Lays Of Ancient Rome

NYC: Little Leather Library, 1920 93 pp. Text is clean, tight, unmarked, toned. Contemporary owner's name (1921) on flyleaf. Red leather covers are VG, light rubbing to spine ends.. Flexible Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Published. 3.5" x 4".

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer 1867. Small 8vo. 210, [2] pp. Red full morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, raised bands, gilt-stamped devices and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt - a Riviere binding. Engraved throughout by George Scharf. Ink inscription on ffep., dated May 1867. Rubbing to the extremities and joints which are tender. Foxing to first… Read more about this item

1888. London / Glasgow / New York, George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 10 cmx 13.5 cm. 256 pages. Hardcover / Stunning late 19th century masterbinding with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and boards / Matching marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Manuscript gift-inscription to halftitle (dated 1896). [Routledge's Pocket Library… Read more about this item

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1922. Pamphlet. 63p., light blue stapled wraps, 3.5x5 inches, wraps lightly toned along edges, pages evenly toned else very good condition. Little Blue Book / Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 281.

Paperback. Very Good.

London: The Folio Press. 1988. First edition thus, first printing. First edition thus, first printing. Original quarter red moire silk and marbled boards with title labels to the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean and bright throughout. With the original acetate wrapper. A beautifully… Read more about this item

Henry Altemus, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Hinges are moderately cracked with exposed netting. Moderate crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb marking throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Press, 1988. Hardcover. London, The Folio Press, 1988 (first thus). Octavo, xxii, 89 pages. Quarter cloth and marbled boards; title label mounted on the front cover and spine; top edge gilt, leading edge uncut; covers very slightly bowed; a near-fine copy with the transparent acetate dustwrapper a little cockled. One of a small series of letterpress… Read more about this item

Frank Graham : Newcastle, 1968. Hard with Dust Jacket. Good+ in fair+ dust jacket. 4to, 11. Illustrated with photographs.. Good+ in fair+ dust jacket. Red cloth covers with gilt titles to the spine. Dust jacket is little bumped around the edges with a few small nicks and tears, light markings and a little scratched, otherwise clean and tight… Read more about this item

London, Spottiswoode,1855? . Half leather with 5 raised bands (worn) on spine and gilt lettering, illustrations throughout 'Original and from the Antique', drawn on wood by George Scharf,Jun;marbling to front and end pages and to edges; internal foxing, front joint cracked,title page loose, torn and badly marked.

George Routledge & Sons, 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1886. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Marbled paper covered board with brown cloth to spine. Medium cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have heavy shelf-wear with bumping to corners,… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Press, 1988. Hardcover. VG, clean, tight copy; art school ex-lib. copy with usual marks. Spine label remnant on acetate cover but not on book spine.. Maroon/pink marbled paper over maroon moire silk with gilt vertical band. Grey paper titles with black lettering. Clear acetate cover, taped to end papers. xx, [2], 89 pp. with no… Read more about this item

Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1843. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1843. 6th Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Half bound brown leather with light brown cloth boards. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are mildly foxed & tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding is firm. Boards have… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1903. Soft cover. Good. Pleasant decorative World's Classics edition of Macaulay's dramatic historical poems based on heroic episodes from early roman history. Gentle rubbing and bumping to edges. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good+

U.S.A.: Little Leather Library measures approximately 3" X 4" . Green and Bronze leather 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. 93 pages.. Leatherette. Good/No Jacket.

George Routledge and Sons Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. New Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1903. Soft cover. Good. Broadway booklets edition of Macaulay's dramatic historical poems based on heroic episodes from early roman history, engraving to soft cover. Spine is rubbed with some loss. Binding starting but contents clean. Fair.

New York: Wilmore-Andrews, 1880. Hardcover. Mild rubbing to head and foot of spine, edges, and corners of boards. Very mild and light spotting or soiling to covers. Very mild bumps to corners. Ex library bookplate to front cover verso, ex library name inscribed in pencil to front free end paper. Very mild and sparse spotting throughout. Else pages clean… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c.1890s]. Hardcover. A compact edition presenting six lays of ancient Rome. A "lay" is a historic poem, ballad or story; in this case, poems. With a handful of black & white drawings, and a frontis portrait of the compiler, Thomas Babington Macaulay. --- In red floral cloth… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None . The scarce first edition of Lord Macaulay's poetical work on Ancient Rome, bound in full crushed morocco. The scarce first edition. Bound in full crushed morocco. This work was written by the noted Thomas Babington Macaulay (Lord Macaulay), a British historian, author… Read more about this item