HAVELOK THE DANE: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln. With Six Illustrations by W. H. Margetson
by Whistler, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Exciting re-telling of the ancient Legend of Grim the fisher and his Foster-son, Havelok, one of England's most popular legends from the conquest to at least Elizabethan times. Well illustrated with 6 full-page B&W Plates. Frontis. illus. Havelok in a banqueting Hall, protected by tissue guard. Title page illustrated with large vignette of soldiers hailing Havelok. Brown cloth cover with black illus. of a spearman and bright gilt title on front. Dull gilt lettering and shield on spine. Top page edges olivine. Slight edge wear. old bookplate on ffep. No other inscriptions.
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- Bookseller
- White Swan Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100097
- Title
- HAVELOK THE DANE
- Author
- Whistler, Christopher
- Illustrator
- Margetson, W. H.
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London, Edinburgh & New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Pages
- 393
- Size
- 7 3/4" Tall.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction/
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Children's Books;
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