The Stranger Prince - The Story of Rupert of the Rhine
by Irwin, Margaret
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press, 1937. Gilt crest to front with gilt crossed swords and title to spine on red cloth boards. Some marks to front , spine worn a little at head, tail and side. Internally there is foxing to early pages, front endpaper has been removed (although not ex library copy), hinges are weak but contents clean and generally unmarked. Portrait of Rupert to frontispiece. Second impression of the same Month of January 1937 as the first edition. Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, 1st Duke of Cumberland, 1st Earl of Holderness, commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, KG, FRS (1619-1682) was a noted soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century. Rupert was the younger son of the German prince Frederick V, Elector Palatine and his wife Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of James I of England, and the nephew of King Charles I of England, who created him Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness. A good reading copy of this excellent biography. C3C. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Goldring Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000393
- Title
- The Stranger Prince - The Story of Rupert of the Rhine
- Author
- Irwin, Margaret
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FREDERICK V, KING JAMES JAMES I, KING CHARLES I, ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography - General;
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