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Henry the Eighth
by Hackett, Francis
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York, USA: Garden City Publishing, 1931. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover in Good Condition. No Jacket. Illustrated, with the author's new preface to this Star Edition. Purple cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, blind-stamped crest on front; clean and unmarked, all edges rubbed, lightly scuffed corners, spine head with moderate wear, spine heel scuffed. Sewn binding is tight, innder hinge is cracked. Rough cut on all edges. Endpapers foxed. Frontis: Portrait of Henry VIII (about 1543) from the painting after Holbein.in the Royal Collection in Windsor Castle. Pages are clean, no highlighting, no markings of any kind, moderately toned. Hackett has set out to show what Henry VIII was REALLY like. There are differing opinions about this--was he a lion or a weakling; was he iron-willed or flabby; was he a savior of a waster? So Hackett tries to see human nature apart from the tyranny of politics and the obsessions of patriotism and to separate reliable from unrealiable evidence and to see him as King but also to see the man behind state policies. He is viewed in his boyhood and also in his many marriages. His various wives are also viewed in detail. Interesting reading about English history in the 16th century. xii + 452 pages indexed. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1931, Garden City Publishing, Garden City, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024043
- Title
- Henry the Eighth
- Author
- Hackett, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HISTORY, ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN KINGS TUDORS CARDINAL WOLSEY MARY TUDOR SIR THOMAS MORE CHARLES V CROMWELL PAPACY ANNE BOLEYN CATHERINE OF ARAGON CATHOLIC CHURCH CLEVES KATHRYN HOWARD KATHARINE PARR JANE SEYMOUR
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Great Britain;
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- Foxed
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- Cracked
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- New
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