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The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]
by Edwards, Edward; [Sir Walter Raleigh]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
[London]: Macmillan and Co, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], x-lvi, [1], 2-723, [3]; [6], x-lxxxv, [4], 2-530, [2] pp. Contemporary smooth calf with twin gilt rules on the boards, spines in six compartments, with a red and green morocco label lettered in gilt on the spines; all edges marbled. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Title pages printed in red and black. Volume one illustrated with a steel-engraved frontispiece and with two folding plates; volume two illustrated with a folding frontispiece, (a facsimile of Ralegh's handwriting printed in red) and with a double-page plate, a facsimile of a letter written by Raleigh. Based on contemporary documents preserved in the Rolls House, the Privy Council Office, Hatfield House, the British Museum, and other manuscript repositories, British and foreign, together with his letters, now first collected. A detailed history of Sir Walter Raleigh's relationship to the Crown, and a history of his travels and exploits on the high seas. Moderate rubbing to the extremities; a bit of foxing to the endpapers and a small, discreet tear to the second folding plate in volume one.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010596
- Title
- The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]
- Author
- Edwards, Edward; [Sir Walter Raleigh]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- 1868
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