Sir Richard Whittington: Lord Mayor of London

Walter Besant; James Rice

Verlag: Chatto & Windus, London, 1894

Beschreibung

A beautiful new edition of this biography of Richard Whittington in full tree calf prize binding. A biography of Sir Richard Whittington, English merchant and politician of the late medieval period who served as Lord Mayor of London, member of parliament, and Sheriff of London. He was well known for his public services and founding of the Charity of sir Richard Whittington, which assists people in need.He was the inspiration behind the English folk takeDick Whittington and His Cat.Written by Walter Besant and James Rice.A new edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece.In prize binding from Mercers' School awarded to H. S. Barrington in 1899, with bookplate to front pastedown. Bound with half title. Rebacked in full tree calf prize binding with five raised bands, intricate gilt tooling to spine, titles in gilt to morocco spine label, blind stamp to front board, renewed marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to first and last few leaves, pages otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 845A69

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sir Richard Whittington: Lord Mayor of London

Verlag: Chatto & Windus, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1894

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Near Fine

Art des Buches: book