Author: W. H. Davenport Adams
Title: English Heroes in the Reign of Elizabeth
Description: Edinburgh, W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1902. Leather. A scarce collection of biographies of English heroes in an attractive full calf prize binding. A scarce work in a full calf prize binding, with gilt detailing to the boards and spine, and the gilt crest of Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow, to the front board. All edges gilt. A collection of biographies of English heroes during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, including Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Thomas Cavendish, Sir Francis Drake, and Sir Philip Sidney. This work was written by William Henry Davenport Adams (1828–1891), a nineteenth-century writer and journalist. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. In a full calf prize binding. Externally smart, with just a little fading to the spine. Gilt remains bright. Remnants of a bookplate to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: English history Biography Davenport Adams Biography Not Stated


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