Search Results: lays of ancient rome with ivry by lord macaulay

Roberts 1883. Good. Light wear to boards; small ding at top of spine. minor separation at front gutter no dust jacket nice red decoration on the gray boards.

A lovely old edition of Macaulay's classic work. There is a former owner's bookplate inside.

International Printing & Publishing Co., 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo in green cloth, extensive gilt. Library number on the cover, but no other library indications. Corners and spine ends moderately rubbed, binding tight and square, p.o. signature dated 1876, prelims foxed, text block modestly toned.

The Rodgers Co., 1900. Hardcover. Collectible - Very Good/No Jacket. No Date in book. Blue boards with silver gilt decoration on covers. 6x4 235 pages. Lightly worn at corners and rubbed on covers. Nice attractive gift quality book.

White an Allen, 1887. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Green cloth over beveled edged boards. Gilt lettering on front board, spine faded. Some war on corners. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Some light foxing.

New York: White and Allen, "The Chiswick Edition., (1887). Hardcover. Very Good. New York: White and Allen, "The Chiswick Edition., (1887). Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition, #87 of 350 copies. Octavo, vellum covers with pictorial design of gold and silver coins. 167 pages. Former owner inscription on a preliminary page, light soil on covers. 021210E or CRBC

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1851. First Thus. Leather Binding. Very Good. Bound in full period vellum, spine decorated in gilt, covers with an elaborate border in gilt and red, a single red fillet surrounding two gilt fillets encompassing a repeating gilt floral scroll which encloses a single red fillet with gilt floral devices at corners, upper cover features a large gilt 'ROMA' at center while the rear cover features the she-wolf suclkling Romulus and Remus, edges red, marbled endpapers (has some wear, traces of damp, and slight bowing to covers, several later ink stamps). Illustrated with 9 original mounted photographs (including frontispiece which is after a painting); 1 b/w plate.

G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press Leather Bound - VG - Book is clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated - Circa 1890's - 237 pages.. Leather Bound. Very Good.

Home Book Company , NY. HB NODustJacket Issued, NF+/NF+, NODJ, NODATE but early, Small Green decorated cloth with Gold Gilt, 5 3/4 X 3 3/4 in. approx, Gold gilt top pages edge, 258 pgs + List of Illustrations. Hard Cover.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1884. New Edition. Later Printing. Leather. Custom blue half-leather over marbled boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on red label in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt borders on covers, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. New edition, with explanatory notes. Contents: Includes Preface; Horatius; The Battle of Lake Regillus; Virginia; The Prophecy of Capys;. Ivry; and The Armada; each with extensive introductory notes and detailed additional notes at the end. First published in 1842, the Lays of Ancient Rome is a collection of narrative poems, or lays, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Four of these recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name. Macaulay also included two poems inspired by recent history: Ivry (1824) and The Armada (1832). They became immensely popular, and were a regular… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1893. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [7], viii-xxix, [4], 4-191, [3] pp. Contemporary polished calf with twin gilt rules to each board,, spine in six compartments with a morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine, Forest School embossed on the front board (this copy is a prize binding), gilt dentelles to the insides of the boards; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. With forty-one illustrations by J.R. Weguelin. Originally published in 1842, the Lays of Ancient Rome was inspired by Macaulay's trip to Italy. The Lays are a collection of poems based on figures and battles from early Roman history including Romulus and Remus, the death of Virginia and the founding of the plebeian tribune, and the warfare between the Romans, Latins, and Etruscans. Macaulay's work was incredibly popular when it was published, and has since been praised for its "rhetorical power", even said to be admired by Winston Churchill (Kunitz: British Authors of the… Read More