[BINDINGS] -- [HISTORY]. A group of 7 works, most in contemporary full leather bindings, including works related to history, comprising:
1) GIBBON, Edward.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. L: John Murray,1855. 8 volumes. Later green straight-grain morocco gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY ZAEHNSDORF & C.E. LAURIAT CO. BOSTON. Later edition.
2) LECKY, William Edward Hartpole.
A History of England in the Eighteenth Century. L: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879- 1890. 8 volumes. Contemporary tree calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY ROOT & SON. Second edition.
3) STEPHEN, James, Sir.
Lectures on the History of France. L et al: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans et al, 1852. 2 volumes. Contemporary polished calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY HAYDAY. Second edition.
4) MACAULAY, Lord.
The History of England. L: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1862. 8 volumes. Later blue polished calf gilt, BOUND BY FORBES & BENNETT, SOUTHAMPTON (ticket).
5) McCARTHY, Justin.
A History of Our Own Times. L: Chatto & Windus, 1880. 4 volumes. Contemporary paneled calf, red and brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION.
6) MORTON, H.V.
In Search of England. L: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1934. Contemporary polished blue calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Twenty-first edition.
7) MORTON, H.V.
In Search of Scotland. L: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1935. Contemporary polished blue calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Twenty-first edition.
Together, 7 works in 32 volumes, all 8vo, most in contemporary full morocco or calf bindings, condition generally very good.
This lot is located in Chicago.