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Windsor Castle
by W H Ainsworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and Glasgow : Collins Clear-type Press. pp 410 A fictionalised history of Windsor Castle from the time of Anne Boleyn to Jane Seymour. Very good in red cloth with gilt spine lettering, edges lightly rubbed, worn to head of the spine. This volume is undated, gift inscription to Harry Stopes-Roe from his Auntie May 1943. This book comes from the collection of the scientist and pioneer birth-control campaigner Marie Stopes (1880-1958) which was inherited by her son the philosopher Harry Stopes-Roe (1924-2014) and sold following the death of his widow Mary Stopes-Roe in May of this year. Mary was herself an academic and author, the daughter of the engineer and inventor of the bouncing bomb, Sir Barnes Wallis.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7240
- Title
- Windsor Castle
- Author
- W H Ainsworth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-type Press
- Place of Publication
- London and Glasgow
Terms of Sale
Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
30 day return guarantee, no quibble with full refund.
About the Seller
Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
Biblio member since 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
Christian White Rare Books buys and sells books and manuscripts in the best condition we can find them. We love manuscripts, annotated books and association copies. We serve collectors of all ages, means and taste, and have built relationships with libraries and librarians in the UK, the USA and across the world. We all need books!
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- Gilt
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