Ferdinand Columbus; Ronald Latham; Jean Le Bel Jean Froissart; Kenneth Fenwick; Charles Burney; et al.
Nine Historical Works from the Folio Society
London, The Folio Society, 1958-69. Cloth. A collection of historical works published by the Folio Society, all in their original slipcases and illustrated throughout. The first Folio Society editions, with 'Third Crusade' and 'Thomas Beckett' being second impressions. In the publisher's original hardbacks, with quarter calf to "Thomas Beckett", "Christopher Columbus" and "Hundred Years War". All with their original slipcases. Illustrated with eleven monochrome plates and many maps to "Christopher Columbus", a colour frontispiece and eleven colour plates to "Marco Polo", a monochrome frontispiece and seven monochrome double page plates to 'Siege of Malta', a colour frontispiece and ten colour plates, with folding table to the rear to "The Hundred Years War", six colour engraved plates by Raymond Hawthorn to "Third Crusade", a monochrome frontispiece, maps, and fourteen monochrome plates to "Music, Men, and Manners", eight monochrome plates to "Life and Death of Thomas Becket", a colour frontispiece and eight colour plates to "Sir James Melville", and twelve monochrome engravings to "Twelve Caesars. Collated, all complete.This set includes; "The Life of the Admiral Christopher Columbus" (1960), "The Travels of Marco Polo" (1958), "The Siege of Malta 1565" (1965), "Contemporary Chronicles of The Hundred Years War" (1966), "The Third Crusade" (1960), "Music, Men, and Manners in France and Italy 1770" (1969), "The Life and Death of Thomas Becket" (1962), "The Memoirs of Sir James Melville of Halhill" (1969), and "The Twelve Caesars" (1964).A collection of historical works published by The Folio Society, covering interesting topics such as the Hundred Years War, the adventures of Marco Polo, a biography on the renowned adventurer Christopher Columbus, and much more. In the publisher's original hardbacks, quarter calf to "Thomas Beckett", "Christopher Columbus" and "Hundred Years War". All with their original slipcases. Externally excellent with slight fading to the spines to five volumes, with rubbing to the spine to four volumes. The slips are very smart with minimal wear to the extremities, heavier to 'Third Crusade', with the occasional slight mark. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages to all but 'Melville' which has slight age toning. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: K. C. Jordan; Raymond Hawthorn; et al. Very Good Indeed .

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Keywords: Illustrated Colour plates History Hundred Years War Colour plates Marco Polo K. C. Jordan; Raymond Hawthorn; et al.