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Macaulay, Lord (THOMAS BABINGTON); Dickens, A. G. (intro) ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
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Macaulay, Lord (THOMAS BABINGTON); Dickens, A. G. (intro)
History of England To the Death of William III - Volumes I - IV
Edito-Service S. A., Geneva,
First Thus, Leatherette, Fine, No Jacket
Undated but introduction (by A G Dickens) is copyright 1967. Vol I - 645pp; Vol II - 589pp; Vol III - 657pp; and Vol IV - 556pp. Macaulay was born on October 25th, 1800, at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, as the son of former African Colonial Governor and anti-slavery philanthropist, Zachary Macaulay. He was a precocious child. A literary prodigy, he began to write poetry and a world history before he was 10 years old. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he became known as a debater, brilliant conversationalist, and classical scholar. The first two volumes of his History of England was originally published in 1848, with volumes 3 and 4 in 1855. It was a masterwork which achieved unprecedented levels of sales. The first two volumes selling 13,000 sets in four months, and volumes three and four selling twice this many in just two months.
Geoff Dickens (1910-2001) was one of the dominant historians of Tudor England, from the 1960s until the 1980s.
Each volume in the collection features a b&w engraved portrait of the author as a frontispiece. Each volume is bound in red leatherette with gilt decoration surrounding an English lion rampant on front and gilt decoration and titles to spine, with a bound-in ribbon bookmark. Every one of the volumes is in Fine condition, except for some loss of gilt to spines. A large and heavy volume which will require additional shipping cost.
003107
Price:
40.00 GBP
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