Description: ITEM: The deluxe limited edition of the History of India, complete in nine volumes, published by The Grolier Society and edited by Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson, Ph.D., LL.D. Quarto, [nine volumes]. Three-quarter black morocco with ornate gilt trim and embellishments. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Four raised bands with title in gilt on spines. Top edge gilt. Solid text blocks, with wear to leather and drying out. Most hinges are detached - see details for each volume below. Internally fine examples, free of foxing or notable wear. Each volume contains a myriad of black and white in-text illustrations. All include a hand-colored frontispiece with captioned tissue guard. From a limited edition of 1,000 copies, this being number 162. This comprehensive history traces the rise and development of India in the 6th century B.C., through the early 20th century. Full titles of each volume are as follows: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century, B.C.; From the Sixth Century B.C. to the Mohammedan Conquest, Including the Invasion of Alexander the Great; Medieval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the Reign of Akbar the Great; From the Reign of Akbar the Great to the Fall of the Moghul Empire; The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians; From the first European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company; The European Struggle for Indian Supremacy in the Seventeenth Century; From the Close of the Seventeenth Century to the Present Time; Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers Classic, Oriental, and Occidental. Volume 1 - front and back covers detached.Volume 2 - front cover cracked along spine, still attached, back cover is detached.Volume 3 - front cover nearly detached.Volume 4 - intact.Volume 5 - front and back cover cracked along spine, still attached with the cloth.Volume 6 - front cover nearly detached, a missing leather band on spine.Volume 7 - front cover detached, back cover nearly detached, two leather bands missing on spine.Volume 8 - front and back cover cracked along spine, still attached with the cloth.Volume 9 - intact. SHIPPING: All buyers agree to pay calculated shipping charges. We will gladly combine shipments to help save you postage. If Ebay forces you to pay for each item individually we will refund the excess postage when we ship. If you have special packaging requirements, please contact us BEFORE paying so the shipping charge can be adjusted. Postcards/snapshots are shipped in envelopes (over $20 shipped in cardboard sleeves) and books are shipped in bubble mailers (over $30 shipped in a box).
Price: 800 USD
Location: Weatherly, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-08-12T22:19:38.000Z
Shipping Cost: 34.88 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Fine Binding
Language: English
Special Attributes: Limited Edition, Numbered
Signed: No
Author: Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson
Personalized: No
Publisher: Grolier Society
Topic: Historical
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1906
