Buy this book on-line Holbach, Maude M : In the Footsteps of Richard Coeur de Lion(London: Stanley Paul, 1912)
Demy 8vo; original dark blue buckram over bevelled boards; gilt heraldic shield with three lions on upper cover, and spine lettered in gilt; t.e.g.; Hillsborough Hall bookplate of J. Willis Dixon on front pastedown, and front free endpaper with "A W Dixon / Sheffield" in ink; pp. xii + 357 + (iii) + 46; several plates and two maps. Light wear to extremities; faint ring mark to upper cover; some plates loose, though all present; binding a little slack; sporadic moderate foxing. Good condition, with the bookplate of a member of the famous Sheffield silver family. "No character in history has had more historians than Coeur de Lion. We have accounts of his vivid personality and warlike prowess from English, Norman, French, German, and Arabic sources, and some of their writers have painted him very black indeed; but this is hardly to be wondered at considering that his fame aroused in his lifetime the envy of nearly all the princes of Europe. To follow the fortunes of this much-travelled medieval King is to visit - whether in person or in imagination - some of the most interesting places in the world, and to have them increased in interest by association with one of the most picturesque and romantic figures in history." - Author's Preface. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Holbach, Maude M : In the Footsteps of Richard Coeur de Lion. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, libri antichi, livres rares, incunabula and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |