Author: Douglas Grant
Title: 1957 Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle 1623-1673
Description: London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography on Margaret the First by Douglas Grant, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and previously owned by the author, with a letter addressed to him. The first edition. Previously owned by the author. The work includes a letter addressed to the author, dated before the publication of this work. The letter is from Dudley Marley and discusses the collation of a work by the Duchess, which the author was inquiring about during the research process for this novel. Also included is an invitation for a dinner in honour of Dean Mario Ferguson. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and eight monochrome plates. Collated complete.This work was written by Douglas Grant and provides an interesting biography on Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. The Duchess was an English philosopher, poet, author and scientist. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent, only lacking front free endpaper. The wrap is generally smart with sunning to the spine, small closed tears and creasing to the extremities, marks, and spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor mark to the front and rear. Spotting to fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: Peter Clouwet; et al. Near Fine/Very Good.
Keywords: First edition Douglas Grant Biography Margaret the First Douglas Grant History Peter Clouwet; et al.
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Title: 1957 Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle 1623-1673
Description: London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this biography on Margaret the First by Douglas Grant, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and previously owned by the author, with a letter addressed to him. The first edition. Previously owned by the author. The work includes a letter addressed to the author, dated before the publication of this work. The letter is from Dudley Marley and discusses the collation of a work by the Duchess, which the author was inquiring about during the research process for this novel. Also included is an invitation for a dinner in honour of Dean Mario Ferguson. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped, vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and eight monochrome plates. Collated complete.This work was written by Douglas Grant and provides an interesting biography on Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. The Duchess was an English philosopher, poet, author and scientist. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent, only lacking front free endpaper. The wrap is generally smart with sunning to the spine, small closed tears and creasing to the extremities, marks, and spotting to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor mark to the front and rear. Spotting to fore edge. Near Fine . Ill.: Peter Clouwet; et al. Near Fine/Very Good.
Keywords: First edition Douglas Grant Biography Margaret the First Douglas Grant History Peter Clouwet; et al.
Price: GBP 50.00 = appr. US$ 71.40 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 931Z7
- Book number: 931Z7
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