W. H. Davenport Adams - The White King; or, Charles the First, and the Men and Women, Life and Manners, Literature and Art of England in the First Half of the 17th Century

London, George Redway, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A scarce two-volume set of W. H. Davenport Adams' biography of King Charles I, popularly known as the White King, The first edition of this scarce two-volume work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the boards and spines. Bookplate of Queen's College, London to the front paste down of each volume. William Henry Davenport Adams (1828–1891), was an English writer and journalist of the 19th century. He wrote a number of successful historical works on England. This two-volume biography, now a scarce find, concerns King Charles I. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally fairly smart, though faded, with bumping to the extremities and light wear to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge to Vol I is tender. Rear hinge to Vol I and front hinge to Vol II are slightly strained but holding firm. Front free end paper is detached to Vol I. The first blank page to page 1 of Vol I are held by two cords only; the rest of the pages are firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for some offsetting to the first and last couple of pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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