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Works - Thirty-Four Volumes

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Works - Thirty-Four Volumes

by Carlyle, Thomas

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London: Chapman and Hall Thirty-four volumes complete, n.d. c. 1888 - Volumes One to Ten - 'History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great', viii, 458pp; viii, 490pp; vii, [1], 424pp; viii, 407pp, [1]; viii, 441pp, [1]; viii, 453pp, [1]; vii, [1], 409pp, [1]; vii, [1], 393pp, [1]; vii, [1], 445pp, [1]; viii, 392pp; Volumes Eleven to Fifteen - 'Cromwell's Letters', xvi, 339pp, [1]; xi, [1], 344pp; xi, [1], 325pp, [1]; xi, [1], 311pp, [1]; viii, 320pp; Volumes Sixteen to Eighteen - 'Translations From the German', xvi, 351pp, [1]; [8], 344pp; [8], 419pp, [1]; Volumes Nineteen to Twenty-Four - 'Essays', [6], 412pp; [6], 416pp; [6], 405pp, [1]; [6], 460pp; [6], 444pp; [6], 423pp, [1]; Volumes Twenty-Five to Twenty-Seven - 'French Revolution', ix, [1], 359pp, [1]; [8], 378pp; vii, 440pp; Volume Twenty-Eight - 'Past and Present', vii, [1], 387pp, [1]; Volume Twenty-Nine - 'Sartor Resartus', vi, 308pp; Volume Thirty - 'Latter-Day Pamphlets', [8], 421pp, [1]; Volume Thirty-One - 'Life of John Sterling', vi, [2], 342pp; Volume Thirty-Two - 'Life of Friedrich Schiller', viii,426pp; Volume Thirty-Three - 'On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History', [6], 303pp, [1] and Volume Thirty-Four - 'Early Kings of Norway and Index', [8], 380pp. Contemporary uniform half morocco and marbled paper over boards, raised bands, spines in six panels, author in gilt to second panel, sub-titles to fourth panel, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spines slightly faded, minor rubbing to extremities. Internally fairly bright and clean. Tarr notes that 'as supplies of certain volumes were exhausted, they were reissued, and apparently were arbitrarily either dated or undated. Since the records of Chapman and Hall have been destroyed, it is impossible to ascertain the frequency of these reissues or to establish any pattern of dating". Tarr D7. Reprint. Half Morocco and Boards. Good+. 8vo.

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Title
Works - Thirty-Four Volumes
Author
Carlyle, Thomas
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Used - Good+
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Reprint
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Place of Publication
London
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8vo
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