Author: Francis Bickley
Title: King&Apos;S Favourites
Description: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1910. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this illustrated collection of writings on important figures in the lives of British kings. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates. Collated complete. A collection of nine essays on important figures in the lives of British kings through the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, including: Piers Gaveston, Alice Perrers, Agnes Sorel, Diane de Poitiers, Leicester, and more. Written by Francis Bickley, a British historian and writer. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: King's Favourites Bickley Favourites Not Stated


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