About this title: Baron Macaulay was a leading figure in Victorian literature. His essays were quite popular. Macaulay first visited Italy in 1938 after which he reconstructed the lost ballad-poetry of Rome in English form. Lays of Ancient Rome begins with a lengthily preface in which Macaulay discusses the earliest histories of Rome. There follows a section on ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1890
Description: Good. ---117 pgs. Interior-Nice overall condition. The boards have only light signs of aging. -Publish Place: Boston, MA-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Stapled wraps. (5" x 3 1/2"). 64 pages.
Publisher: Haldeman-Julius Company., Girard, Kansas.
Date Published: (n.d. 1920s).
Description: Fair to good small pocket size booklet (stapled paper wraps). Wraps faded and tanned around the edges; contents browning. Name and store stamps. read more
Binding: Hardback: original light blue cloth with gilt titles and trim
Publisher: Henry Altemus Co, Philadelphia
Date Published: c. 1900
Description: No dust jacket. Near very good condition. B&W Illustrations. 191 pp. Moderately edgeworn and soiled. Previous owner's name and bookplate. Contents clean and very good. read more
Binding: Full-Leather
Publisher: Little Leather Library
Description: Very Good. 48mo-over 3"-4" Tall. Full-Leather--Very Good--48mo-over 3"-4" tall--Clean and tight with only lightest of wear--circa 1920's. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Leather Library
Date Published: 1923
Description: Good. This book is in Good condition. complete and solid. This small book measures approximately 3" X 4". Green and Bronze leatherette covers with embossed decoration and lettering. although undated, it was printed by the little leather library corporation, New York, in approximately 1923. "Little Leather Library Redcroft edition" embossed on back cover. Endpages browned, pages slightly yellowed. text clear. moisture stain to bottom corner of 4 leaves. read more
Binding: Limp leatherette
Publisher: Robert K. Haas (formerly Little Leather Library), New York
Description: Good. Red pseudo leather covers, embossed. Published post 1924. 3x4". Cover edges chipped. Front endpaper is stained.; 48mo-3.5" to 4" read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Charles Scribner
Date Published: 1912
Description: G+ No DJ. Size: 12mo (6.5" to 7.5" tall); Name of previous owner on flyleaf; Clean body of text; Boards somewhat rubbed and soiled; Pages heavily yellowed with age and slightly brittle; Spine somewhat rolled, Hinges somewhat cracked; Corners and ends of spine bumped; A very serviceable reading copy. read more
Description: Macaulay, Thomas Babington., pub. by Robert K. Haas (formerly Little Leather Library Corp. ), nd (ca1920? ), ncrd, Little Luxart Library Edition, blind stamped red leather, eps tanned, light edgewear & spine tanned (corner chip) o/w good+ (no dj), 93 pp, 46mo. read more
Binding: Full-Leather
Publisher: Little Leather Library Corporation, New York
Description: Fair. 16mo. The cover is chipped, scuffed and bumped with edgeware. Pages are brittle and browning from age. Cover is green leather. Pages are pulling loose from the spine. No date given. read more
Description: Good; 1909. Brown cloth over boards cover with black lettering-light wear at edges of cover-binding is tight-small amount of writing inside front cover-text is not marked. Nice, older copy.; Hardcover; Charles E. Merrill Co.; NY; 12mo 7"-7½" tall. read more
Edition: cloth over boards, 6 1/4" by 4 1/4"
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Altemus Company., Philadelphia
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. bumped corners, stamp in front frontispiece illustration, pages very clean and tight, minor shelf wear to spine ends, a very nice edition. 191 p. beautiful cover, half pebbled maroon w/gilt stamped iris, other half cream with pink carnations, green stamped spine Chapters: Horatius, The Battle of the Lake Regillus, Virginia, The Prophecy of Capys, Ivry, The Armada read more
Description: Fair. Hardcover, 1867, red boards with ornate black/gilt decor, corners rubbed through and splits to edge of spine cover foxing to endpapers otherwise internally sound. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Leather Bound
Publisher: Little Leather Library Corporati
Date Published: 1922
Description: Good. Green Little Leather Library Redcroft Edition. 3x4 with tan aging inside covers & 1st & last pg. Others off white. FREE delivery confirmation and mailed inside a plastic sleeve for extra shipping protection. read more
Binding: Hardback: black cloth with gilt title and elaborate decoration.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 1929
Description: No dust jacket. Near very good condition. Mounted full-page color plates. 180 pp. Moderately edgeworn and rubbed with some fading to spine. read more
Binding: Mass Market P
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 1890
Description: Fair. 1890 Mass PB. Houghton Mifflin-Riverside Literature Series #45, 117 Pgs. Previous owner name ffep. Sporadic penciled reader notations (more at beginning then less). Pages tanning. Paper covers with tanning and soiling. Binding solid (Stapled). Frontis of Thomas Babington Macaulay. Few illustrations. Couple pages with mild soiling. Illustrations. read more
Binding: Leather
Publisher: Little Leather Library, New York
Date Published: 1920
Description: Good. No Jacket. 48mo-over 3"-4" tall. 1920's book, green tooled leatherette, faded/discolored cover, a lot of spotted wear on cover, edges of cover worn/chipped also, binding a little worn/loose, pages slightly torn and yellowed too, an excellent and VERY RARE BOOK.... read more
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