THE SPIDER KING
by LAWRENCE SCHOONOVER
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good-
- Seller
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Lawrence Schoonover (1906–1980) was an American writer of historical fiction, highly regarded for his attention to detail and historical accuracy.
His 1954 novel The Spider King is a biographical novel of Louis XI and his struggle to create a mighty nation from a weak medieval France.
Louis XI (1423-1483), was King of France from 1461 to 1483. He succeeded his father Charles VII, but not before trying to unseat him. His love of spinning webs of plots and conspiracies earned him the nicknames 'The Cunning' and 'The Spider'.
This is a First Edition and the Book Club Edition of the book, published by MacMillan in 1954. It is plain beige boards with purple lettering on the spine.
The dust jacket has lots of shelf-wear but it has done its job. There are no marks of any kind in or on the book.
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Details
- Seller
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 747
- Title
- THE SPIDER KING
- Author
- LAWRENCE SCHOONOVER
- Format/Binding
- Perfect
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan Publishing
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 375
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Louis XI, medieval France, Charles VII, The Cunning, French Royal Family
- Bookseller catalogs
- French History; Biography, Autobiography, True Stories;
Terms of Sale
Louise Aird
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...