The England of Elizabeth by Rowse, A L - 1953-01-01

HARDBACK "UNCOMMON REPRINT SOCIETY EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Thus. Reprint. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1953 * Publisher: The Reprint Society. * Binding and cover condition: Bright red cloth covered boards, gilt title to simulated black spine label and gilt facsimile signature to face. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine, top edge slightly faded, no other visible faults. VG+.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a portrait of Elizabeth I by Marc Geerarts from the Woburn Abbey collection. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing club price of 7/6d. Considerable shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Rear hinge flap torn off and re-attached. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG* Contents condition: Ex School-Library copy with the usual stamps and labels. Top edge coloured, but faded (black). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, a very few marks to text, slight marks to fore and lower edge, otherwise no visible faults.VG+* Illustrations: A number of b/w plates & prints throughout including frontis. * Pages: 592 pp. text. xvii pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Mr. Rowse has immense enthusiasm for the Elizabethan Age, he communicates it well. I do not see how anyone can read this book without being enlightened and inspired. For what is most impressive about the author is the extent of his knowledge. Each chapter is a summary of shelves of material. By blending the general with the particular, the abstract with the visual, the economic with the human, he keeps his history alive.* A VERY GOOD ex school-library copy with some age and wear especially to dust jacket which is now in a clear un-attached protective wrapper.*