Author: William Hepworth Dixon
Title: Her Majesty&Apos;S Tower
Description: Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1869-1871. Leather. A complete four volume set of the Tauchnitz edition of this detailed historical work on the Tower of London. Complete in four volumes. Tauchnitz edition. A detailed historical commentary on Her Majesty's Tower, or the Tower of London. With chapters on prison rules, King and Cardinal, Guy Fawkes, the Wizard Earl, revolution, pirate and prison, the Crown Jewels, escape, and much more. Written by William Hepworth Dixon, an English historian and traveller who was active in organizing London's Great Exhibition of 1851. Previously held in the library of Lieutenant-General Frederick Vavasour Broome Witts, a senior British Army officer. In the original half brown calf with patterned boards. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities and light fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary inscription to the title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Her Majesty Tower Tower of London Dixon Tower None


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