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Windows into worlds gone by, a vast store of history. Both the iconic and the less well-known is here. Together with forgotten byways and things not found anywhere else. Here is also Americana, Crime, Feminism, Occultism,Archaeology, and Ethnography.
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1783-1790 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1783-1790The very scarce complete first octavo edition of Gibbons's 'Decline and Fall', tracing Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the 15th century. -
1827 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireOxford: 1827An impressive eight volume edition of Gibbon's magnum opus, handsomely bound in half calf, tracing Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the 15th century. -
1796-1815 Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of the Life and Writings: Volume I and IIILondon: 1796-1815The first edition of volume I and volume III of Lord Sheffield's important collection of the works of Edward Gibbon, including a memoir by Gibbon himself. -
1816 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1816Edward Gibbon's monumental historical account of the fall of the Roman Empire, smartly bound in a uniform straight grain morocco binding. -
1932 GibbonLondon: 1932Artist Rex Whistler's personal copy of the first edition of this biography of historian Edward Gibbon, signed to the title page by Whistler and with a small illustration in his hand. -
1834-1836 The History of EnglandLondon: 1834-1836Sixteen volumes of the Valpy edition of Hume, Smollett and Hughes's impressive study of the history of England, from B.C. 55 to A.D. 1837. -
1812-1826 The History of EnglandLondon: 1812-1826An attractively bound set of Hume and Smollett's history of England, with Hume's work in eight volumes, and Smollett's in five. -
1824 The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688London: 1824A scarce single volume edition of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's history of England, illustrated throughout. -
1903 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1903-1925A bright, smartly bound set of Edward Gibbon's seminal work 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. -
c1848 3Vol The History of England From Julius Caesar to Victoria Hume SmollettLondon: c1848A comprehensive work the history of England, from the invasion of Julius Ceasar to the tenth year of Queen Victoria. -
c1877 15vol The History Of England By D Hume, T Smollett Dr E Farr and E H NolanLondon : c1878An illustrated History of England with steel engravings and colour maps. The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the end of the Reign of James II By David Hume; continued From the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II by