Lysbeth. A tale of the Dutch. . . illustrations by G.P. Jacomb Hood.
by HAGGARD, H. Rider
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1901. Thick 8vo. x, [2], 496 pp., plus 4 pp. publ. ads. Frntsp., 25 plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng on frnt cvr & spine (mnr rubbng, slght bmpng to crnrs), VG copy, from library of Anthony Denny, w/ armorial bookplate on frnt pstdn, the armorial was granted to Thomas Anthony Denny, Esq. of Connaught Place, Hyde Park, London, eldest surviving son of Henry Denny, a Waterford merchant. First edition of this adventure novel set about the Netherlands revolt against Phillip II (1544-74), beginning at Leiden when Lutheranism was just beginning to lay hold of the northern Netherlands, and ending with the siege of the city.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39446
- Title
- Lysbeth. A tale of the Dutch. . . illustrations by G.P. Jacomb Hood.
- Author
- HAGGARD, H. Rider
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, & Co.,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1901.
- Keywords
- Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction, Dutch History, Netherlands, William the Silent, Phillip II, Spain, Spanish History, Dutch Rebellion, House of Orange, Lutheran, Protestants, Arthur Denny, bookplate, Bookplates, Armorials
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