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Oliver Cromwell
by Samuel Rawson Gardiner
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$579.81NZ$521.83
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About This Item
London: Goupil & Co. , 1899. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 13" by 10". None. A smart limited edition of this biographical work on Oliver Cromwell, complete with illustrations. First edition. Limited to 1,447 copies of which this is number 1,380. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, thirty-one plates and many in-text illustrations with tissue guards. Engraved by Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Co. near Pairs. Collated complete. An important and comprehensive biography of Oliver Cromwell, a British a politician and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. Cromwell is a controversial figure in Britain and Ireland, due to his use of military force to acquire, then retain political power, and the brutality of his Irish campaign (1649). Written by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, an English historian, who specialized in 17th-century English history as a prominent foundational historian of the Puritan revolution and the English Civil War. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 851T12
- Title
- Oliver Cromwell
- Author
- Samuel Rawson Gardiner
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Goupil & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1899
- Size
- 13" by 10"
- Keywords
- Oliver Cromwell Gardiner Cromwell
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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