boards with green and red print and embossed edging. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind with age-toned paper, 403 pages. Publication… Read more about this item