Bess of Hardwick: Empire Builder
by Lovell, Mary S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good./Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 039306221X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393062212
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 555 pages. Bibliographic References, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with monochrome and color photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. The story of one woman's success in the tumultuous social and political reality of early Tudor England. Widowed at 16 and losing three of her first child's godparents to the headsman's axe, she persevered to outlive four monarchs, build the great home of Chatsworth and die one the wealthiest and most powerful women in English history. A clean, square, solid copy in a very nice dust-jacket with no tears or chips. Only flaw is what appears to be a small pen date written on top edge of bulked sheets. Very good in a very good dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good./Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013715
- Title
- Bess of Hardwick: Empire Builder
- Author
- Lovell, Mary S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good.
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039306221X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393062212
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- English History, Women's History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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