1873, ISBN: da9c4c0c67db22006d924f956e2d038d

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A handsome set of this extensive and interesting history of England from B.C. 56 until 1849. With numerous plates and … Mehr…

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A handsome set of this extensive and interesting history of England from B.C. 56 until 1849. With numerous plates and text illustrations throughout. Charles Knight (1791 - 1873) was an English publisher, editor and author. He published and contributed to works such as The Penny Magazine, The Penny Cyclopaedia, and The English Cyclopaedia, and established the Local Government Chronicle. In addition to being the editor and author of Penny Magazine and Penny Cyclopedia, and other popular works, Knight wrote The Results of Machinery, Knowledge is Power, and The Popular History of England over eight volumes starting in 1856. In 1864 he withdrew from the business of publishing, but he continued to write nearly to the close of his long life, including an autobiography under the title Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century [Wikipedia]. In his introduction Knight writes that he was inspired to write this history by it being noted in the Times that there was no history of England other than that by David Hume. Knight continues saying that he had long desired to write this history and had collected many of the materials already. He believed that "the Englishman" should be familiar with the history of his country. Bound in three quarter red leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. With raised spine bands and gilt titling and ornaments. Leather is lightly scuffed and rubbed but generally very good. Interior pages have some scattered foxing and smudging but are also very good. The text pages total almost 4200 pages, including indexes and miscellaneous tables. Octavo volumes. ENGHISTORY/071621., Bradbury and Evans, 1862, 3<

1862, ISBN: da9c4c0c67db22006d924f956e2d038d

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Bradbury and Evans, London], Hardcover. A handsome set of this extensive and interesting history of England from B.C. 56 until 1849. With numerous plat… Mehr…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Bradbury and Evans, London], Hardcover. A handsome set of this extensive and interesting history of England from B.C. 56 until 1849. With numerous plates and text illustrations throughout. Charles Knight (1791 - 1873) was an English publisher, editor and author. He published and contributed to works such as The Penny Magazine, The Penny Cyclopaedia, and The English Cyclopaedia, and established the Local Government Chronicle. In addition to being the editor and author of Penny Magazine and Penny Cyclopedia, and other popular works, Knight wrote The Results of Machinery, Knowledge is Power, and The Popular History of England over eight volumes starting in 1856. In 1864 he withdrew from the business of publishing, but he continued to write nearly to the close of his long life, including an autobiography under the title Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century [Wikipedia]. In his introduction Knight writes that he was inspired to write this history by it being noted in the Times that there was no history of England other than that by David Hume. Knight continues saying that he had long desired to write this history and had collected many of the materials already. He believed that "the Englishman" should be familiar with the history of his country. Bound in three quarter red leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. With raised spine bands and gilt titling and ornaments. Leather is lightly scuffed and rubbed but generally very good. Interior pages have some scattered foxing and smudging but are also very good. The text pages total almost 4200 pages, including indexes and miscellaneous tables. Octavo volumes. ENGHISTORY/071621.<

1850, ISBN: da9c4c0c67db22006d924f956e2d038d

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Bradbury and Evans, London], No date, presumed first edition c. mid-late 1850s, stamp of Clement Bemersyde Haig, of the prestigious Scottish family, ex… Mehr…

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Bradbury and Evans, London], No date, presumed first edition c. mid-late 1850s, stamp of Clement Bemersyde Haig, of the prestigious Scottish family, ex-Thames Reading Room library w/usual stamps, numerous lovely engravings, beautiful 1/2 calf binding w/marbled boards and end papers, gilt titles and repeated gilt crown motif on spine, which has five raised bands, rubbing to extremities of boards, edges tanned and dirty, some foxing, light toning, binding tight. Grading commensurate with age of book. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day., Books<

1111, ISBN: da9c4c0c67db22006d924f956e2d038d

Gebraucht, [SC: 3.72], [PU: James Sangster & Co], 472 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black and gilt decoration to front and gilt titles to spine. Text block edges gilt. Contains bl… Mehr…

Gebraucht, [SC: 3.72], [PU: James Sangster & Co], 472 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black and gilt decoration to front and gilt titles to spine. Text block edges gilt. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as moderate tanning and thumb marking. Endpapers slightly mottled. Text block edges a little scratched. Boards are rubbed, faded and worn overall, with wear and dents to edges. The corners are bumped and fraying. Spine ends are crushed and worn.<