ROPER, WILLIAM; HARPSFIELD, NICHOLAS

Lives of Saint Thomas More (Everyman Library #19)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0520050398. A first Everyman's Library edition, 1963 of two biographies of Sir Thomas More. A Roman Catholic, More refused to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England, and was executed for treason as a result. His son-in-law, William Roper, asked biographer Nicholas Harpsfield to write a biography of More, providing him with a brief synopsis of More's life. Both the synopsis and the longer biography are presented together in this work, edited by E. E. Reynolds. Entry 19 in Everyman's Library Biography series. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full violet cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling & interlocked "EL" at tail of spine; orange topstain. In purple dust jacket with Geoffrey Fraser drawing of More's crest to front panel. --- A sound copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with foxing to textblock edges and slightly warped boards. Unclipped, unpriced jacket with slight rubbing & mild chafing to edges, otherwise bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xv, 175 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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ROPER, WILLIAM; HARPSFIELD, NICHOLAS

Lives of Saint Thomas More (Everyman Library #19)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. A first Everyman's Library edition, 1963 of two biographies of Sir Thomas More. A Roman Catholic, More refused to acknowledge King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England, and was executed for treason as a result. His son-in-law, William Roper, asked biographer Nicholas Harpsfield to write a biography of More, providing him with a brief synopsis of More's life. Both the synopsis and the longer biography are presented together in this work, edited by E. E. Reynolds. Entry 19 in Everyman's Library Biography series. --- In EL larger format binding style 4. Full violet cloth-covered boards with copper foil spine titling & interlocked "EL" at tail of spine; orange topstain. In brown variant dust jacket with Geoffrey Fraser drawing of More's crest to front panel. --- A sound copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked. Dust jacket with general rubbing & partially-removed spine sticker, otherwise bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xv, 175 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 88631

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Everyman's Library Editions