The History of Sir Richard Whittington
by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
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About This Item
London: Printed for The Villon Society. Very Good-. 1885. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Chap-books and Folk-lore Tracts - First Series V; xliii, 37 pages; Contents clean and secure in original white Japanese vellum with gilt lettering at spine, some soiling to rear board. A beautifully printed facsimile edition of the The Famous and Remarkable History of Sir Richard Whittington, Three Times Mayor of London: who lived in the time of King Henry the Fifth in the Year 1419, with all the Remarkable Passages, and things of note, which happened in his time: with his Life and Death. Written by T. H. With an Introduction by Henry B. Wheatley. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44743
- Title
- The History of Sir Richard Whittington
- Author
- Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Printed for The Villon Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Size
- 12mo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Seventeenth Century Literature, Folklore and Legends, Fine Printing
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- Fine Press;
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