A Proof of Eminence. by DAVIS, Bertram H

Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Jacket show minor yellowing to spine and other small areas. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 436 pages .

Univ of Indiana Pr. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 0253346177 . Fine in Near fine dust jacket; inscribed by author; 436 pp; jacket browned, light soil & small tear .

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1973. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears, chips and small holes. Ink mark and small scuff/loss of material on fep.. xii, 436 p. Abbreviations. Endpaper map. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Thorny, high-principled, and utterly uncompromising, Sir John Hawkins had a personality to inspire respect from his contemporaries but scarcely one to win their affection. Hawkins served for a long period as chairman of the Middlesex Quarter Sessions, a position for which he was chosen, and later knighted, because of his training in law. In this office he heard and passed judgment on a wide variety of cases and established himself as a magistrate of uncompromisiong integrity. However, the works for which Hawkins will be remembered are three: an edition of Walton's Compleat Angler which rescued the book from obscurity; a History of Music, a monumental five-volume work and the… Read More