Clent Books (Est.1977)
FIRTH, C.H. (with an Introduction by) STUART TRACTS 1603 - 1693. An English Garner , London: Archibald Constable, 1903.First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. A little foxing on endpapers, free endpapers are browned on one side. On front free endpaper there is a lighter coloured area where a label has been removed. Light scratch marks on front board (see picture). Spine ends are slightly rubbed. Pages are clean, bright no marks or tears. Bookplate of Arthur Rutter Bayley inside front board. A very good tight copy. xxxvi, 514pp. With vignettes and decorations at the start and end of each chapter. From the 'Publisher's Note' - The texts contained in the present volume are reprinted with very slight alterations from the 'English Garner' issued in eight volumes (1877-189) by Professor Arber, the old spelling being in most cases carefully modernised. The contents of the original 'Garner' have been re-arranged and are now classified. Certain lacunae (gaps) have been filled by the interpolation of fresh matter." Includes: Account of he Death of Queen Elizabeth by Sir Robert Carey - Sir Thomas Overbury, his Observations in his Travels, upon the state of the Seventeen Provinces, etc 1626 - The famous and wonderful recovery of a Ship of Bristol, called the Exchange, from the Turkish pirates of Argier, 1625 - A Relation of the Great Sufferings and The Strange Adventures of Henry Pitman, 1689 - A true and exact Account of the Retaking of a Ship called Friends' Adventure of Topsham, from the French, by Robert Lyde, 1693, - and much more. (8¾"h x 5¾"w) (22cms x 15cms) approx. (Book ref. 7490) £32.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Clent Books (Est.1977) , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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