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"Old Rowley" A Private Life of Charles II
by Dennis Wheatley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co Inc. 1934. Hardcover. First US edition. Green cloth with black spine lettering/rule, 201 pages, illustrated, index and key partly unopened.
"This is the story of the life of Charles II, England's favourite king, of his exile, his triumphant return and the golden years of his reign.We meet the king, attending affairs of state, with ladies at either arm; we go 'wenching' with his courtiers; excitedly follow him, disguised, working in servants' halls up and down the land, and hiding in the famous oak tree. And meet the artless, charming Nell – orange-seller, actress, companion to the famous and mistress to the merry monarch.
'Old Rowley' had a full life, but Dennis Wheatley has missed nothing. He is a master in the art of evoking atmosphere and is at his brilliant best in this fascinating biography."
Very good with edge wear, dust soiling to page edges, light toning and minor foxing to endpapers, in poor jacket with a large chip to the lower front panel, chipping to upper front panel and around spine head, and to top corner rear panel, with overall wear, creasing and rubbing. bx7E
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 862435
- Title
- "Old Rowley" A Private Life of Charles II
- Author
- Dennis Wheatley
- Illustrator
- Frank C. Pape
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Pages
- 201
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- England, Charles II, 17th Century, Historical, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty;
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biblioboy
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North Providence, Rhode Island
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We are biblioboybiblioboy dealers in Books, Stamps, Ephemera, Victorian Trade cards, Magazines, Postcards, Sheet Music, Engravings, and much more. I started out as a book collector and soon progressed to owning a book store with over 80,000 books and more than 10,000 pieces of ephemera, postcards, and other items. I exhibited my stock for years at book and paper shows around the eastern United States. As the book and paper business has changed over the years, I have changed the way I do business to evolve with the times. I now offer my items for sale on the web only, through my various listing services and web sites. Being a a collector, as well as a dealer, I understand the importance of condition, as well as rarity of an item, and the desire to own scarce and one of a kind items.
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- Spine
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- Unopened
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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