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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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1900-1902 5vol Set The Major Works of George BorrowLondon: 1900-1902A lovely 5 volume matching set of Borrow's popular works, illustrated, and bound in green half morocco. -
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. -
1907-14 The Works of George BorrowLondon: 1907-14A smart set of the most important works of George Borrow, an illustrated set bound by Roger de Coverly & Sons. -
1876 Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite CrusadeLondon: 1876The first edition of this lesser known political work by Algernon Charles Swinburne. -
1876 Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite CrusadeLondon: 1876The first edition of this political essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne, in which he attacks the politics of Thomas Carlyle. -
1914 The Zincali: An Account of the Gypsies of SpainLondon: 1914A lovely early twentieth century edition of George Borrow's detailed account of the Romani people of Spain, 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'.