THE POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND: An Illustrated History of Society and Government From the Earliest Period To Our Own Times. (Eight Volumes).
by Knight, Charles
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About This Item
Estes and Lauriat, Boston: ., 1873 Eight Volumes. Profusely illustrated with text drawings and full page engraved plates. Bookseller's label of R. M. Johnson Chester, PA on front paste down of Volume one. XLib stamps on marbled fly leaves and some half titles. Bookplate of Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary on front paste downs. 8vo. 225mm. Original half leather over marbled paper covered boards. Raised bands on spines. Remnants of impression of the white library call marks on spines. Volumes 3, 7 and 8 library stamp on top edge. Volumes 4 and 8 head of spines rubbed. Nice set. Hardbound. Please email us directly about postal charges on these sets. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! ENGSETS BX 1 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 208R58
- Title
- THE POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND: An Illustrated History of Society and Government From the Earliest Period To Our Own Times. (Eight Volumes).
- Author
- Knight, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Estes and Lauriat, Boston: .
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN SETS EIGHT VOLUMES CHARLES KNIGHT POPULAR HISTORY OF CULTURE GOVERNMENT SOCIETY ILLUSTRATED; NOAMZ
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Marbled Paper
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