Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York: Wardrobe Accounts of Edward the Fourth; With a Memoir of Elizabeth of York, and Notes (Includes Wardrobe Accounts of Edward the Fourth.)
by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris (Biography of Elizabeth of York.)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0584109342
- ISBN 13
- 9780584109344
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Frederick Muller [0-584-10934-2] 1972, numbered copy from a limited edition of 350. (Hardcover) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. 265pp. Facsimile edition. Red leather boards over black spine with gilt lettering and decorations to the cover and spine. Top edge stained red, vignettes, notes, index. The clear dust jacket has a 1x1 / 2-inch chip to the front panel and a tiny chip and closed tear to the back panel. "The 'Privy Purse Expenses' of our Sovereigns and their consorts are, by their very nature, essential source material for all students of mediaeval history. As a mirror of the society within which they were written, they reflect much of the mode of living and the attitudes of the times in addition to which they provide invaluable and factual evidence with which to judge the views and theories of past historians" - from the Introduction. Biography of Elizabeth of York. Book about Edward IV--King of England. Includes Wardrobe Accounts of Edward the Fourth. Facsimile of Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York. (History--England, History--England, Memoir, Royalty--England).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151341
- Title
- Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York: Wardrobe Accounts of Edward the Fourth; With a Memoir of Elizabeth of York, and Notes (Includes Wardrobe Accounts of Edward the Fourth.)
- Author
- Nicolas, Nicholas Harris (Biography of Elizabeth of York.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0584109342
- ISBN 13
- 9780584109344
- Publisher
- Frederick Muller
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1972
- Keywords
- History--England, History--England, Memoir, Royalty--England, Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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