The Greville Diary Including Passages Hitherto Withheld from Publication
by Philip Whitwell Wilson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$176.93$159.24
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About This Item
London: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 10" by 6.5". None. A first edition of this set of the Greville diaries, including passages previously withheld from publication. With a black and white frontispiece in each, and a number of plates. Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (2 April 1794 17 January 1865) was an English diarist and an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1827. His father Charles Greville was a second cousin of the 1st Earl of Warwick, and his mother was Lady Charlotte Bentinck, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Portland (former leader of the Whig party and Prime Minister). In green cloth bindings with gilt title and design detailing to front boards, and clipped dust wrappers. Externally, generally smart with slight damp staining and bumping to extremities. The dust wrappers are strong with only closed tears, some wear to the extremities and some discolouration. Internally firmly bound, with pages bright and clean; a little scattered spotting and minor discolouration to the endpapers, and some spotting to the fore-edge. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN30-I-5
- Title
- The Greville Diary Including Passages Hitherto Withheld from Publication
- Author
- Philip Whitwell Wilson
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 10" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Greville Diaries Withheld Passages Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville Diaries
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Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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