New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. First U.S. Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo (9" x 6"); xix, 467pp. 53 plates including frontis, some with tissue guards, all present. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering, rules, and illustration. Boards bumped and worn at corners and spine ends, with a...... More

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1931]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue printed dust jacket retaining original price (25s.); 541pp. Jacket extremities quite chipped and rubbed with small losses to margins and splitting along flap folds, corner bumped, later ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a...... More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920 [1921 Seventh Printing]. Octavo; publisher's orange pictorial cloth, color pictorial element mounted to upper cover; x,[2],180pp.; color pictorial endpapers, full-page illus. throughout. Boards rather worn and textblock crudely glued to binding, faint discoloration to margins and spine, hinges slightly cracked, contemporary gift inscription..... More

Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co., 1897. Limited Imperial Edition, this set being number 1 of 500. Four volumes in eight. Octavo. Frontis portraits to each volume. Red cloth with brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Spines faded with some staining to boards. Bindings are..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. Uncorrected Proof. Printed red paper wraps. Covers are crisp with a bit of darkening to spine and light smudging to back. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More

London: Nicholson & Watson, 1938. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 332pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, twelve leaves of plates, chiefly photographs. A number of chips and closed tears to jacket extremities occasionally touching text, crudely repaired internally along margins, jacket spine significantly faded, spine slightly cocked, offsetting..... More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. First American Edition, after the Fifth English Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in dark green and gilt; xv,[1],423pp.; photographic frontispiece, sixteen leaves of plates including folding map, additional illus. in text. Light shelf wear, corners rather bumped and spine cloth a shade..... More

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1931-2. First Edition. Two volumes + folding maps in separate slipcase; publisher's purple cloth, gilt-lettered spines, maps housed in matching slipcase; lx,334; xiv,[335]-754pp. Ex-Oxford History Faculty Library with usual markings throughout, light wear to cloth extremities, spines toned to tan, corners bumped, else a Good..... More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Reprint with fewer plates and 1910 date to title page. Octavo. 126 pp. 16 color plates by Rackham with tissue guards, complete. Green cloth stamped in gilt with color plate pasted to front cover. Dark topstain and light green endpapers with no map. No..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's olive-grey cloth lettered in red, red topstain; 267pp. Corners and spine ends gently bumped, spine cocked, rear hinge cracked, else Good to Very Good, albeit lacking the rare jacket. Inter-war mystery novel by one of the most..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's bright orange cloth, front cover and spine stamped in blue, blue topstain; [8],290pp. General shelf wear to cloth extremities, corners rather bumped, spine cloth a few shades faded, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. Lacking..... More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. First Edition Thus. Octavo; Vol I lv + 583pp; Vol II xi + 570pp; Vol III xi + 568pp; Vol IV xv + 469pp; Vol V xiii + 432pp. Fifty-three engravings of portraits, dwellings, locales, manuscripts, and signatures dispersed throughout the five volumes; two-color..... More

Manchester: George Simms, 1853. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 16pp. Light wear and toning, otherwise in clean, stable condition, Very Good. Pamphlet on the need for education reform and advocating for the development of a national education system in 19th century Britain. More