William the Silent; William of Nassau, Prince of Orange 1533-1584 (Signed By C H Dodd and J T Driver)
by C V Wedgwood [C H Dodd interest]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardback. Good. First edition, fifth impression. Hardback, bound in blue cloth with gilt titling to spine. 22.5 × 15cm, 256pp. This copy has two previous owner's signatures. Firstly, the book is signed by C H Dodd, the Welsh New Testament scholar and influential Protestant theologian, and secondly by author and historian, Dr J T Driver, a specialist in 15th century political history. Historian C V Wedgwood's biography of William the Silent (William of Orange) the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1581. Condition: A good copy. The cloth is rubbed and a little bumped to the corners, and the pages a bit tanned but otherwise in strong readable condition, and with the added attraction of having had notable previous owners.
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- Bookseller
- Cox and Budge Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011078
- Title
- William the Silent; William of Nassau, Prince of Orange 1533-1584 (Signed By C H Dodd and J T Driver)
- Author
- C V Wedgwood [C H Dodd interest]
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 5th or later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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