Coke of Norfolk and His Friends: The Life of Thomas William Coke, First Earl of Leicester of Holkham, Containing an Account of His Ancestry, Surroundings, Public Services & Private Friendships, & Including Many Unpublished Letters from Noted Men of His Day, English & American

A. M. W. Stirling

Verlag: John Lane at The Bodley Head, London, 1912

Beschreibung

A smart new edition of this biographical sketch of Thomas Coke, with accounts of his friends and colleagues. New edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-one plates. Collated complete. The life of Thomas William Coke, first Earl of Leicester, a British politician and agricultural reformer known for his support of the American colonists during the American Revolutionary War for which he lost his seat in the 1784 general election. This work also contains an account of his ancestry, land holdings, public services, friendships, and letters. Written by Anna Marie Diana Wilhelmina Stirling, a British writer and art collector who often wrote of the lives and reminiscences of the British landed gentry in Yorkshire. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 874T21

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Coke of Norfolk and His Friends: The Life of...

Verlag: John Lane at The Bodley Head, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1912

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book