Burghley: Tudor Statesman by B.W. Beckingsale - 1967-10-01

NY: Macmillan/St. Martins, 1967. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Black & white illust. Record # 57748

Palgrave Macmillan Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Macmillan, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 340 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Illustrated dust jacket over dark blue cloth with a black and white illustrated frontis and illustrated plates throughout. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Moderate tanning to pages with front endpaper missing and pencil inscription to half title page. Noticeable tanning to text block edges and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Binding is also loose. Boards have visible rubbing and notable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing to spine. Noticeable water damage to boards and spine. Clipped jacket with major edge wear and visible rubbing. There is visible tearing to corners, edges and spine ends and water damage to spine. Major water damage to interior.

Later Printing. Hardcover book in dust jkt. Book has no markings, no rem-mark is clean with tight binding. Pgs 107 and 114 have a printing error, with the text being incomplete near the top of the page. Dust jkt is not price clipped (63 shillings) with small tears and stress at the top of the spine, wear at the front tips, and wear at the extremities. 340 pgs w/index and B&W photos.

Macmillan, 1967-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x8x1. Blue cloth covered boards with silver spine titles; minimal edge wear; jacket has mild edge wear; front flap is price clipped; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; illustrations in black and white; 340 pages.

St. Martin's Press, 1967. Hardcover. Very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / chipped and rubbed dust jacket protected with brodart wrap. 340pp, 17 b/w illustrations.

Macmillan, 1967. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

N.Y.: ST. MARTIN'S, 1967. 1st U.S. Ed. Hard Cover. NEAR-FINE IN NEAR-FINE, PRICE-CLIPPED DJ.

London: Macmillan, 1967. Presumed First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. x, 340 pages. Notes. Further Reading. Index. The book includes 17 black and white illustrations of Lord Burghley and his contemporaries. The construction of this book provides a new technique in historical biography. While the first part offers a picture of William Cecil's development in his career, the second part allows the reader to see him in a variety of contexts which provide a sense of perspective and a fuller appreciation of the texture of his life and of the contemporary setting. This new technique overcomes the danger of clogging the narrative of his life, and does not lose the man in the welter of events. It brings out clearly Cecil's position and achievement in government, politics, and administration, and in the intellectual, artistic, and social milieu. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG PC (13 September 1520 - 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen… Read More

London: MacMillan. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good- price clipped dust jacket. Rubbing to jacket and a few tears. ; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .